Phil Foglio
Phil Foglio | |
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Born | Mount Vernon, New York, U.S. | May 1, 1956
Education | DePaul University |
Occupation(s) | Cartoonist, artist |
Spouse | Kaja Foglio |
Philip Foglio (born May 1, 1956)
Early life and career
Foglio was born on May 1, 1956, in
Beginning in 1980, Foglio wrote and illustrated the
He eventually returned to the Rogers Park neighborhood of Chicago and continued fantasy and science-fiction art.[
Foglio initiated his long-running character Buck Godot for the publication Just Imagine, published by Denny Meisinger.[1] Basing the humorous science-fiction detective on a real-life friend, John Buckley, Foglio "did a couple of those in the black-and-whites and then Donning said they wanted Buck Godot graphic novels", two of which followed.
Later work
In the 1990s, Foglio met and married his wife,
In April 2005, the Foglios abandoned publishing periodical-style comic books and began publishing Girl Genius online as a free webcomic, updated three times a week.[9] Foglio told an interviewer that as of November 2005, "[W]e've quadrupled our number of readers, and tripled our sales" of traditional comics and related merchandise.[10]
Awards
In 1976, the slide show The Capture, which Robert Asprin wrote and Foglio illustrated, was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation; in the same year, he was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist for the first time.[11] Foglio won the Fan Artist Hugo twice, in 1977 and 1978.[4][5] He was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Professional Artist in 2008.[12] He, his wife (Kaja Foglio), and their colorist (Cheyenne Wright) won the first graphic story Hugo for Girl Genius, Volume 8: Agatha Heterodyne and the Chapel of Bones in 2009.[13] The three again won the award for subsequent volumes in 2010[14][15] and 2011.[16] Having won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story in all three of its first three years, Kaja, Phil, and Cheyenne announced that, in order to show that the category was a "viable award" (with quality competitors besides themselves), they were refusing nomination for the following year (2012).[17] Girl Genius was once again nominated for a Hugo in 2014, but did not win.[18]
In 1993, he was awarded the Inkpot Award.[19]
Foglio won a Reuben divisional award from the National Cartoonist Society for Best Online Comics: Long Form for 2022.[20][21]
Selected works
- What's New with Phil & Dixie (comic strip) in Dragon Magazine #49–84 (1980s) and Duelist (1990s), collected in three comic book volumes now available online
- What's New with Phil & Dixie (comic strip) in Dragon #266–311 & 359 (2000s)
- Robert Lynn Asprin(illustrations) (Donning/Starblaze editions only):
- ISBN 978-0-915442-54-6
- ISBN 978-0-915442-94-2
- ISBN 978-0-89865-250-5
- ISBN 978-0-89865-331-1
- ISBN 978-0-89865-379-3
- ISBN 978-0-89865-413-4
- ISBN 978-0-89865-472-1
- ISBN 978-0-89865-529-2
- ISBN 978-0-89865-787-6
- ISBN 978-0-89865-859-0
- ISBN 978-1-59222-029-8
- ISBN 978-1-59222-092-2
- ISBN 978-1-59222-105-9
- MythAdventures Omnibus editions
- ISBN 978-1-59222-111-0
- ISBN 978-1-59222-113-4
- MythFortunes: the MythAdventures board game
- ffantasy ffactory comic book:
- D'Arc Tangent #1 of a planned 16-issue series (no other issues were ever released). Collaboration with Freff, Lucie Chin, and Melissa Ann Singer
- D'Arc Tangent #1 of a planned 16-issue series (no other issues were ever released). Collaboration with
- WaRP Graphics comic books:
- MythAdventures! #1–8 (1980s) (after #8 Foglio left and the series was continued with other artists)
- Reprinted as two graphic novels, in color and with additional art
- MythAdventures! #1–8 (1980s) (after #8 Foglio left and the series was continued with other artists)
- First Comics comic books:
- Grimjack #15, 23, 40 (Munden's Bar features)
- Dynamo Joe #4–15, Special (script)
- DC Comics comic books:
- Angel and the Ape #1–4 (Feb.–May 1993), miniseries
- Plastic Man miniseries (script)
- Stanley and His Monster miniseries
- Buck Godot comic books:
- Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire graphic novel
- Buck Godot: Psmith graphic novel
- Buck Godot: The Gallimaufry series #1–8
- Over 50 cards from the collectible card game Magic: The Gathering
- Metal miniatures and covers to the Robo Rally
- XXXenophile comic books #1–10, collected volumes 1–6
- Girl Genius comic book series #1– (ongoing)
- Agatha H Girl Genius prose novels:
- Agatha H and the Airship City 2011, ISBN 978-1-59780-211-6Night Shade Books
- Agatha H and the Clockwork Princess 2012, ISBN 978-1-59780-222-2Night Shade Books
- Agatha H and the Voice of the Castle 2014, ISBN 978-1-59780-295-6Night Shade Books
- Agatha H. and the Siege of Mechanicsburg 2020, ISBN 978-1-949102-27-7Night Shade Books
- Agatha H and the Airship City 2011,
- Illustrations for several games by Avernum1–3)
- Novel Illegal Aliens with Nick Pollotta
- That Darn Squid God!, fantasy/humor novel, as James Clay with Nick Pollotta
- Cover of Bureau 13: Stalking the Night Fantastic by Tri Tac Games
- Co-author of Dealer's Choice: The Complete Handbook of Saturday Night Poker, with James Ernest and Mike Selinker
- Illustrated GURPS Illuminati University (aka GURPS IOU) with Kaja Foglio. The dark to humorous Illuminati University setting for Steve Jackson Games GURPS Role Playing Game system.
- Illustrated cards for Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls, Fade Manley's game published by Steve Jackson Games
- Illustrated CD album cover for Beatnik Turtle's The Cheapass Album for James Ernest's Cheapass Games
- Illustrated several cards in various publications of the Munchkin series of card games
References
- ^ a b c d Stanley and His Monster. Vol. 2. March 1993. p. Autobiographical page.
- ^ a b c "Phil Foglio". The Comic Book Database. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ "1976 Hugo Awards". July 26, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ a b "1977 Hugo Awards". The Hugo Awards. July 26, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ a b "1978 Hugo Awards". July 26, 2007. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ Toomey, Warren (January 19, 1999). "Saving UNIX from /dev/null". Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ McKusick, Marshall Kirk. "History of the BSD Daemon: USENIX". Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ "List of Magic the Gathering cards illustrated by Foglio". Wizards of the Coast. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- ^ GiantPanda (April 19, 2005). "Foglio's 'Girl Genius' Goes Online". ComixTalk. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ "Comixpedia's List of 25 People Of Webcomics for 2005". ComixTalk. December 2005. Archived from the original on June 11, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ "List of Hugo nominees at Locus website". Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
- ^ "2008 Hugo Award Nominees". The Hugo Awards website. March 21, 2008. Retrieved December 4, 2008.
- ^ "2009 Hugo Award Nominations". thehugoawards.com. March 20, 2009. Retrieved March 20, 2009.
- Washington Post. Retrieved September 9, 2010.
- ^ "2010 Hugo Award Winners". September 5, 2010.
- ^ "2011 Hugo Award Winners". thehugoawards.com. August 21, 2011. Retrieved September 12, 2011.
- ^ "Hugo Acceptance Speech #3". Girl Genius Online Comics!. Airship Entertainment. August 31, 2011. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ^ "Hugo Awards 2014". April 18, 2014.
- ^ Inkpot Award
- ^ "Finalists announced for 2022 NCS Divisional Awards for the 77th Annual Reubens".
- ^ "Phil Foglio Among 2023 Reuben Award Winners". September 8, 2023.
External links
- Official website
- The Phil Foglio Gallimaufry (fan-site checklist)
- Independent Propaganda: "INTERVIEW: From Print To The Web with Phil Foglio of GIRL GENIUS Web Comic" (June 18, 2006)
- An illustrated list of Magic the Gathering cards by Phil Foglio
- Phil Foglio at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Phil Foglio at Library of Congress, with 20 library catalog records