Blogshank - Mike Smith, Illustrator and Diary Blogger » story https://blogshank.com Mon, 11 May 2026 23:21:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 110716 https://blogshank.com/2017/01/110716/ https://blogshank.com/2017/01/110716/#comments Sun, 01 Jan 2017 22:16:27 +0000 Mike http://blogshank.com/?p=2192 Oh isn't Barbara Taylor Bradford so bloody amazing

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In celebration here is one of my favourite pages.

Hundred Decker Bus swimming pool

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In the meantime, here’s the first spread of Hundred Decker Bus, for something to look at. Notice the red double-decker bus! Macmillan deserve much thanks for letting that appear in a picture book in this homogenised world.

Hundred Decker Bus first spread

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