“Tom draws with a dip pen, His work crops up in all manner of places from children’s books, magazines and papers to apps, the backs of buses, on top of cakes, the sides of milk cartons and all over satirical board games.”

Tom Morgan-Jones has a fantastic grip on satire, and his website ‘Inky Mess’ has a huge body of work spanning children’s illustration, political cartoons, humour and plenty more besides. It is most definitely a delicious, delightful inky mess.

Art director, graphic designer, product designer, animator, writer, artist and cartoonist; Darwyn Cooke has had many titles, but I think he is most famous for his work at DC Comics. At DC he worked on titles including Catwoman, The New Frontier (which was later turned into a feature-length animation), and The Spirit. My personal favourite of all his work has to be his Richard Stark’s Parker adaptations. Check out both volumes, Parker: The Hunter and Parker: The Outfit (Richard Stark’s Parker).

Manuele Fior is a multi-award winning illustrator from Italy. His sequential art is as beautiful as it is captivating. The soft tones and impressive colour palettes are very welcoming…I shall be looking out for his books! Each panel leads on from the next so fluently that one cannot help following the story.

Canadian-born comic artist Alvin Lee working with UDON studios, was a predominate figure in the revival of the Street Fighter and Darkstalkers comics. He has also work with Marvel Comics, DC Comics and Wildstorm, for pretty much any title you can think of. His name as become synonyms with North American manga-influenced comics. His work is full of beautiful line-work, expressive characters and brilliant composition.

Taking his name and slogan, OBEY, from John Carpenter’s film “They Live”, Shepard Fairey is one of the most famous street artist to date. With his Russian propaganda influenced style, Fairley carved out a market for himself. Strikingly large Andre the Giant posters grace wall internationally, and when you see his work, it literally stops you in your tracks. A brilliant insight to the street art life of Shepard Fairey can be seen in the documentary “Exit Through the Gift Shop”. After a decade of dominance in the street art world, Fairley moved on to more commercial endeavours, founding Studio Number One design agency. Check out more of his work in Supply and Demand: 20th Anniversary Edition.

Check out Thereza Rowe’s website. She’s a talented illustrator/graphic designer based in our home city, London.

“I drink tons of pink milk and I like drawing a lot…My favorite tools are colour, shape and imagination.”

George Petty is probably one of my favourite pin-up artist of his time. With artwork filled with energy and fun. He is most famous for creating ‘The Petty Girl’, an icon for more than 20 years. His work was seen in publications, calendars, and even warplanes. Pick up Art of George Petty to see more of his fantastic illustrations.