Jamie Hewlett

Jamie Hewlett is an artist who was born on April 3rd 1968 and is not yet dead. He is best known for doing the artwork for the highly successful virtual band Gorillaz, and he also co-created Tank Girl (pictured) for Deadline. For 2000 AD he co-created Swifty's Return and Hewligan's Haircut, and drew an episode of Judge Dredd. Hewlett drew one story and wrote another for A1, drew an issue of Doom Patrol and co-created a short cartoon shown on the BBC in 2008 before footage of the Beijing Olympics (the one with the monkey).1 His irreverent, off-the-wall, surreal style is influenced by Brendan McCarthy, and is characterised by strong, vigorous lines and bright colours.

1The monkey was in the cartoon, not the Olympics. (As far as we know.)