Friday, July 26, 2024

Another Look: “The Mad Hatter Mystery”

Warning: Artistic inspiration drawn from book titles may vary.



Left: The Mad Hatter Mystery, by John Dickson Carr (Dell, 1953). This cover illustration is by Denver Gillen, perhaps best remembered for helping to create the image of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer. Right: The Mad Hatter Mystery, by John Dickson Carr (Berkley, 1958); cover art by Lu Kimmel. This was the second installment in Carr’s series starring Dr. Gideon Fell.

1 comment:

Robert Deis (aka "SubtropicBob") said...

Nice! FYI, Denver Gillen also did some artwork for men's adventure magazines. For example he did a great illustration of a Kraken attacking a ship for a story by Arthur C. Clarke that's included in the CRYPTOZOOLOGY ANTHOLOGY, which I co-edited. It originally appeared in the October 1956 issue of ADVENTURE. You can see it in my blog post at the following link -> https://bit.ly/3JwQIWR