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Sean Phillips (born 27 January 1965) is a British
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, best known for his collaborations with
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on comics including '' Sleeper'', ''
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'', the ''
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'' series of comics, '' Fatale'', '' The Fade Out'', and '' Kill or Be Killed''. He has also worked on the
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' series '' WildC.A.T.s'' and ''
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''.


Early life

Phillips grew up in the U.K. fascinated by American comics, particularly those published by
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. As he got older, his influences included Jim Baikie,
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,
Jamie Hewlett Jamie Christopher Hewlett (born 3 April 1968) is a British comic book artist and illustrator. He is the co-creator of the comic book ''Tank Girl'' with Alan Martin (writer), Alan Martin and the virtual band Gorillaz, alongside Blur (band), Blur ...
,
Duncan Fegredo Duncan Fegredo (; born 1964) is a British comic book artist. Career Born in Leicester, Fegredo first managed to get into comics after showing his portfolio around UKCAC in 1987 and meeting Dave Thorpe. Together they worked on a strip for a s ...
,
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,
Dave McKean David McKean (born 29 December 1963) is an England, English artist. His work incorporates drawing, painting, photography, collage, found objects, digital art, and sculpture. McKean has illustrated works by authors such as S. F. Said, S.F. Said, ...
, and
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.Thomas, Ian
“We Get to Do Whatever We Want!”: An Interview with Sean Phillips,"
''The Comics Journal'' (Jan. 26, 2022).


Career

Phillips began his career in 1980 in British girls' comic magazines such as ''
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'', '' Judy'' and '' Nikki'' while still at school. After graduating art college (Lowestoft Polytechnic) in 1988 he started working with John Smith on '' New Statesmen'' and ''Straitgate'', as well as
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on ''
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'', both at ''
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''. Phillips was part of the late-1980s
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, getting work on ''
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'' before it became a
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title. Returning to the UK, he worked on ''Devlin Waugh'' for the ''
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'' (May 2–15 1992 – Aug. 22–Sept. 4, 1992) and also provided the art on a number of series for '' 2000 AD'', including ''
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''. In 1990, he illustrated the cover for the
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album ''
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''. In May 1993 he became one of the early
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artists by illustrating (with assists from Paul Peart and Sean Harrison Scoffield) the entire 16-issue run of '' Kid Eternity'' (1993–1994). His later work with Vertigo included the covers for twenty-three of the twenty-five issues of the first '' The Invisibles'' series and also returning to ''Hellblazer'' (switching from artwork and covers to just covers after around twenty issues) between 1995 and 1998. He drew three issues of ''
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'' (1994), the one-shot ''Hell Eternal'' (1995), and the miniseries ''The Minx'' (1998–1999). Phillips penciled four issues of the final ''Invisibles'' series between 1999 and 2000, and produced covers for the ''Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood'' miniseries. In 1999, he inked Michael Lark's pencils on '' Scene of the Crime'' — written by
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, a writer Phillips would collaborate with a number of times over the following years. In 2001, Phillips and
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illustrated a Vertigo three-issue miniseries called ''User'', written by Devin Grayson. The series explores "sexual identity and online role-playing in the text-based
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of the nineties." ''User'' was re-released as a hardcover by Image in 2017. Phillips moved on to
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for a long run on '' WildC.A.T.s'' (issues #8–28, 2000–2001) with
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before teaming up Brubaker on '' Sleeper'' (2003–2005). Phillips went over to
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in 2005 where he co-created ''
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'' with Brubaker at the Marvel imprint
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. He was also the main artist on the first two instalments of the Marvel Zombies series with
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. Subsequent work includes ''
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'', another series with Brubaker at Icon and a US reprint of '' 7 Psychopaths'' at
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. Phillips provided the art for
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release of the 1961 noir film '' Blast of Silence'', as well as the art for the Criterion release of the 1957 legal drama '' 12 Angry Men'', based on a design by Eric Skillman. On 9 April 2011, Phillips was one of 62 comics creators who appeared at the
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stage at the Kapow! Comic Convention in London to set two
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, the Fastest Production of a Comic Book, and Most Contributors to a Comic Book. With Guinness officials on hand to monitor their progress, writer
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began work at 9 a.m. scripting a 20-page black and white '' Superior'' comic book, with Phillips and the other artists — including
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,
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, John Romita Jr., Jock,"Kapow! '11: Comic History Rewritten On The IGN Stage"
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. 14 April 2011
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,
Ian Churchill Ian Churchill (born 1969) is a British comic book artist, who has mostly worked in the American comic book industry. Career Churchill's early work included stints on ''Supergirl (comic book), Supergirl'', ''Uncanny X-Men'' as well as the ''Deadp ...
,
Olivier Coipel Olivier Coipel (; November 7, 1969) is a French people, French comic book artist, known for his work on books such as ''House of M'', ''Legion of Super-Heroes'' and ''Thor (Marvel Comics), Thor''. Career Olivier Coipel started as a movie animator ...
,
Duncan Fegredo Duncan Fegredo (; born 1964) is a British comic book artist. Career Born in Leicester, Fegredo first managed to get into comics after showing his portfolio around UKCAC in 1987 and meeting Dave Thorpe. Together they worked on a strip for a s ...
,
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,
David Lafuente David Lafuente is a Spanish-born comic book artist known for his work on books such as '' Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man''. He currently resides in London.John McCrea, and Liam Sharp — all drawing a panel each, appearing on stage throughout the day to work on the pencils, inks, and lettering, with regular ''Superior'' artist
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creating the book's front cover. The book was completed in 11 hours, 19 minutes, and 38 seconds, and was published through Icon on 23 November 2011, with all royalties being donated to Yorkhill Children's Foundation. In 2012, Phillips was one of several artists to illustrate a variant cover for
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's '' The Walking Dead'' No. 100, which was released 11 July at
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. Phillips and Ed Brubaker launched their '' Fatale'' series at
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in January 2012. The series was initially announced as a twelve-issue maxi-series but was upgraded to an ongoing title in November 2012. Jesse Schedeen of
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stated that "You can't go wrong with a Brubaker/Phillips collaboration. Even so, ''Fatale'' is making a strong case for being the best of their projects." In October 2013, Phillips and Brubaker signed a five-year contract to produce comics exclusively for Image. Under the terms of the deal, Image will publish any comic they bring to them without having to pitch it to them first. In 2019, Brubaker and Phillips signed another five-year contract with Image to produce comics exclusively for that publisher. As Phillips explained, " /nowiki>W/nowiki>e get to do whatever we want! We don’t have to pitch projects to Image, we don’t have an editor or designer, we can make as many or few books as we want. We get to choose format, paper stock, and everything else to do with our books."


Personal life

Phillips' son Jacob Phillips is also a professional comics creator, having worked as a
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on his father's comics and branching out into illustrating his own series.


Art style

Phillips is known for the different art styles he has employed over the years, from clean-line superhero work, to scratchy, noir-inspired black-and-line work, to painted comics.


Bibliography

* *'' New Statesmen'' (with John Smith): ** "Downtime" (in ''
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'', No. 5, 1988) ** "Holding the fist" (in ''Crisis'', No. 6, 1988) ** "White Death" (in ''Crisis'', #13–14, 1989) *''
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'' (with
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): ** "Symphony of splintered wood" (in ''Crisis'' #22–23, 1989) ** "Remembering Zion" (in ''Crisis'' No. 24, 1989) ** "Book of Babylon" (in ''Crisis'' No. 27, 1989) ** "The calling" (in ''Crisis'' No. 31, 1989) ** "The man with the child in his eyes" (in ''Crisis'' #33–34, 1989) *''Straitgate'' (with John Smith, in ''Crisis'', 1990) *''
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'' (
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): ** No. 31, 34–36 (with
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, 1990) ** "Counting To Ten" (with John Smith, ''Hellblazer'' No. 51, 1992) ** "In Another Part of Hell" (with Jamie Delano, ''Hellblazer'' No. 84, 1994, collected in ''Rare Cuts'', ) ** #84–88 (with
Eddie Campbell Eddie Campbell (born 10 August 1955) is a British comics artist and cartoonist. He was the illustrator and publisher of '' From Hell'' (written by Alan Moore), and the creator of the semi-autobiographical ''Alec'' stories collected in ''Alec: ...
, 1995) ** #89–100, 102–107, 109-114, 116-120 (with Paul Jenkins, 1994–1997) * ''Danzig's Inferno'' (with John Smith, in '' 2000 AD'' #718–719, 1991) *''Strange Cases'': ** "Feed Me" (with
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, in ''
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'' (vol. 1) No. 7, 1991) ** "Magic" (with
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, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 1) No. 8, 1991) *'' Armitage'' (with Dave Stone): ** "Armitage" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 1) #9–14, 1991) ** "The Case of the Detonating Dowager" (in ''Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993'', 1992) *''Devlin Waugh'' (with John Smith, tpb, ''Swimming in Blood'', 224 pages, 2004, DC, , Rebellion, ): ** "Swimming in Blood" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) #1–9, 1992) ** "A Love like Blood" (illustrated text story, in ''Judge Dredd Mega-Special 1993'', 1993) ** "Brief Encounter" (in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol. 2) No. 26, 1993) ** "Body and Soul" (illustrated text story, in ''Judge Dredd Yearbook 1994'', 1993) *''
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'': ** "The Marshal" (with
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, in ''2000 AD'' #800–803, 1992) ** "The Hunting Party" (with John Wagner, in ''2000 AD'' #1033, 1997) ** "A Death in the Family" (with John Wagner, in ''Judge Dredd Megazine'' (vol.3) No. 45, 1998) *''Harmony'' (in ''Judge Dredd Yearbook'', 1994) *'' Vector 13'': ** "Case Six: Marion" (with
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, in ''2000 AD'' No. 956, 1995) ** "Case Two: It's Good to Talk" (with Nick Abadzis, in ''2000 AD'' #1025, 1997) *''
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'': "Sucker Punch" (with Dan Abnett, in ''2000 AD'' #1115, 1998) *'' Downlode Tales'': "Tough Tushy" (with Dan Abnett, in ''2000 AD'' #1126, 1999) *'' Scene of the Crime'' #2–4 (inks, with
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and pencils by Michael Lark, Vertigo, 1999, collected in ''A Little Piece of Goodnight'', 2000, ) *'' WildC.A.T.s'' (with
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and
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, Volume 2 #8–28,
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) collected as: **''Vicious Circles'' (collects #8–13, 144 pages, 2001, ) **''Serial Boxes'' (collects #14–19, 144 pages, 2001, ) **''Battery Park'' (collects #20–28, 224 pages, 2004, ) *'' The Brotherhood'' #7–9 (with writer attributed as "X" and inks by Kent Williams, Marvel Comics, 2002) *'' Sleeper'' (with Ed Brubaker,
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, two 12-issue limited series collected into four trade paperbacks): ** ''Out in the Cold'' (2003, ) ** ''All False Moves'' (2004, ) ** ''A Crooked Line'' (2005, ) ** ''The Long Way Home'' (2005, ) *'' Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her'' (with Richard Morgan, 6-issue miniseries, Marvel, 2005–2006) *'' Marvel Zombies'' (with
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, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2006, tpb, 2006, ) *''
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'' (with Ed Brubaker,
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, 2006-ongoing) collected as: **''Coward'' (2007, ) **''Lawless'' (2007, ) **''The Dead and the Dying'' (2008, ) **''Bad Night'' (2009, ) **''The Sinners'' (2010, ) *'' 7 Psychopaths'' (with Fabien Vehlmann, Delcourt, 2007, 88 pages,
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, December 2010, ) *'' Marvel Zombies 2'' (with Robert Kirkman, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, 2007–2008, hardcover, June 2008, ) *''
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'' (with Ed Brubaker, 6-issue limited series, Icon, 2008–2009, tpb, November 2009, ) *''Incognito: Bad Influences'' (with Ed Brubaker, 6-issue limited series, Icon, 2010–2011, tpb, 2011, *'' Fatale'' (with Ed Brubaker, limited series, Image Comics, 2012-2014) *'' The Fade Out'' (with Ed Brubaker, limited series, Image Comics, 2014-2015) *'' Kill or Be Killed'' (with Ed Brubaker, Image Comics, 2016-2018) *''Pulp'' (with Ed Brubaker, Image Comics, 2020) *''Reckless'' (with Ed Brubaker, Image Comics, 2020-2022) *''Night Fever'' (with Ed Brubaker, Image Comics, 2023) *''Where the Body Was'' (with Ed Brubaker, Image Comics, 2024) *''Houses of the Unholy'' (with Ed Brubaker, Image Comics, 2024)


Awards


Eisner Awards


Best Cover Artist

* 2017 nominated for '' Criminal 10th Anniversary Special'', '' Kill or Be Killed''


Best Limited Series or Story Arc

* 2016 Winner for ''The Fade Out'' (with Ed Brubaker)


Best Graphic Album—New

* 2018 Winner for ''My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies'' (with Ed Brubaker)


Other awards

* 1993 nominated for the UK Comic Art Award for Best Artist * 2006 Winner of the
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Scream Award for Best Artist for '' Marvel Zombies'' * 2012 nominated for the Eagle Award for Favourite Artist: Fully Painted Artwork * 2021 Nominated for the Dragon Award for Best Graphic Novel for ''Pulp'' (with Ed Brubaker and Jacob Phillips)


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External links

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Sean Phillips
at the Big Comic Book DataBase
Sean Phillips
at Barney
Sean Phillips
at Marvel.com
Sean Phillips's blog
(archived)
Studio Tours: Sean Phillips
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