Emily carroll. Uli oesterle - illustration. HOME - Uli Oesterle - Illustration / Charakter-Design / Vector / Icon / Comic - The Oesterle - Der Ulistrator. Ghostshrimp : dan james : illustration. Works by John Kenn. John Kenn has risen to the single most popular artist on Escape into Life with over 200,000 visitors to a single page. The comments on his work keep flooding in with opinions on whether the works are original or derivative. Many have pointed to the influence of Maurice Sendak and Edward Gorey. With the little biographical information we have about Kenn, he was born in Denmark in 1978. He writes and directs television shows for kids. He makes his monster drawings on Post-it notes, and says, “It is a little window into a different world, made on office supplies.” Visit John Kenn’s blog See more of John Kenn’s work on this site. David Lanham.