It’s not everyday that you get to meet a celebrity, let alone one who’s so humble and down-to-earth. Simon Oxley may not be a household name (yet!) but you definitely know his work. He designed the original Twitter bird, GitHub’s Octocat, the Bitly puffer fish and iStockphoto.com’s former logo, to name but a few.

2003 was a very different time. Comic book sales had been in decline for years but were slowly clawing their way back into the mainstream thanks to a number of successful film adaptations; Blade, Blade II, X-Men, and Spider-Man had all recently been released.