He became well known for working on the comic Bad Company in 2000 AD before going on to write a number of graphic novels based on musicians, as well as becoming a music journalist.

[1] Jim McCarthy studied art at Ealing College, leaving in 1975 and working as an artist in Europe for three years.

[2] He started at 2000 AD in 1977 and 1978 on Tharg's Future Shocks, sharing art duties with Brett Ewins, a partnership that would continue on his return in 1986 for their long run on Bad Company with Peter Milligan.

Beaumont [the artist] received death threats from irate fans before Godspeed was even published".

Subsequently, my work has been translated and published in Russia, Czechoslovakia, Spain, Norway, Italy, Poland, France, Croatia, Germany, Argentina and Japan.