Inspirational and outrageously clever!

One afternoon in the late 1960’s a small boy picked up an old comic book and started reading Herge’s Adventures of Tintin. The stories were fine – but it was the pictures that fascinated him. The boy begged a pad and a pencil off his Mum and started to draw...

Forty or so years later, Les Ives is the chief illustrator for Colour Heroes. A man who’s job is simple – to bring your story to life. However compelling your story, no matter how many ghosts are stalking the corridors, without vivid and appealing graphics, younger readers are not going to be engaged. Fortunately Les’s drawings for Colour Heroes have been captivating children for over ten years now – so we can safely say that if you ask us to tell your story, creating a unique character will be the least of our worries. Hero or villain, pirate or prince, you can leave it to Les...

"Colour Heroes delivered excellent quality and nothing was compromised even though the budget was not huge. We were very proud of the final product."

Carole Jones
Senior Procurement Manager,
Thomas Cook Airlines