“Influenced by his love of the horror genre and the music and lyrics of the emerging UK punk scene, he sought a style and approach that encapsulated both. Moving to London in 1980, Graham’s freelance career slowly took shape as clients and commissions were found and professional relationships established.

Within the first two years a chance contact brought him to the office of Palace Pictures and a commission to create a UK poster for their second theatrical release, ‘The Evil Dead’. Such was the success of the film that further commissions soon began to fill his schedule resulting in numerous VHS sleeves, thus establishing Graham’s career as a genre artist. Palace Pictures commissioned the ‘A Nightmare On Elm Street’ poster for the UK release. This opened up new possibilities with it’s marked difference in style and technique. During this first decade of work, in addition to the horror commissions, Graham also worked on book covers, magazine illustrations, record covers and in advertising.”