McKean lives in England's Kent countryside. He also directed the Jim Henson Productions film MirrorMask, which he co-wrote with Neil Gaiman. He has worked on print and film projects with John Cale, Stephen King, the Rolling Stones, Lars Von Trier and SF Said, and created ad campaigns for Kodak, Nike, BMW Mini and Smirnoff, among others. McKean has illustrated, photographed, and designed hundreds of CD covers, comic covers, and book covers, including the entire Sandman series. THE SANDMAN, written by New York Times best-selling author Neil Gaiman, was the most acclaimed comic book title of the 1990s. His collected short stories Pictures That won the Victoria & Albert Museum Book of the Year Award, and his short film N won overall first prize at the Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival. Note: This item is eligible for FREE Click and Collect without a minimum order subject to availability. Punch, Signal to Noise, Violent Cases (all written by Neil Gaiman), and his own Cages. Originally from England, he now lives in the United States.ĭave McKean has illustrated several award-winning comics, including the best-selling Batman: Arkham Asylum (written by Grant Morrison), Mr. Among his many awards are the Eisner, the Hugo, the Nebula, the World Fantasy, and the Bram Stoker. He is also the author of The Wolves in the Walls and The Day I Traded My Dad for Two Goldfish, both written for children.

His other books include Anansi Boys, Neverwhere, American Gods, and Stardust, (winner of the American Library Association's Alex Award as one of 2000's top novels for young adults) as well as the short story collections M Is for Magic and Smoke and Mirrors. These recolored works by Neil Gaiman offer a refreshingly original story line that intertwines gods and mythology.

Neil Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the Newbery Medal-winning The Graveyard Book and Coraline, the basis for the hit movie.

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