Talented, young illustrator Jesse Hodgson is a recent graduate from UWE. Her work for Pongo received the “Highly Commended” award in the 2012 Macmillan Children’s Book Awards. Jesse has recently taken up the accordion. We asked Jesse a few questions about her working processes and where she finds inspiration. What informs and influences your work? […]
Isaac Lenkiewicz is an illustrator and comic artist currently living in the South West of England. He spends most of his time drawing things. A lot of giants, moon men and creatures that lived hundreds of millions of years ago pop up in his work. He self publishes a lot of his own comics and […]
Emily Hughes was born in Hawaii, USA but lives and works in the United Kingdom. Her work has been exhibited across the capital and her book Nana Shaped Like a Banana came second in the 2012 Macmillan Prize for Childrens’ Picture Books. We were so thrilled to publish Emily’s first book, Wild that we’ve teamed up with […]
Julia Wauters started studying textile printing and screen-printing in France, before shifting to study illustration at l’Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Strasbourg. There she met the members of the collective Troglodyte, as well as Glen Chapron with whom she launched the illustration magazine Ecarquillettes. Julia numbers L’Occitane among her clients and has contributed a cover […]
Gabriella Giandelli was born in Milan in 1963 and published her first comic at 21 years old. She is a graduate of the Film School of Milan. Her children’s comic serial “Milo” has been adapted by French and Italian television. Her graphic novel “Interiorae” received widespread acclaim in Europe and has recently been published in […]
Hans-Georg Barber, who uses the pseudonym Atak, studied visual communication at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin. In 1989 he co-founded the avantgarde comics group and magazine Renate, and in 1992 his first graphic novel, Atak – The Flowers of Romance, was published. Besides illustration, he has ventured into animation. Along with his brother, he created the music […]
Mathieu Sapin was born in Dijon, France, in 1974. He studied in l’Ecole supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Strasbourg before becoming a renowned illustrator for children’s magazines and publishers in France. He’s also the author of a comic for adults called Supermurgeman. His latest work is called Campagne Présidentielle and follows the presidential campaign of French […]
Viviane Schwarz was born in Germany and as a child she loved books so much she mostly ate them. Once she realized there were people out there making them, she decided to make her own, to taste. She studied Illustration MA in Falmouth, Cornwall in the UK and shortly after moved to London, where she […]
Bjorn is not only one of our favourite illustrators but also one of our favourite people to work with – with an imagination that knows no bounds and the attitude of a saint, Bjorn is any publisher’s dream. Amidst a flurry of commissions for a variety of high profile international publications and brands he took […]
