of a van. All in the days before photographic enlargements. But he wasn't a working artist by the time I was growing up, he's just getting back to painting for pleasure now. What did he think of comics? He wasn't a reader of comics but he knew what he liked visually. I remember him saying, whilst I was reading something, that it was too messy: "If you can't tell what's going on when you look at it upside down, it's too messy." I think that's good advice. I'm guessing with all this talent in the household, you must have been exposed to a wider cross-section of comics and art, and at an earlier age than the average child. Yeah, I remember being a bit disturbed by some Robert Crumb comics at an early age, all  hairy legs and trousers 'round ankles. But mostly the fact that there was a weekly influx of comics, as well as Steve's ever-expanding collection that he would buy, there was all the stuff he was working on that we would get for free! The Hulk Weekly , Doctor Who , 2000AD , Warrior . All great stuff. Sneaking into my brother's studio when he wasn't there was a big thrill ... the smell of pencil shavings, Indian ink, used brushes and piles of paper. It all made a massive impression on me. I've wanted to be an artist ever since I can remember, and I still love to nosing around other people's studios, given half