NAME: Benjamin Dickson

AGE: Thirtysomething

SHOE SIZE: 10

OCCUPATION: So far I have been a web designer, a graphic designer, a teacher, a mental health assistant and a few other things, and am currently working in TV design and production.

HOBBIES: Painting and photography, mostly nude portraits and landscapes. I'm also a comics writer/artist with one (completed) graphic novel and several short stories to my name (and a small fanbase!). I also do human rights work with a group called Espacio Bristol Colombia (of which I'm a founding member), and play guitar very badly.

CREATIVE INFLUENCES: Mark Rothko, Jenny Saville, Paul Pope, Noam Chomsky, Picasso, Marjane Satrapi, Alfred Hitchcock, John Wyndham, Edvard Munch, Chris Morris, Alan Moore, Lucien Freud, Maromu Oshii, Robert Harris, Banksy, Art Speigelman, Bryan Talbot., George Orwell.