Roger Hargreaves writing and drawing the Mr. Men and Little Miss characters with new stories (while signing the covers in his father's signature). However, in April 2004 Hargreaves's widow Christine sold the rights to the Mr. Men characters to the UK entertainment group Chorion, for £28 million. Hargreaves and his wife had four children: Adam, Giles and twins Sophie and Amelia. The first of the Mr. Men characters is reported to have been created when Adam, at age 6, asked his father what a tickle looked like. Hargreaves drew a figure with a round orange body and long rubbery arms, which became
Mr. Men has created several commercial characters such as Mr. Glug for Evian water and Mr. First for money transfer company World First. In 2017, Adam Hargreaves launched a new series of books featuring characters from the BBC science fiction series, "Doctor Who", with each book focusing on a different incarnation of the show's titular character. Each book contains a title page, 16 to 18 text pages and 15 to 17 colour illustrations drawn with a Magic Marker. Where the name of the title Mr. Men character is too long to fit on the cover horizontally, instead of being in a reduced