Alan Aldridge wasp in a wig. Aldridge also created the artwork for "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" by Elton John in 1975. In 1977 he created an advertisement illustration for the Dutch beer brand Heineken. A retrospective "Alan Aldridge – the Man with the Kaleidoscope Eyes" featured at the Design Museum in London from 10 October 2008 to 25 January 2009, and was reviewed as "The trip of a lifetime". ""Aldridge was the 'Guv'nor'...no one comes close to matching his influence on illustration in the 20th Century!..."" – Sir John Betjeman, "The Times Literary Review", 1975. "His Royal Master of
Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius Captain Nemo: The Fantastic History of a Dark Genius is a novel by Kevin J. Anderson, published in 2002 by Pocket Books. It is a secret history and crossover work, the central premise being that many of the things Jules Verne wrote about existed in real life as told to him by the real Captain Nemo. The novel follows Verne and André Nemo from their childhoods. Verne is depicted as being a sheltered, almost neurotic individual who is incapable of taking risks, while Nemo is adventurous and resourceful, especially after the