EXTRACTS: The Art of Commando (illustrators special) © 2019 The Book Palace (144 PAGES in Full edition)

45 GordonLivingstone, I Presume? The Art of Gordon Livingstone PR: So Gordon, to start at the beginning, can you tell us a bit about yourself? GL: Well now let’s see, my name is Gordon Livingstone, I was born in August 1934 in Dundee. I went to the local primary school, which is just over the wall from the tenement building where I was born. A tenement is a six deck building very common in Scotland, you don’t really have many of these in In 2001 we had the pleasure of talking to the artist who for many readers was 'Mr Commando' and that interview is presented here for the first time ever—we hope you enjoy it. ABOVE: Self-portrait, 2004. ABOVE LEFT & FACING PAGE: Although he spent the first seven years working on Commando black and white interiors, Gordon's skills extended to colour work and he created some truly breathtaking cover art for the series over the next three decades as these examples from the 1990s demonstrate.