Dave McKean

Dave McKean was born in Taplow, Berkshire in 1963. He attended Berkshire College of Art and Design from 1982-86 and, before leaving, started working as an illustrator. He was chosen by Apple as one of their thirty key creatives representing thirty years since the launch of the Apple Mac (Dave’s year was 1994, the year he created the first Photoshop comics covers for the hugely influential Sandman series, and the first original online interactive narrative, Club Salsa). In 1986 he met author Neil Gaiman. Their first book, Violent Cases (1987), has been printed in many editions worldwide, and adapted for the stage. They also created Black Orchid (1988), Signal To Noise (1990) for The Face magazine, and Mr. Punch (1975). Dave has contributed all the cover illustrations and design for the popular Sandman series of graphic novels, and a collection of this work, Dust Covers, was published in 1998, and a second volume of Sandman related covers for The Dreaming, Sandman Presents, Overture and ot