#great creators

Someone asked me to make this once and I’m spacey and forgetful, so take it now months late lol these are my favorite blogs, definitely check them out

@zer0pm (Seriously their stuff is top notch, all their writing and content is heavenly and worth the read!)

@creepyscritches (I can’t say enough about their art, honestly its fantastic! Definitely give them a follow and support their content!)

@boxofgrifs (Another incredible artist! Their comics are cute and hilarious so please check it out on their page!)

@duckydrawsart (I love!! This artist!! They draw really amazing art of Nero and Kyrie that makes me WEAK)

@thedyingmoon (Another great writer! They have some great Devil May Cry content on their blog!)

@leorenart (Amazing artist! I bought their V pin set recently and I love it dearly)

@legendofokamichu (Her blog has amazing content, please give her a follow because I love her dearly!)

@crimsondevilhuman (Another great writer! They do great head canons and promtps for Devil May Cry)

@queen-of-hoshido (Every time I see their chat posts for devil may cry theyre always hilarious, definitely follow)

@catspook (Her blog has the best shit, follow if you want some spicy memes and devil may cry stuff)

@liliumsonder (Amazing Roleplay blog! Her OC is super cute and her writing is top notch)

@thirstzone (The writing that comes from this person is AMAZING and its definitely worth the follow)

@meliapis (Amazing author whom I love and adore, please read their stuff because its definitely worth the time!)

@heaven-on-a-landslide (There are too many praises to get through, their renders of the Devil May Cry boys are exactly what we all need and adore. Please go rub your eyes on their blog its AMAZING)

@bl00dypalace (A STYLISH BLOG FULL OF GREAT STUFF)

@infernokid (A equally zesty blog, full of that good art and good memes)

@midakota (An AMAZING  artist, truly their stuff is the best and I love them dearly! Please check out their blog!)

@lewdbunbun (Another amazing writer! They have some really good stuff including original content too! Give it a read!)

@momolady (An amazing writer of all things monster related and romance! I’ve been a follower of their stuff for a long time and its amazing, please check her out!)

Phil Elliott – other things I found along the way

Michel Fiffe

appreciation – http://michelfiffe.com/?p=1851

Interview – https://www.factualopinion.com/the_factual_opinion/2011/10/second-city-the-paul-duncan-phil-elliot-interview.html

First Comic News – https://www.firstcomicsnews.com/phil-elliot-interviewed/

Tom Murphy at Broken Frontier reviews In His Cups –http://www.brokenfrontier.com/in-his-cups-collected-tales-from-gimbley-review-phil-elli…

Phil Elliott – guest contributors – art page

Below are some interpretations of Phil’s style or characters, just for fun

Gimbley image by Graham Cousins and was included in the Infinity #2 which came out in early 1984

Deadface – Ilya – with added Phil Elliott pastiche

Gimbley – Robert Wells fan art

Gimbley – Mark Russell Olson fanart

    Phil Elliott

See Phil’s work here Patreon              Website           The Art of Phil Elliott –…

Below is a gallery of every image I sourced for these articles, just so you can see them all in one place and realise the breadth of ability at work.

“Under My Power” Slave Labor Stories with Matt DeGennaro

Beyond Finity – with Glenn Dakin

Doc Chaos

Blite

ES*EF – page

Gag cover

Illegal Alien page – written by James Robinson

In His Cups – Collected Tales of Gimbley

Malty Heave

Phil Elliott – Handmade box set for Alex Fitch

Phil’s latest with Michael Powell – Circus DeNiro

Second City layouts and finished page

Vignette Comics

Escape Issue 5 Phil Elliott cover

Second City advert

Tales From Gimbley

Greenhouse Warriors Cover with Glenn Dakin

Department of the Peculiar Goes Pop – pin-up

Gimbley

Judge Dredd

Mr Day and Mr Night with Glenn Dakin

Pool Tales

The Suttons

  Phil Elliott

See Phil’s work here

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Martin Hand – comic writer and artist

The Suttons

Phil’s sheer craft and drawing ability – his ability to keep going is to be admired. The Suttons is my favourite work by him and I hope he’ll do a complete collection one day soon.

He’s like the British Herge – he’s got a very distinctive style – which will fondly remembered – unlike many of his 80s small press peers he’s still doing new material with new people and still evolving.

I don’t know Phil in real life beyond Facebook but I was very pleased to buy some Suttons pages off him – and I’m always pleased when he likes my work on f/b… 🙂

    Ed ‘Ilya’ Hillyer – comic writer and artist

I was pondering repro of a panel from Deadface (with Eddie Campbell) where I pastiched his style for a flashback sequence of a panel or two… filling the bosses’ quiver!

Deadface – Ilya – with added Phil Elliott pastiche

  Simon Russell

Simon Russell – comic writer, artist and editor

The tone of Phil’s writing, both visual and textual, is entirely unique to him. No matter what style he adopts, it’s this that makes it stand out immediately as a Phil Elliott comic.

Illegal Alien page – written by James Robinson

“Under My Power” Slave Labor Stories with Matt DeGennaro

  John Freeman

John Freeman – comic writer and editor

I feel like I’ve read Phil’s work my entire adult life, since the first time I discovered it on the Fast Fiction stand at the Westminster Comic Marts. An extraordinary and I would say influential talent on the UK independent scene, constantly surprising and innovative, the quintessential “tryer” who deservedly made it to the mainstream and whose work continues to delight. Yet, despite knowing Phil’s work, he isn’t a creator I know socially, so I have no scandal to relate!

I’m just hoping for more of his work and that more people support it.

Gimbley

  Morgan Gleave

I feel like I’ve been aware of Phil’s work for as long as I’ve been reading comics… certainly since I started collecting seriously in the 80s. Phil is a legendary creator who deserves serious recognition for his place in comics history, in the U.K. if nowhere else!

I love the inherent simplicity of Phil’s work… it’s a beautiful style, that has remained consistent for a long time. I imagine Phil goes through a lot of plotting and planning to get this timeless feel.I was very honoured to have one of my drawings reinterpreted recently by Phil for issue 1 of The 77.

I feel like I’m just getting to know Phil personally, having connected over our work on The 77. He’s been lovely about my work and very supportive. 

  Phil Elliott

See Phil’s work here

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Phil Elliott – guest contributor – Laurence Campbell

Laurence Campbell

Laurence Campbell – comic artist

Hello Phil, you won’t have a clue who I am but I just wanted to say I have fond memories of your work.

The cover to Escape magazine #3. Art by Chris Long

There was a time I had felt I had grown out out comics like X-Men and was looking for something more, something with a bit more depth and something I could relate to. At the time comics were…

Escape Issue 5 Phil Elliott cover

During my teens in the 1980s, I made a purposeful decision to broaden the comics I read from UK newsagent and American superhero to now include Escape, the comics art magazine. It was here that I read Eddie Campbell and Phil Elliot’s work for the first time. Obviously, this seemed like quite a leap, but Phil’s rounded, energetic, Tin Tin styled drawings helped with my transition. I loved Phil’s work. It enjoyed being a comic. It rolled around in the language that all other comics had foolishly forgotten about and then invented its own. There has always been a sense of contentment in his work even back then, of an artist comfortable in his own skin.

If fourteen year-old me ever thought that Phil’s work is limited to only carrying his unique vision, then I was proved wrong very quickly. Early on, Escape published Doc Chaos, a sci-fi strip written by David Thorp which I loved and still have my copies of. Phil’s priority was never style or mood at the expense of the story.

Another collaboration I enjoyed very much was Second City, a four issue series written by Paul Duncan and published by Harrier Comics. Then there was The Greenhouse Warriors, written by Glenn Dakin and self-published, all copies of which I have also kept to this day. I was so impressed by the latter, that I contacted their printer and used them for my 1990s comic, Memory Man. Recently, Phil has reprinted strips he drew with Eddie Campbell for Sounds during the 1980s. What I like about these works, and others, is that it’s often difficult to see where Phil ends and the collaborator begins.

Doc Chaos

Greenhouse Warriors Cover with Glenn Dakin

  I think that Phil is definitely under appreciated. I often wonder how differently he may be perceived by the comics-hive-mind today if he had had the opportunity to illustrate a years in the making graphic novel written by Alan Moore. At a time when Phil’s peers were chasing gigs at 2000 AD and DC, Phil was working for Sounds and Fantagraphics and pitching Real Ghost Busters strips to Marvel UK. (This approach to work that I always imagined Phil to have, has been an influence on me). I remain delighted by Phil continuing to make comics like Malty Heave with Rob Wells and The Last Man with Michael Powell. The man’s an inspiration.

Malty Heave

  Phil Elliott

See Phil’s work here

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  all art copyright and trademark it’s respective owners. content copyright iestyn pettigrew 2020