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12 Facts About Phil Elliott

1.

Phil Elliott was part of the British small press comics scene in the 1980s.

2.

One of the artists Phil Elliott chose to publish in Fast Fiction was Eddie Campbell.

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Phil Elliott collaborated with Campbell between 1984 and 1986 on various comic strips that ran in the music paper Sounds and drew the first issue of Campbell's Lucifer.

4.

Phil Elliott was responsible for colouring many of the covers of Campbell's comics for Harrier Comics.

5.

Phil Elliott formed a strong creative partnership with Glenn Dakin, which resulted in comics such as Greenhouse Warriors, Mr Night and The Man from Cancer.

6.

Phil Elliott was a regular contributor to the influential UK comic magazine Escape, and in 1985 Escape published his Doc Chaos comic.

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In 1985 Phil Elliott began drawing The Suttons for his local newspaper, The Maidstone Star.

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Phil Elliott has worked in some capacity for most of the major comic publishers in the US and UK.

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Phil Elliott was an artist on The Real Ghostbusters comic for Marvel UK and was the colourist on the first seven issues of Paul Grist's superhero comic book, Jack Staff.

10.

Phil Elliott has coloured various Doctor Who comics for IDW Publishing.

11.

Phil Elliott's Contraband is a quirky under-18 thriller written by Thomas John Behe.

12.

Phil Elliott was later influenced by the European ligne claire, or Clear Line, artists such as Herge and Joost Swarte.