About Mike Jupp
Mike Jupp was born in 1948
in Erith, Kent. He studies at the
West Sussex College
of Art and Design, gaining
qualifications in art and
architecture, plus diplomas in Art
and Advertising Design.
His very varied career
started in London working for an
American design and
marketing company. Later, he
worked freelance as an illustrator,
copywriter and
cartoonist before going on to
California to work on two cartoon
film series.
Mike worked in Seoul, South
Korea before returning to San
Francisco and then
back home to England in 1986.
Mike's ability to create
images in both pictures and
words has lead to an
enormous demand for his talents.
He worked with Central Television
where he created
The Dreamstone (1986) followed
by Bimbles Bucket and Digit'n
Dawson cartoon
characters. Amongst his other
conquests was a commission for
Steven Spielberg to
paint Empire of the Sun - the
crew and more recently the
design of his novel
Retribution in 1999.
Mike lives in Bognor, West
Sussex with his wife Nikki and
two daughters, Eleanor
and Merrin.
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