Sean Phillips

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Sean Phillips
Self-portrait of Phillips, shot in c. 2008
Born	(1965-01-27) 27 January 1965 (age 59) United Kingdom
Notable works	Hellblazer Devlin Waugh Sleeper Marvel Zombies Marvel Zombies 2 Criminal Incognito Fatale
Collaborators	John Smith, Ed Brubaker
Awards	4x Eisner Award (2007, 2012, 2016, 2018)
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Sean Phillips (born 27 January 1965)

He has also worked on the DC Comics' series WildC.A.T.s and Hellblazer.^[2]

Early life

Phillips grew up in the U.K. fascinated by American comics, particularly those published by Marvel Comics. As he got older, his influences included Jim Baikie, Simon Bisley, Jamie Hewlett, Duncan Fegredo, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave McKean, and Jaime Hernandez.^[3]

Career

Phillips began his career in 1980 in

In 1990, he illustrated the cover for the Stereo MC's album Supernatural.^[3]

He returned to the American comic book industry in 2000 when he inked

Phillips and Ed Brubaker launched their Fatale series at Image Comics in January 2012. The series was initially announced as a twelve-issue maxi-series but was upgraded to an ongoing title in November 2012.^[14] Jesse Schedeen of IGN 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."^[15]

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

Phillips' son Jacob Phillips is also a professional comics creator, having worked as a colorist on his father's comics^[3] and branching out into illustrating his own series.^[17]

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.^[3][18]

Bibliography

• New Statesmen (with John Smith
  ):
  • "Downtime" (in
    Crisis
    , No. 5, 1988)
  • "Holding the fist" (in Crisis, No. 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 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)
• Hellblazer (Vertigo):
  • No. 31, 34–36 (with Jamie Delano, 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,
    ISBN 1-4012-0240-3
    )
  • #84–88 (with Eddie Campbell, 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 Warren Ellis, in Judge Dredd Megazine (vol. 1) No. 7, 1991)
  • "Magic" (with Ian Edginton, 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,
  ISBN 1-904265-17-0
  ):
  • "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)
• 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) No. 45, 1998)
• Harmony (in Judge Dredd Yearbook, 1994)
• Vector 13:
  • "Case Six: Marion" (with Dan Abnett, in 2000 AD No. 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)
• ISBN 1-56389-670-2
  )
• Wildstorm
  ) collected as:
  • 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 attributed as "X" and inks by Kent Williams, Marvel Comics, 2002)
• 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
    )
• Richard Morgan
  , 6-issue miniseries, Marvel, 2005–2006)
• ISBN 0-7851-2277-X
  )
• Criminal (with Ed Brubaker, ongoing series, Icon, 2006-ongoing) collected as:
  • Coward (2007,
    ISBN 0-7851-2439-X
    )
  • Lawless (2007,
    ISBN 0-7851-2816-6
    )
  • The Dead and the Dying (2008,
    ISBN 0-7851-3227-9
    )
  • Bad Night (2009,
    ISBN 0-7851-3228-7
    )
  • The Sinners (2010,
    ISBN 0-7851-3229-5
    )
• ISBN 1-60886-032-9
  )
• ISBN 0-7851-2545-0
  )
• ISBN 0-7851-3979-6
  )
• Incognito: Bad Influences (with Ed Brubaker, 6-issue limited series, Icon, 2010–2011, tpb, 2011,
  ISBN 978-0-7851-5155-5
• 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, 2020-2022)
• Houses of the Unholy (with Ed Brubaker, Image Comics, 2024)^[19]