Sean Phillips's Blog

Did a big stack of commissions recently to help pay for an expensive leaky hole in my roof. Here's the most recent...

Well, it's been a while hasn't it? Since I last posted there's been five Reckless graphic novels, the Pulp Process Edition, the Night Fever graphic novel and now Where The Body Was is another graphic novel out in a couple of weeks. Ed and I don't do monthly comics anymore, and now put out two new hardcover graphic novels a year instead.

 New series of graphic novel hardcovers launching in December... Reckless

 

By Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips

Colours by Jacob Phillips

Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at five cents a word -- tales of a Wild West outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same, when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past? Find out in this must-have thriller from one of comics’ most acclaimed creative teams, perfect for fans of The Fade Out and Criminal....

Criminal #12

 WRITER: Ed Brubaker

ARTIST: Sean Phillips

COLOURS: Jacob Phillips

COVER: Sean Phillips

JANUARY 29 / 40 pages / FC/ M / $3.99

The death of Teeg Lawless. The final issue of the CRUEL SUMMER arc.

My old friend Pete Doree is talking about Elric over at his blog... http://bronzeageofblogs.blogspot.com/ so here's a painting of Elric I painted and he modelled for back when we were still at school in 1983.

Criminal #11

WRITER: Ed Brubaker

ARTIST: Sean Phillips

COLOURS: Jacob Phillips

 COVER A: Sean Phillips

DECEMBER 25 / 40 pages / FC/ M / $3.99

The heist. The most explosive issue of the CRUEL SUMMER arc yet.

Added a few signed and sketched in copies of Bad Weekend to my Big Cartel store...

seanphillips.bigcartel.com

Comics won’t just break your heart.

Comics will kill you.

Hal Crane should know, he’s been around since practically the beginning. Stuck at an out-of-town convention, waiting to receive a lifetime achievement award, Hal’s weekend takes us on a dark ride through the secret history of a medium that’s always been haunted by crooks, swindlers, and desperate dreamers.

BAD WEEKEND—the story some...

Criminal #10 WRITER: Ed Brubaker
 
ARTIST: Sean Phillips

COLOUR: Jacob Phillips

COVER A: Sean Phillips
 

NOVEMBER 27 / 40 pages / FC/ M / $3.99

The CRIMINAL epic moves toward its brutal climax, as Private Detective Dan Farraday reenters the scene… while Teeg prepares for the biggest heist of his career. And as always, CRIMINAL contains back page art and articles only found in the single issues.

CRIMINAL #9
 
WRITER: ED BRUBAKER

ARTIST: SEAN PHILLIPS

COLOURS: JACOB PHILLIPS

COVER: SEAN PHILLIPS

OCTOBER 23 / 40 PAGES / FC / M / $3.99

Teenage Leo Patterson takes center stage as his best friend, Ricky Lawless, starts to drag him down a destructive path. CRUEL SUMMER, the story of the last days of series favorite Teeg Lawless, continues as BRUBAKER and PHILLIPS deliver the best monthly comic on the market.
And as always, CRIMINAL contains back page art and articles only found in the s...