“You only live twice, or so it seems” – at least, that is, if you are the work of the late illustrator John McLusky, creator of the popular James Bond newspaper cartoon strips. His dynamic, almost-forgotten drawings brought a reliable touch of glamorous machismo into the lives of readers of the Daily Express between 1958 and 1966, and are now to stir again.
The Los Angeles archives devoted to the glittering history of the Oscars will display McLusky’s influential images alongside other mementoes of the film franchise, which was based on the spy novels of Ian Fleming a former British intelligence officer.
