4/15/2023 0 Comments Last hope malHe was interested in video, having run a community video workshop in Streatham, the town in south London where he grew up. Meehan went to school to study multimedia. He cut his teeth doing drawings on ‘Judge Dredd,’ the popular character who serves as cop and judge in a dystopian future. He spent three summer breaks at the company, and while the job was unpaid, Meehan loved the experience. They produced ‘Judge Dredd’ and ‘2000 A.D.’ I said, ‘Listen, I will do anything to sit in your office and make you tea and coffee and be a part of it.’” I actually phoned up the local comic book company, which was Fleetway. In England, we don’t have internships but we have work experience. “From that point I got kind of a buzz about doing comic book work. “We sold 100 copies of this thing that we photocopied at my school,” Meehan said. Meehan got his start at age 14, when he drew his first comic book and sold it at Forbidden Planet, a London cult megastore famous for selling comics, toys and movie merchandise. He also serves as the co-owner of Inn The Doghouse with partner Annette Babich. A bookish man with glasses and a London accent, Meehan has dabbled in music, interior design, web design, video, advertising and comic books. Zombie Fest posters are just one facet of Meehan’s art. He was always very good at art, and I would see his work and loved it.” I would take my parents’ carriage clock apart and put it back together again and get it working. “From a young child I’ve always been artistic,” he said. You may not know Mal Meehan, but if you’ve been around Milton, chances are you’ve seen his work.įor the last two years, Meehan has drawn the official poster for Milton Theatre’s Zombie Fest, taking the approach of “Let’s zombie-fy it up.” This past year the festival was held in Dewey Beach, so to give it a Dewey flavor, he used the Bottle and Cork logo, which shows two people dancing, turning them into undead zombies in a graveyard.
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