Patterson Drawings

Press, Volume CX, Issue 32382, 22 August 1970, Page 4

Patterson Drawings

Knight After Knight. A collection of drawings by A. S. Paterson. Hodder and Stoughton (Auckland). “Knight After Knight” is a volume that was never intended for publication. A word game to see how many puns could be derived from the word “knight” evolved into a series of drawings the late A. S. Paterson made simply for fun, for the delight of his family, and for the pleasure he had in his craft. The drawings have been collected and published posthumously. Among Mr Paterson’s happy whimsicalities we find the term “AU Through the Knight” illustrated by a number of arrows having pierced a knight’s mail—and his body; “Late Knight” is depicted by a knight on charger arriving well after a melee of mounted horsemen have begun a sword battle; as may be imagined, “When Knights Were Bo(w)led” is depicted by an inelegant swipe by a knight who has had his middle and off stumps knocked out of the ground. The reviewer’s choice in the collection is the example shown here. Alan Stuart Paterson will be remembered by many for his daily cartoons that appeared for 25 years in a Wellington newspaper. Paterson’s work was never spiteful; it always reflected the gentle and zany quality of the artist’s humour. “Knight After Knight” includes 16 full-page cartoons in colour on the knightly theme. There is a foreword by the well-known Auckland cartoonist Gordon Minhinnick. The publishers are Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland.