Ian Archie Beck opens Illustration 84 with some detailed and fascinating reflections on his designs for book covers, which he sees as an extension of his work as an illustrator, in each case matching the cover to the text in a series of sophisticated compositions. The theme of versatility is taken up by Sue Scullard. In an extended version of “The Illustrator’s Interview” Sue explains her background and artistic process as she grapples with the land and townscapes of Britain to create memorable images in black and white and in colour. Colour is the mainstay of our other artists too. The Editor considers the fantastical “illuminations” of the mystic William Blake in his Songs of Innocence and Experience, one of the strangest and most beautiful productions of English Romanticism, and Warren Clements introduces our British readers to the intense world of N. C. Wyeth, an American illustrator who worked in a dramatic and painterly style. Changing gear again, Wilfried Onzea tells us about the Cecil Aldin version of Dickens’s Pickwick Papers, a joyous book that Wilfried has long admired and enjoyed.