Hallo -- I'm Jim McCarthy, a British writer/illustrator/ comic strip artist
My career began in London creating for 2000AD; for whom I created comic characters Bad Company, Bix Barton, The GrudgeFather, Judge Dredd etc.
My first book was published by Hal Leonard in the USA called Voices Of Latin Rock. The first book to examine Santana, Latin Rock culture.This resulted in a series of music concerts in San
Francisco and has featured Carlos Santana, Booker T, Los Lobos, Sly Stone, Doobie Brothers among others.

I am also engaged in writing published graphic novels.The most recent published are Bob Marley, Keith Moon, Living For Kicks: Mods, also Neverland; Michael Jackson. Others include Metallica, Guns and Roses, Kurt Cobain,
Tupac Shakur, Eminem and The Ramones.

As an artist, I have liaised and collaborated with other highly
rated authors (Pete Milligan, Grant Morrison, Mark Millar),
Jim's clients have included Hal Leonard Publishers, Omnibus Books, Sony/Legacy New York, Egmont, Rebellion Developments, Future Publishing, Fleetway Publications plus...