Chris Bianchi
Chris Bianchi is a freelance illustrator based in London. Since graduating from the Royal College of Art in 2005 he has self published two books, The Spinners 2003 and Box 2005. He is part of the well known illustration magazine Le Gun, and is now teaching and working on his new book. We visited his studio to ask him about his career so far and to demonstrate his drawing skills. Click here to read more.
The Black Heart Gang
The Black Heart Gang are a group of South African artists who have created a fantastic hand drawn animation, visually inspired by eastern art. The Tale of How is a story about a giant octupus whose desire is to consume every dodo resembling bird there is in sight, until Eddy the Engineer (a little white mouse) saves the day... Click here to read more.
Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine is widely considered one of the finest cartoonists and illustrators of his generation. His recent work is ranked alongside that of the iconic Chris Ware and Daniel Clowes. While he continues to work on his ongoing series Optic Nerve (currently entering its 15th year of publication), he's also illustrator of choice for the New Yorker and his newest book Shortcomings has generated critical and popular acclaim. For a man who began his career personally Xeroxing copies of his comics for distribution, and who stubbornly chooses to work in a medium as deliberately obscure as Independent Comics, his success is quite astounding. Will Bingley got in touch for a chat. Click here to read more.