Artists must "revolt against the soulless [AI] machines" says legendary comic artist Dave McKean

Dave McKean, comic book artist, a man in a dark shirt sits in front of an artist's drawing desk in low light.

Like many, the first time I discovered Dave McKean's art was Arkham Asylum, the abstract, painterly, mixed media of this Batman graphic novel impressed upon a younger me how comic art can be more than spandex superheroes and clean lines.

I'd grown up on Dan Dare and 2000AD rather than Marvel, but even exposed to the art of Ian Gibson, Carlos Ezquerra and Simon Bisley couldn't really compare to the surreal, textural chaos of Dave McKean's art. He’s the kind of artist whose work you feel as much as you see.