I've got loads of Marber Grid era Pelicans up in the loft, which I really must get down to blog. This Colin Forbes designed Pelican cover is probably my favourite.
I love how that management bloke breaks into the header bar and leans out of the artwork area. Typical Forbes wit.
Regarding Pelicans in general, what makes them so fascinating to me is, a) many covers are designed by designers that went on to greatness, like Forbes and Fletcher, and b) many remain excellent examples of clever, ideas-based graphic design.
The cover below is by Bruce Robertson, who specialised in diagramatic designs and who I've mentioned before. Robertson hid the Marber Grid in the drafting grid image but the masterful stroke is in the way he distorted the type, aligning it to the technical illustrations.
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