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Is there any evidence that he used the name "Michael ffolkes" as apposed to "Michael Ffolkes"? The retrospective article "Drawn to an age of innocence" in The Telegraph (03 September 2003) renders it "Michael ffolkes", while the British Cartoon Archive renders it "Ffolkes" and the National Portrait Gallery, London, renders it "Michael Ffolkes". Whatever it is, it should be consistent throughout the article. For now, I've change all instances of "ffolkes" to "Ffolkes", except for the new sentence that explains that he signed his cartoons "ffolkes", in all-lowercase print. If it turns out that "Michael Ffolkes" was the most common way he was described, the article should be moved to "Michael Ffolkes" with a redirect at "Michael ffolkes", the opposite of what it is now. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum) T @ 16:18, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
In the ISFDB (not, I agree, a Reliable source), Davis / Ffolkes (the latter thus spelled there) is identified as the Brian Davis who edited the science fiction reprint anthology The Old Masters (New English Library paperback original September 1970): its Preface is bylined G. B. Davis. The same individual (presumably) edited the collection The Best of Murray Leinster (Corgi paperback original December 1976, selection © G. B. Davis.) (I have copies of both books.)
I have seen no positive evidence that this Brian Davis actually was the same individual as the one also known as Michael ffolkes. It may (or may not) be significant that the NEL volume has b/w illustrations "specially drawn for this collection by Terry Diggins", which are not signed. (If this editor Davis was ffolkes, it would seem natural for him to have provided the illustrations: they are not suggestive to me of his usual style, but certainly within his capability if he wanted to conceal the connection and attribute them to "Diggins".)
Can anyone shed further light? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.217.47.60 ( talk) 08:23, 22 November 2022 (UTC)
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Is there any evidence that he used the name "Michael ffolkes" as apposed to "Michael Ffolkes"? The retrospective article "Drawn to an age of innocence" in The Telegraph (03 September 2003) renders it "Michael ffolkes", while the British Cartoon Archive renders it "Ffolkes" and the National Portrait Gallery, London, renders it "Michael Ffolkes". Whatever it is, it should be consistent throughout the article. For now, I've change all instances of "ffolkes" to "Ffolkes", except for the new sentence that explains that he signed his cartoons "ffolkes", in all-lowercase print. If it turns out that "Michael Ffolkes" was the most common way he was described, the article should be moved to "Michael Ffolkes" with a redirect at "Michael ffolkes", the opposite of what it is now. — Quicksilver (Hydrargyrum) T @ 16:18, 23 August 2019 (UTC)
In the ISFDB (not, I agree, a Reliable source), Davis / Ffolkes (the latter thus spelled there) is identified as the Brian Davis who edited the science fiction reprint anthology The Old Masters (New English Library paperback original September 1970): its Preface is bylined G. B. Davis. The same individual (presumably) edited the collection The Best of Murray Leinster (Corgi paperback original December 1976, selection © G. B. Davis.) (I have copies of both books.)
I have seen no positive evidence that this Brian Davis actually was the same individual as the one also known as Michael ffolkes. It may (or may not) be significant that the NEL volume has b/w illustrations "specially drawn for this collection by Terry Diggins", which are not signed. (If this editor Davis was ffolkes, it would seem natural for him to have provided the illustrations: they are not suggestive to me of his usual style, but certainly within his capability if he wanted to conceal the connection and attribute them to "Diggins".)
Can anyone shed further light? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.217.47.60 ( talk) 08:23, 22 November 2022 (UTC)