James Jarvis is an illustrator from London who has made comics and a collection of figures that are inspired by rock stars, wrestlers and teenage youths. I discovered him by accident when I had a go on the toy dispenser machine in Tower records in Tokyo. He had created a series of mini figures called 'teenage deliquents' which were available for 300 yen each, the figure I got was a curly-haired nerd in a skull t-shirt and I've been a fan ever since.
His quirky observations make the figures very likeable and fun. His most popular figure has been the cute gorilla Milo. If you're into collectables look at the available figures on the Amos Toys website: http://www.amostoys.com/
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