Phil Foglio
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Phil Foglio (born 1956) is a cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work.
Foglio won two Hugo Awards for Best Fan Artist in 1977 and 1978. In the 1980s he wrote and illustrated a strip entitled "What's New?" for Dragon Magazine from TSR Games, satirizing the world of role-playing games. This exposure gained him considerable fame within the gaming community.
Around the same time, he illustrated the MythAdventures series of fantasy novels by Robert Lynn Asprin, and he also adapted the first volume of that series, Another Fine Myth into a comic book series from WaRP Graphics. This led to a variety of other work in the comics business, including comics from DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and First Comics, as well as his own work such as Buck Godot.
In the 1990s, he met and married his wife Kaja. The two of them contributed art to the collectible card game Magic The Gathering from Wizards of the Coast (and resurrected "What's New?" for WotC's Duelist magazine). Foglio also co-founded Palliard Press and published additional comic books, including a new Buck Godot series and the whimsical erotic series Xxxenophile.
The Foglios later founded Studio Foglio and began to produce the retro-fantasy series Girl Genius.
Partial bibliography
- "What's New?" (comic strip) in Dragon Magazine #49-84 (1980s) and Duelist (1990s), collected in three comic book volumes.
- MythAdventures series of novels by Robert Lynn Asprin (illustrations) (Starblaze editions only):
- WaRP Graphics comic books:
- MythAdventures! #1-8 (1980s) (after #8 Foglio left and the series was continued with other artists)
- Reprinted as 2 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
- Dynamo Joe #4-15, Special (script)
- DC Comics comic books:
- Angel and the Ape mini-series
- Plastic Man mini-series (script)
- Stanley and His Monster mini-series
- Buck Godot comic books:
- Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire graphic novel
- Buck Godot: Psmith graphic novel
- Buck Godot: The Gallimaufry series #1-8
- Cards from the collectible card game Magic The Gathering
- Metal miniatures and covers to the board game Robo Rally
- Xxxenophile comic books #1-10, collected volumes 1-6
- Girl Genius comic book series #1-(ongoing)
- Illustrations for several games by Spiderweb Software
- 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
External links
- Studio Foglio (http://www.studiofoglio.com/), Phil and Kaja Foglio's publishing house. Includes a more complete bibliography (http://www.studiofoglio.com/fun/bibliophil.html).
- Airship Entertainment (http://www.airshipbooks.com/), publishers of Girl Genius.