I Love Great Britain - by Mike Jupp 1000 Piece Puzzles - 685mm x 490mm Box Dimensions - 305mm x 305mm x 50mm A favourite puzzle designer for the Gibsons jigsaw puzzle catalogue is Mike Jupp. This new 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle entitled I Love Great Britain has Mike displaying all the skills that has made him a mainstay of the Gibsons puzzle catalogue. The puzzle is brimming with characters and landmarks that are uniquely British. Sir Winston Churchill, Elton John, Tony Blair and Queen Victoria and her favourite (and England's most famous) cricketer the batsman, WC Grace are all represented in caricature. The Beatles, both Queens Elizabeth, Princess Diana, William Shakespeare and even Charlie Chaplin (who was, after all, born in London) have their portraits included. From the field of military endeavour Mike Jupp has given us Lord Nelson, The Duke of Wellington and Lord Kitchener, made famous by his image in the wartime recruitement poster "Your Country Needs You". That poster was made into a hugely popular reproduction during the Beatles heyday of the mid to late 1960's. From the field of entertainment not only are the Beatles present but also the British comedy duo of Morecambe and Wise and the even more uniquely British comic, Tommy Cooper (fez and all). This 1000 piece Gibsons puzzle may be a stretch for all but the most convinced Anglophile. It is nevetheless a fine example of the style of Mike Jupp and why he is a perennial favourite in the Gibsons jigsaw puzzle catalogue. Mike Jupp was born in 1948 in Erith, Kent. He studies at the West Sussex College of Art and Design, gaining qualifications in art and architecture, plus diplomas in Art and Advertising Design. His very varied career started in London working for an American design and marketing company. Later, he worked freelance as an illustrator, copywriter and cartoonist before going on to California to work on two cartoon film series. Mike's ability to create images in both pictures and words has lead to an enormous demand for his talents. He worked with Central Television where he created The Dreamstone (1986) followed by Bimbles Bucket and Digit'n Dawson cartoon characters. Amongst his other conquests was a commission for Steven Spielberg to paint Empire of the Sun - the crew and more recently the design of his novel Retribution in 1999. Mike lives in Bognor, West Sussex with his wife Nikki and two daughters, Eleanor and Merrin.
