Phil Winslade

HIS CLASSICALLY detailed artwork has found Phil Winslade nominated for National Cartoonists Awards, Harveys and other accolades.

Taking the road less travelled and turning away from the commercial illustration field to comics, he found work at Fleetway, then for Marvel; where he fell under the patronage of the highly respected writer/editor Archie Goodwin who nurtured his visual storytelling talent.

When Goodwin moved to DC Winslade followed, teaming with writer Garth Ennis to produce the eight-issue Goddess series.

Winslade pencilled, inked, coloured, and designed bookends and covers for the series, the creative energies requiring total dedication and time.

The beautiful results can still be seen in collections, the French editions in particular.

Having proved he was adept at portraying female characters possessing powerful inner grace and outer beauty he was called upon to artwork another in Wonder Woman: Amazonia, his co-creation for this Elseworlds book subsequently made into limited edition statuettes.

Writer Steve Gerber's books had influenced Winslade as a youth, and together they crafted another female lead in Nevada, for DC's Vertigo imprint.

For a bird of an altogether different feather they also brought back Howard the Duck for Marvel!

From the futures worlds of Heavy Metal and 2000AD to the excitement of Daredevil and Spider-Man swinging across skyscrapers or Batman emerging from the shadows of one, Winslade captures city life in all its naked rawness.

In the same manner, his Monolith series portrayed humanity's ugliness and beauty in equal measures. Phil Winslade's art celebrates mortality's optimism in classically heroic proportions.

The last six months have found Winslade busier than ever.

He has been playing lead guitar in the comic-creator rock band Giant-Sized Band-Thing while completing a run on DC Comics' Shawdowpact title.

Phil Winslade is also well into illustrating an epic length graphic novel that was scripted by Steve Grant for DC's Vertigo imprint.