Today in Comics History, July 11: Happy birthday, Philip Bond!

A very happy birthday today to comics artist Philip Bond, honestly one of my very favorite illustrators! Y'all've seen his work on Deadline, 2000 AD, The Invisibles, Kill Your Boyfriend, Angel and the Ape, Vertigo Pop! London, Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood, Fortean Times, and one of my all-time faves in the Vertigo line of miniseries: Vimanarama! Spot him here...in between Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin!


from Tank Girl: A Brief History of Tank Girl FCBD 2018 one-shot (Titan, May 2018); script by Alan Martin; pencils and inks by Jonathan Edwards, letters by Brett Parson
Say, Philip Bond, just how much do you enjoy reading Tank Girl? Oh, I probably shouldn't be lookin' at this one.


from "[Summer Love Sensation, Part 4]" in Tank Girl Full Colour Classics #2.1 (Titan, June 2019); co-script by Alan Martin; co-script, pencils and inks by Jamie Hewlett; colors by Tracy Bailey and Sofie Dodgson; from the original b/w version in Tank Girl 2 #3 (Dark Horse, August 1993)
Happy birthday, Philip!


from Heartthrobs #3 (DC/Vertigo, March 1999)