Absolutely gutted to hear that writer-artist legend David McKee has died. I must confess, I had a bit of a crush on him, ever since I met him for this interview in 2009. Here's a comic I made about that amazing day. And here's a blog post from when Stuart and I went looking for the real-life road where his fictional character Mr Benn lived. Here's ( Read more... )

When I was in Seattle, I had a great time going through some old family photo albums and taking quick snapshots of some of them. I noticed a couple themes that emerged. One of them was books; there were loads of photos of people reading to my sister and me (and looking at photo albums). I'm certain that had loads to do with me being an obsessive ( Read more... )

Look, a monster by committee! I drew the head, Garen Ewing drew the middle bit and Neill Cameron drew the feet. Hooray! You can see the fun place where all this stuff goes on over at the DFC group's blog, the Super Comics Adventure Squad.


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Here's a comic I made about the day I found out the DFC went under. It started out as one of those days in London where everything's just a bit magic. And the DFC is a bit magic, too. Did you see Gary Northfield's strip and cover in today's issue? So fab ( Read more... )

David McKee, the 74-year-old artist, illustrator, storyteller and creator of the bestselling Elmer books about a friendly patchwork elephant and the cult TV series Mr Benn is exhibiting his first UK solo exhibition of his oil paintings from 3 - 14 March 2009 at the Illustration Cupboard in London.


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