User blog comment:Argulor/The US illustrations and their meanings/@comment-1859920-20130524174403

After reading this, I'm eager to see the Russian page illustrations. Apparently they're amazing, though I still quite enjoy the US and UK ones a lot.

I think you might just be misinterpreting some of the pictures though. I looked them up in my own Collection(which includes a few UK ones besides the US ones) and they all make sense to a certain degree. Admittedly the chapter 10 illustration from Redwall is a little different, but you must remember that the book and it's style are different from all the others(Jacques also mentions cows, pigs, and horses). I think that illustration is symbolic of Chickenhound, who is active in that chapter. I think the illustration from chapter 10 of Mariel of Redwall is actually a poorly-drawn depiction of Friar Alder who is active in that chapter. You're right though, it is very monkey-like. As for chapter 30 of Outcast of Redwall, it is, from the contents of that chapter, obviously a drawing of Veil Sixclaw after he was caught and emprisoned before being thrown out of Redwall Abbey. Actually, I can't think of a single page illustrations from the Redwall books that doesn't actually make sense, and I'd really like to see the Russian ones.