Sean Phillips

Sean Phillips
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Penciler, Inker
Notable works	Hellblazer Devlin Waugh Sleeper Criminal
http://www.seanphillips.co.uk

Sean Phillips is a British comic book artist, inker, and penciller.

He is best known in the American comic industry for his work on DC Comics' Sleeper, WildC.A.T.s, Batman and Hellblazer.

Biography

Much of Phillips' British work has yet to be collected in book form, but he is best known for his work as the co-creator of Devlin Waugh for the Judge Dredd Megazine and Straitgate in Crisis (both of which were written by John Smith). He also illustrated several episodes of Judge Dredd in 2000 AD.

He is currently back working with Ed Brubaker on Criminal and a newer title Incognito for Icon.

Phillips has also provided the art for the Criterion Collection release of the 1961 noir film Blast of Silence.

Bibliography

Comic work includes:

• New Statesmen (with John Smith):
  • "Downtime" (in Crisis, #5, 1988)
  • "Holding the fist" (in Crisis, #6, 1988)
  • "White Death" (in Crisis, #13-14, 1989)

• Third World War (with Pat Mills:
  • "Symphony of splintered wood" (in Crisis #22-23, 1989)
  • "Remembering Zion" (in Crisis #24, 1989)
  • "Book of Babylon" (in Crisis #27, 1989)
  • "The calling" (in Crisis #31, 1989)
  • "The man with the child in his eyes" (in Crisis #33-34, 1989)

• Straitgate (with John Smith, in Crisis, 1990)

• Hellblazer (Vertigo):
  • #31, 34-36 (with Jamie Delano, 1990)
  • "Counting To Ten" (with John Smith, Hellblazer #51, 1992)
  • "In Another Part of Hell" (with Jamie Delano, Hellblazer #84, 1994, collected in Rare Cuts, ISBN 1-40120-240-3)
  • #85–88 (with Eddie Campbell, 1995)
  • #89–128 (with Paul Jenkins, 1995-1998)

• "Danzig's Inferno" (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #718-719, 1991)

• Strange Cases:
  • "Feed Me" (with Warren Ellis, in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.07, 1991)
  • "Magic" (with Ian Edginton, in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.08, 1991)

• Armitage (with Dave Stone):
  • "Armitage" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.09-14, 1991)
  • "The Case of the Detonating Dowager" (in Judge Dredd Yearbook 1993, 1992)

• Devlin Waugh (with John Smith):
  • "Swimming in Blood" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.01-2.09, 1992)
  • "A Love like Blood" (illustrated text story, in Judge Dredd Mega-Special 1993, 1993)
  • "Brief Encounter" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #2.26, 1993)
  • "Body and Soul" (illustrated text story, in Judge Dredd Yearbook 1994, 1993)

• Judge Dredd:
  • "The Marshal" (with Garth Ennis, 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 # 45, 1998)

• Harmony (in Judge Dredd Yearbook, 1994)

• Vector 13:
  • "Case Six: Marion" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #956, 1995)
  • "Case Two: It's Good to Talk" (with Nick Abadzis, in 2000 AD #1025, 1997)

• Sinister Dexter: "Sucker Punch" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD #1115, 1998)

• Downlode Tales: "Tough Tushy" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD # 1126, 1999)

• WildC.A.T.s (with Joe Casey and Steve Dillon, Volume 2 #8-28, Wildstorm):
  • Vicious Circles (collects #8-13, 144 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56389-761-X)
  • Serial Boxes (collects #14-19, 144 pages, 2001, ISBN 1-56389-766-0)
  • Battery Park (collects #20-28, 224 pages, 2004, ISBN 1-4012-0035-4)

• The Brotherhood #7-9 (with writer X and inks by Kent Williams, Marvel Comics, 2002)

• Sleeper (with Ed Brubaker, Wildstorm, two 12-issue limited series collected into four trade paperbacks):
  • Out in the Cold (2003, ISBN 1-4012-0115-6)
  • All False Moves (2004, ISBN 1-4012-0288-8)
  • A Crooked Line (2005, ISBN 1-4012-0618-2)
  • The Long Way Home (2005, ISBN 1-4012-0627-1)

• Black Widow: The Things They Say About Her (with Richard Morgan, 6-issue miniseries, Marvel, 2005-2006)

• Marvel Zombies (2006)

• Criminal (with Ed Brubaker, Icon, 2006)

Awards

• 2004 nominated for Eisner Award for Best Cover Artist for Sleeper

• 2007 Winner of Eisner Award for Best New Series for Criminal

• 2006 Winner of the Spike TV Scream Award for Best Artist

References

• Sean Phillips at the Grand Comics Database
• Sean Phillips at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
• Sean Phillips at the Big Comic Book DataBase
• Sean Phillips at 2000 AD online
• Sean Phillips at Marvel.com

External links

• Official website
• Sean's blog
• Template:Myspace
• Art for sale
• Studio Tours: Sean Phillips, Comic Book Resources, February 27, 2008