Allan Harvey

London-based illustrator, cartoonist and writer

Allan Harvey was born in South Wales. For the last 30 years he has lived and worked in London.

In the late '80s he worked with others to bring the cyber-punk fanzine THE HARDCORE into existence, and continued to write and draw comic strips within its pages until 1993. He regularly produces work for the APA 247 amateur press association. In 1995 he became the Central Mailer, organising the financial aspects of the association, and stayed in the hot seat for three years. He was a member of the Comics Creators Guild for over a decade and produced several covers for their regular newsletter. He occasionally produces strips for the small press; most notably, the MageWorks series for Violent!

Allan lists his artistic influences as including such diverse stylists as Jack Kirby, Colleen Doran, Adam Hughes, Barry Windsor-Smith, Jim Steranko, Alphonse Mucha and the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood.

Wearing his writer's hat, Allan authored a couple of articles on the Harry Potter phenomenon for the book MUGGLES AND MAGIC published by Hampton Roads. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of comics history, he writes regularly for BACK ISSUE magazine, and produces a blog looking at the lighter side of comics, Gorilla Daze