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James Jarvis was born
in South London in 1970. Since childhood he has been driven by an obsessive
admiration for the work of Richard Scarry and Hergé, the two greatest artists
of the 20th century. He graduated with a B.A. in illustration from the University
of Brighton in 1993. He then studied for an M.A. in illustration at the Royal
College of Art, graduating in 1995. Since then he has worked as a freelance
illustrator for clients like The Face and Sony Japan.
Since 1998 he has collaborated with the clothing company Silas, designing
various graphics, and toys based on his cartoon characters. In 2000 he launched
his cartoon universe World of Pain through an exhibition in Tokyo. World of
Pain is his equivalent to Tolkein's Middle Earth. It is a place where his
potato-headed characters can run free, or as free as their quasi-fascistic
laws allow them.
websites: jamesjarvis.co.uk and worldofpain.com
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