People like Jamie Hewlett

Jamie Christopher Hewlett (born 3 April 1968) is an English comic creator, animator, cover designer, illustrator, music video director, and songwriter, best known as the co-creator of the comic book Tank Girl and the virtual band Gorillaz, alongside Blur frontman Damon Albarn.

Brought up in Horsham, West Sussex, Jamie Hewlett was a pupil at Tanbridge House School, A local co-educational source comprehensive for pupils aged 11–16 years. He contributed to the art work of a road safety campaign that ended up as a runner-up in a national television competition. He was inspired by the punk group The Undertones.

While studying at Northbrook College Worthing, Hewlett, Alan Martin and fellow student Philip Bond created a fanzine called Atomtan. This brought him to the attention of Brett Ewins. After leaving college Hewlett and Martin were invited by Ewins to create material for a new magazine he was setting up with Steve Dillon in 1988.