Knife and Packer

Who is Knife and Packer?

Knife and Packer are Duncan McCoshan and Jem Packer, best known as illustrators/ writers of children's books and cartoonists.

McCosham and Packer first began working together in 1993 on various cartoons and cartoon strips for or UK newspapers and magazines, including The Guardian and The Sunday Times. The It's Grim Up North London cartoon strip, satirising the growth of 'Islington trendies', was one of their first collaborative works and has been running in Private Eye magazine since 1999.

Their first children's book was published in 2001 and they have since produced over 30 books, based on characters Zac Zoltan, Captain Fact, Freak Street and Fleabag Monkeyface.

In 2010 they were commissioned by CiTV to write and illustrate a TV series of their Fleabag Monkeyface characters. The series was transmitted on ITV in Autumn 2011.

Fleabag Monkeyface series

⁕When Earwax Attacks

⁕King Pong

⁕The Creature from the Pink Lagoon

⁕Invasion of the Grubby Snatchers

⁕Moldfinger

⁕The Temple of Baboon

Freak Street series

⁕Meet The Aliensons

⁕Meet The Zombiesons

⁕Meet The Humansons

⁕Meet The Wizardsons

⁕Meet The Supersons

⁕Meet The Vampiresons

⁕Aliensons On Holiday