Michael (Mike) Jupp (Born April 8th, 1948 in Tonbridge, Kent, United Kingdom) is an English cartoonist,illustrator.designer/visualiser, creature designer, copywriter and author. Mike Jupp was adopted at the age of 3 months and brought up at his home in BOGNOR REGIS, West Sussex. Educated at Nyewood Lane Junior School and subsequently, Lancastrian Secondary Modern school, Chichester. He was 'asked to leave' aged 16 (for refusing to get his hair cut!) and moved to Chichester polytechnic (Avenue De Chartres). He acquired the necessary GCE grades, including A- Level GCE's in Art & architecture then required for admission to The West Sussex College of Art and Design (Now Northbrooke College) Worthing, West Sussex. He gainined qualifications in Art and Animation (Jupp was the college's first stu