British artist Mike Perkins attended the Bournville College of Art. He did his first professional work for 2000AD, Marvel UK and Ginn Publishing, through the Temple Rogers agency. His extensive work for 2000AD includes illustrations for series like 'Future Shocks', 'Judge Dredd', 'Tharg's Terror Tales', 'Vector 13' and 'Carver Hale: Twisting the Knife'. He eventually found his way to the US market with work for DC Comics and Caliber Comics, including 'Killroy is Here', 'Black Mist', 'Amongst The Stars', 'Negative Burn', 'St. Germaine', 'Brian Lumley's Necroscope' and his 1997 adaptation of 'Dr. Faustus'.