"MR BENN - GLADIATOR" By David McKee (published by Andersen Press Ltd, London 2001) Part 3

You can spend hours looking at the dozens of characters in this book and laugh at their follies and actions whether you are a kid or not! If you ever get a chance to watch a Mr Benn animation you'll be even more amazed with the range of faces, shapes, colours and costumes. David McKee (b.1935) has limitless imagination, inventiveness and humour. I treasure any book with his illustrations but Mr Benn has to be my favourite.

"MR BENN - GLADIATOR" By David McKee (published by Andersen Press Ltd, London 2001) Part 2

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKee

"MR BENN - GLADIATOR" By David McKee (published by Andersen Press Ltd, London 2001) Part 1

                                                  http://www.andersenpress.co.uk/authors/view/229

"Supergran Rules OK" Forrest Wilson, Illustrated By David McKee (Published by Puffin Books, Penguin Books Ltd, UK, 1981)

 

 

This is, I think, one of the lesser known David McKee books (people will be more familiar with Elmer the elephant and the unforgettable Mr Benn characters). Published around the time when the mighty Superman films would have been at the peak of their popularity, this book would come as humorous alternative! I love all of McKee's work but I find his line drawings a bit more special - they are fresher, funnier and more experimental. Here's a brief biography and further links:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McKee