Ivor Cutler was a Scottish poet, humorist and songwriter who was born in 1923 and died recently in 2006. He was featured on many radio shows as well as live performances of his poetry, some of which solo and some including backing accompaniments. Cutler also published several books of his work, including illustrations of some of the characters in his poetry, the ones below being part of his unpublished bestiary circa 1966-71, created right on the eve of his first published book.
I find Cutler's style of illustration charming, as despite looking very childish, they are obviously very well thought out. As well as their accompanying poetry they are quite bizarre.
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