I was born in Sheffield, England, in 1946 and moved at the age of one when my dad opened a pub near Bradford. As I got older, I apparently used to stand on a table in the bar and tell stories to customers about a character called Big Dumb Tackle (whoever he was). I spent much of my childhood playing sports, fighting, and drawing with my older brother.
I went to a grammar school in Cleckheaton, then studied graphic design at Leeds College of Art. At this point in my life, my father died suddenly and horrifically in front of me, and this had a huge effect on me. I went through a rather dark pe...