Emilios Hatjoullis
Emilios Hatjoullis is a retired British cartoonist and graphic designer. During the 1960s he was a designer at the Blackpool Pleasure Beach and at the Blackpool Illuminations. His works include the tableaux displays of nursery rhymes such as 'Hickory Dickory Dock' and 'Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary', which are still exhibited during the light festival in the autumn.[1] At the Blackpool Pleasure Beach Emilios Hatjoullis helped with the design the psychedelic Candy House and the redesign of the Noah's Ark from its dated 1920s style.
At the end of the 1960s Emilios Hatjoullis went to become creative director at Brunning's advertising agency in Liverpool.[2] For the local Higsons brewery he created a series of characters called the 'Old Higsonians' named after Liverpool landmarks such as Albert Dock, Penny Lane, and Ann Field. However, in 1985 the Higson's brewery was bought out by Boddingtons of Manchester and the ad campaign was stopped, leaving a limited number of collectible breweriana merchandise.[3]
Emilios Hatjoullis worked for the Beano comic illustrating the infantile thief Baby Face Finlayson.[4] He drew Baby Face Finlayson between 2004 and 2007 for the comic, and had drawn Merboy in the 1990s.
External links
[edit]- Examples of some of the Old Higsonian characters: Old Higsonians
- History and images of the Blackpool Illuminations: The Lights
- Visit Baby Face and other Beano characters: Beano Town
References
[edit]- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 February 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "doodlejam: Fine Doodle by Mr Emilios Hatjoullis". doodlejam.blogspot.com. Archived from the original on 14 August 2011.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 July 2011. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Baby-Face Finlayson | The Beano". www.beano.com. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011.
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