More Week covers
August 13, 2013
A couple of my other favourite Week covers from recent issues:
‘Who killed Detroit? How a once mighty city fell into ruin and bankruptcy’: US Week, 2 August 2013
‘Can a Canadian save Britain? Mark Carney takes the reins’: The Week, 6 July 2013
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May 21, 2015 at 5:51 pm
Bill, your illustrations are the very best. You’re the Rockwell of the 21st century, except your covers are humorous rather than evocative. It’s your covers that sell The Week (and I hope the editor understands this!). Where can I buy a collection of your best covers for The Week? Don’t tell me there isn’t one! That would be a tragic missed opportunity.
May 21, 2015 at 6:15 pm
Thanks Stephen, that’s very kind of you to say! There isn’t such a collection, but perhaps I should mention the possibility to the editors… who knows?
December 2, 2017 at 2:54 pm
It is there now!!
https://the-week-bookshop.myshopify.com/products/the-art-of-the-week-ten-years-of-mcbill-covers-by-howard-mcwilliam
But where do we get the signed edition…?
December 3, 2017 at 11:26 am
Thanks for pointing that out, Allan! I’ve put a post up about it now. The Week were planning to sell a few signed editions but they’ve not sent me any for my signature yet. There may be a signed print prize draw soon, though…
February 29, 2016 at 7:19 pm
Dear mcbillhow,
All you cover illustrations for “The Week” Magazine are excellent – topical, humurous and a telling example of satire at it’s best.
Your latest cover – “Boris leads the Charge” is brilliant, based as it is, on a courageous incident from the battle of Waterloo. In that battle the Heavy Cavalry Brigades defeated two French Infantry divisions and several French Cavalry Regiments, gaining two Imperial Eagles a great feat. But out of over 2,000 men who charged that day, regrettably only a handful survived. At least you chose the right cavalry charge from history for the Voteleave contingent, the charge of the Light Brigade later in the Crimea would not have been so good.
Please keep your prolific works of inspired artistry flowing.
Stuart Hepton
February 29, 2016 at 9:01 pm
Very eagle-eyed of you to spot the specific battle reference, Stuart — I’m impressed! Let’s see if your intuition about the VoteLeave campaign is borne out though, the way things are going I’m not sure it’s looking so certain! Thanks for the kind words either way.
February 29, 2016 at 9:32 pm
I’m very much with Stuart about the latest cover, Howard – one of your best. I love the sense of excitement and ‘blood up’ you convey.
February 29, 2016 at 9:35 pm
Thanks Stephen!