STEVE MAY’S COMIC STRIP FOR GRENFELL
Steve May brings his trademark warmth and energy to one of his most meaningful commissions to date, a comic strip, honouring the ongoing work of those supporting adults and children affected by the Grenfell Fire.
Created for the Grenfell Health and Wellbeing Service, the project began with a two-hour workshop in which Steve worked alongside the community, adults and children together - to find the right way to tell this story. Ideas emerged naturally, including one from a boy who shared a vivid dream about being chased by goblins. That image became the beating heart of the strip: a haunted house filled with emotion monsters - fear, anger, anxiety, trauma, faced down by a young girl hero named Emily, guided through each challenge by Grenfell workers represented as green hearts. The finale sees an art therapist literally paint a door to freedom: a sun-filled green field, a carnival, and everyone reunited.
The result is a piece of illustration with genuine purpose - bold and adventurous in style, yet deeply rooted in the real experiences of the community it celebrates.
Steve May is represented by Arena Illustration.