Jamie Hughlett confirmed the return of Gorillaz

The comic book artist and designer Jamie Hughlett, who created Gorillaz in 1998 with musician Damon Albarne, published a series of new drawings of the participants in the virtual rock band and confirmed its return.

In Instagram , Hughlett appeared color images of Murdok Niccals (bass gitar, drama machine) and a nudla (guitar, keyboards, vocals), as well as a pencil sketch of Murdok.

In a commentary on one of the drawings, the artist wrote: "Yes, Gorillaz is returning."

Albarn announced the possible renewal of the project back in October 2014. Then he said that the new Gorillaz album will be released in 2016.

Gorillaz were created in 1998. In addition to Murdok and Nudla, the group includes 2D (lead-lid, keyboards) and Russell Hobbs (shock, percussion). Since 2001, Gorillaz released four studio albums, the last of them, The Fall , was released at the end of 2010.