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Jean Jullien’s wonderfully un-grown-up birthday message
The artist, illustrator and Phaidon author shows us how we all feel on the day we get one year older
Jean Jullien can assume a wonderfully childlike point of view. His board books for 2-4 year olds, This is Not a Book and Before & After, are filled with the kind of visual gags perfectly suited to pre-schoolers.
However, he has also created paintings, plates, animations, t-shirt lines and restaurant logos for more grown-up viewers, and knows how to laugh along with the disappointments of later life.
![Jean Jullien by Daniel Arnold](/resource/jean-jullien-by-daniel-arnold.jpg)
While we might not all agree Mario is just as good as ever, we can certainly sympathise with Jean’s un-smiley face in this image, posted on his Instagram (and ours) to mark his 34th birthday.
![Before & After by Jean Jullien](/resource/9780714874081-photo-1.jpg)
Don't go changing, Jean. For more of his eternally youthful work, take a look at these books.