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Stephen Collins was born in 1980 and grew up in Penge, South London. He began cartooning for The Times in 2003, and has since won several awards, including the Jonathan Cape/Observer Graphic Short Story Prize 2010. His work has appeared in many publications worldwide, and he contributes regular comics to the Guardian Weekend and Prospect magazine. He lives near Hertford with his wife and a well-charged beard trimmer. For up-to-date news and work, visit www.stephencollinsillustration.com
Collins's [book] is a love song - or is it? - to facial hair and all who get tangled up in it. -- Rachel Cooke Observer A book to make you sing with the genius of it... A book of revolution, and a beautiful story told with imagination, grace and a lot of pencil lines. And you feel the hard effort on every page. Those individual hairs don't draw themselves. -- Rich Johnston and Hannah Means-Shannon Bleeding Cool In exquisite pencil drawings, Stephen Collins pursues Dave's absurd quandary through its logical stages, from infamy to celebrity, from vast scaffolding to hot-air balloons. It's a timely fable about any government's attempt to impose conformity on the becauselessness of humanity. -- Paul Gravett Independent It's part satire, part parable, part nursery rhyme and part disaster movie, and it's an utter joy to read. -- Tom Gatti The Times Clever, funny and beautiful to look at. A fairytale for adults that children will also adore, The Gigantic Beard That Was Evil is surely destined to become a classic. -- Rachel Cooke Observer
