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Dave McKean

Dave McKean signing at ComicCon 2003. Photo: Clinton Steeds
Birth name David Tench McKean
Born December 29, 1963
Maidenhead, England
Area(s) Illustrator
Notable works Black Orchid
Hellblazer
The Sandman
Cages

David Tench McKean (born 29 December 1963 in Maidenhead, Berkshire) is an English illustrator, photographer, comic book artist, graphic designer, filmmaker and musician. Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maidenhead is a town within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. Black Orchid is the name of three Fictional Superheroines published by DC Comics. Hellblazer is a contemporary horror Comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. The Sandman is a Comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo Events 1170 - Thomas Becket: Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Maidenhead is a town within the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead, in Berkshire, England. Berkshire (ˈbɑːkʃə or /ˈbɑːkʃɪə/ say Baak-shuh/-sheer sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a Home County in the South England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland For the vector -based drawing program by Adobe Systems, see Adobe Illustrator. A photographer is a person who takes a Photograph using a Camera. A comic book creator is any one of a number of people working to create a Comic book or Graphic novel. A graphic designer (also known as a graphic artist and communication designer) is a professional within the Graphic design and Graphic arts industry A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a

His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art and sculpture. Drawing is a Visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing A collage (From the coller to glue is a work of formal art primarily in the Visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms thus creating a new whole A found object, in an artistic sense indicates the use of an object which has not been designed for an artistic purpose but which exists for another purpose already Digital art most commonly refers to Art created on a Computer in Digital form

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Career

After a trip to New York in 1986 during which he failed to find work as a comics artist, McKean met writer Neil Gaiman and the pair collaborated on a short graphic novel of disturbing childhood memories, Violent Cases, published in 1987. The City of New York Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and A Violent Cases is a short Graphic novel written by Neil Gaiman and illustrated by Dave McKean. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) This was followed in 1988 by a Black Orchid miniseries (again with Gaiman) and Hellblazer covers for DC Comics. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Black Orchid is the name of three Fictional Superheroines published by DC Comics. Hellblazer is a contemporary horror Comic book series published by the Vertigo imprint of DC Comics. DC Comics is an American comic book and related media company Beginning in 1989 he produced the covers for Gaiman's celebrated series The Sandman, all its collected editions and many of its spin-offs, and the Batman graphic novel, Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth, with writer Grant Morrison (1989). Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) The Sandman is a Comic book series written by Neil Gaiman and published in the United States by the DC Comics imprint Vertigo Batman (originally referred to as the Bat-Man and still referred to at times as the Batman) is a fictional Comic book Superhero co-created Arkham Asylum A Serious House on Serious Earth is a Batman Graphic novel written by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Dave McKean Grant Morrison (born January 31 1960 is a Scottish Comic book writer and artist Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) His work during this period was often compared to that of Bill Sienkiewicz. Boleslav (William Felix Robert Sienkiewicz ( IPA: 'kɛvɪʧ Polish 'kjeviʧ born May 3, 1958, Blakely, Pennsylvania

Graphic novels

Between 1990 and 1996 McKean wrote and drew the ten issues of Cages, an ambitious graphic novel about artists and creativity, illustrated in a stripped-down pen and ink style influenced by José Antonio Muñoz and Lorenzo Mattotti. Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) José Antonio Muñoz or simply Muñoz (born October 7, 1942 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine artist Lorenzo Mattotti (born 24 January 1954) is an Italian Comics and graphical artist as well as an illustrator Cages was published as single volume by Kitchen Sink Press in 1998, and in a new edition by NBM Publishing in 2002. Kitchen Sink Press was a Comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1969. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) NBM Publishing is a publisher of Graphic novels located in New York State in the United States See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Cages (1998) by Dave McKean
Cages (1998) by Dave McKean

Further collaborations with Gaiman produced the graphic novels Signal to Noise in 1992 (previously serialised in The Face magazine), about a dying filmmaker and his hypothetical last film, and Mr. Punch, which explored similar themes as Violent Cases through the imagery of the Punch and Judy show. This article is about the graphic novel Signal to Noise For the engineering concept see Signal-to-noise ratio, for the Eric Nylund novel see Signal to Noise (novel Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) The Face was a Magazine started in May 1980 by Nick Logan out of his publishing house Wagadon Punch and Judy is a traditional popular English Puppet show featuring the characters of Punch and his wife Judy

Compact Disc covers

McKean has produced CD covers for

and many others;

Book covers

Illustrations for The New Yorker, and advertising and commercial art. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is a Pianist and Singer-songwriter of dual British and American Alice Cooper (born Vincent Damon Furnier; February 4, 1948) is an American rock singer songwriter and musician whose career spans five Testament is an American Thrash metal band from California. Testament has two Top 40 albums and one Top 50 album to its credit in the UK My Dying Bride is a British Doom metal band formed in 1990 Biography My Dying Bride was formed in June 1990 after lead guitarist Andrew Dream Theater is an American Progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name " Majesty " by John Myung, John Petrucci Paradise Lost are a Heavy metal band formed in 1988 in Halifax, England. Fear Factory is an American heavy metal band The band formed in 1989 and have released seven full-length Brian Carroll, better known as Buckethead, is an American Guitarist and Songwriter. Counting Crows is a Rock band originating from Berkeley California. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American Folk rock band consisting of Singer Glen Phillips, Guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Skinny Puppy is an industrial band formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. Download is an electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and CEvin Key of Skinny Puppy during 1994 Front Line Assembly (sometimes written as Frontline Assembly, also known by the Acronym FLA) is a Canadian Electro-industrial bandformed Stabbing Westward was an American Industrial rock and Alternative rock band William Scott Bruford (born May 17 1949 in Sevenoaks, Kent) better known as Bill Bruford, is an English Drummer Believer is a Christian Thrash metal band from the late 1980s and early 1990s that played a hybrid of thrash and Progressive metal. Dali's Dilemma is a Progressive metal band formed in San Jose, California, USA, in 1994 by the two brothers Patrick ( Suicide Silence is a five-piece Deathcore band from Riverside, California. Jonathan Samuel Carroll (born January 26, 1949) is an American Author primarily known for Novels which can be characterized as Iain Sinclair is a British Writer and Film maker Much of his work is rooted in London most recently within the influences of Psychogeography Somecone Comes to Town Someone Leaves Town is a Contemporary fantasy Novel by Canadian Author Cory Doctorow. Wizard and Glass is the fourth book in the Dark Tower series by Stephen King. The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry

Books of photography

He has published two books of photography,

Short comics

Pictures that Tick (2001). Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar.

In 2005, he designed the poster for the 32nd Telluride Film Festival. Telluride Film Festival was started in 1974 by Bill and Stella Pence Tom Luddy and Jim Card in the town of Telluride Colorado.

Children's picture books

More recently McKean has collaborated with Neil Gaiman on two children's picture books, The Day I Swapped My Dad for Two Goldfish (1998) and The Wolves in the Walls (2003), and illustrated Gaiman's children's novel Coraline (2002), as well as S F Said's Varjak Paw (2003). A picture book is a popular form of illustrated Literature &mdashmore precisely a Book with comparatively few words and at least one Picture on each of Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. For the vampire character Coraline on the television series "Moonlight", see Moonlight (TV series. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. The Wolves in the Walls: a Musical Pandemonium premiered as a play in Glasgow in 2006 with Improbable and the National Theatre of Scotland. He also illustrated David Almond's "The Savage" published in April 2008.

Film directing

MirrorMask, McKean's first feature film as director, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2005. MirrorMask is a 2005 fantasy Film from the Jim Henson Company, Samuel Goldwyn Films, and Destination Films. In the Film industry, a feature film is a Film made for initial distribution in theaters and being the "main attraction" of the screening The Sundance Film Festival is a Film festival that takes place annually in the state of Utah, in the United States. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The screenplay was written by Neil Gaiman, from a story by Gaiman and McKean. See also Pre-production Screenwriting A screenplay or script is a written plan authored by a Screenwriter, for a Film or Television Neil Richard Gaiman (ˈgeɪmən (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of Science fiction and Fantasy short stories and A children's fantasy which combines live action and digital animation, Mirrormask was produced by Jim Henson Studios and stars Stephanie Leonidas, Jason Barry, Rob Brydon, and Gina McKee. The Jim Henson Company is an American company founded in 1958 by puppeteer Jim Henson, creator of The Muppets. Stephanie Leonidas (born February 14 1984) is a British Actress of Greek Cypriot ancestry Jason Barry (born December 14, 1972) is an Irish Actor. He is best known for his portrayal of Tommy Ryan in the 1997 blockbuster Rob Brydon (born Robert Brydon Jones, 3 May, 1965, Swansea) is a Welsh Actor, Comedian and impressionist Gina McKee (born 14 April 1964) is an English actress, known for her starring roles in the TV dramas Our Friends in the North Before MirrorMask, McKean directed a number of short films, television intros and music videos including The Week Before (1998) and N[eon] (2002), both of which will be included in an upcoming compilation DVD of McKean's work from Allen Spiegel Fine Arts. McKean was also a conceptual artist on Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005). Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is a 2004 Fantasy Adventure film based on the novel of the same name by J Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is a 2005 Fantasy Adventure Film, based on J

Jazz pianism

McKean is also an accomplished jazz pianist, and founded the record label Feral Records with saxophonist Iain Ballamy. Jazz is an American Musical art form which originated in the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music The saxophone (commonly referred to simply as sax) is a conical- bored transposing Musical instrument considered a member of the Woodwind Iain Ballamy (born February 20, 1964 in Guildford, Surrey) is a British soprano alto and tenor Saxophone player His most recent project is directing an adaptation to Varjak Paw, based on the S F Said-written book he originally illustrated.

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