Nick Hayes is the author of The Rime of the Modern Mariner , an updating of Coleridge¿s famous poem, and the visual biography Woody Guthrie and the Dust Bowl Ballads , both of which are among the most highly regarded of recent British long-form comics. He has also published two collections of his short comics, Lovely Grey Day and 11 Folk Songs. He is the founding editor of Meat magazine, a periodical showcasing new writing, comics and illustration and has won two Guardian Media awards.