About the Illustrator
I was born in London, England. It was raining.
After fifteen years of studying Latin I decided to go into advertising.
My first job was as an apprentice at an advertising agency called Graham and Gilles. I changed the water pots for the art directors (they painted layouts with watercolours in those days) and made them tea. This was before magic markers. This was even before rubber cement—I’m that old.
It was raining. It was always raining, and I was watching my favourite programme at the time— 77 Sunset Strip.I said, “Ah, sun, palm trees, women.” My dad gave me a one-way ticket.
I met Jack Foster forty years ago at the Erwin ...
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