Dave McKean

David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an English artist. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture. McKean has illustrated work by authors such as Neil Gaiman, Grant Morrison, Heston Blumenthal, Ray Bradbury and Stephen King. He has also directed three feature films. Career Comics McKean first showed his work to editors at Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Continuity Comics when visiting New York City in 1986. There, he met Neil Gaiman and the pair collaborated on the graphic novel Violent Cases, which was published in 1987. This was followed in 1988 by a Black Orchid miniseries and Hellblazer covers for DC Comics. In 1989, McKean illustrated the Batman graphic novel, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, with writer Grant Morrison. The book was a commercial success, selling over 260,000 copies in hardcover and paperback. From 1989 to1997, McKean created the covers for Gaiman's series The Sandman and many of its spin-offs. In 1998, the cover images from The Sandman were released in one volume titled Dustcovers: The Collected Sandman Covers. Further collaborations with Gaiman produced the graphic novels Signal to Noise and The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch. In 1995 McKean wrote and illustrated a book for The Rolling Stones called Voodoo Lounge to tie in with the release of their album of the same name.