DAVE McKEAN - 'CAGES', BOOK 4, PAGE 45

Shipping Costs: UK-£21, US:£45, Europe:£40. Far East:£60. Dave McKean has illustrated and designed many award-winning and ground-breaking books and graphic novels including 'The Magic of Reality' (Richard Dawkins), 'The Homecoming' (Ray Bradbury), 'Varjak Paw and Phoenix' (SF Said), 'The Savage', 'Slog's Dad' and 'Mouse Bird Snake Wolf' (David Almond), 'What's Welsh for Zen' (John Cale), 'Arkham Asylum' (Grant Morrison), 'Wizard & Glass' (Stephen King) and 'Mr. Punch', 'Signal to Noise', 'The Wolves in the Walls', 'Coraline' and the Newberry and Carnegie Medal winning 'The Graveyard Book' (Neil Gaiman). He has also written and illustrated 'Pictures That Tick' vol. 1 and 2 (collections of short comics) and 'Celluloid' (an erotic novel). He has created hundreds of CD, book and comic covers for Michael Nyman, Alice Cooper, The Rolling Stones, Bill Bruford, Bill Laswell, Tori Amos, Altan, Fear Factory, Roy Harper, Frontline Assembly, John Cale, not forgetting of course the entire run of Neil Gaiman's influential 'Sandman' series. Dave has also directed five short films and three feature films, 'MirrorMask' (7 International Awards), 'Luna' (BIFA and Raindance Best Feature Awards) and 'The Gospel of Us' (2 Bafta Cymru awards) with Michael Sheen. We are delighted that his contribution to our auction is an absolutely stunning original page from his self-penned comic series 'Cages' (1990-1996). 'Cages' received several Harvey and Eisner awards and nominations, including 'Best New Series' and 'Best Artist'. This piece is from Book 4, page 45. Ink on paper. Approx 20 x 30 inches. The first panel is a negative print.