Phil Gascoine

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Phil Gascoine
Phil Gascoine at the London Comics Festival, 2004
Born	1934
Died	August 2007
Nationality	British
Area(s)	Artist

Phil Gascoine was a British comics artist, best-known for his work in girls' comics such as Jinty and Bunty, and in boys' comics such as Battle Action for which he drew The Sarge.^[1]

Contents 1 Biography 2 Partial Bibliography 2.1 IPC 2.2 DC Thomson 2.3 Other 2.4 Marvel 2.5 DC Comics 3 Notes 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Biography

On leaving school at the age of 15, Phil Gascoine worked in various London art studios until leaving to do his National Service. On his return, his first comic book work was on a series of pocket-sized comics based on TV medical drama Emergency Ward Ten.

His comics career covered 45 years of work on varied titles as a freelancer, in the British, American, and European comics markets.

He died in August 2007 after a short illness.

[edit] Partial Bibliography

[edit] IPC

• Battle Action
  • The Sarge
  • Sailor Sam
  • The Wilde Bunch
  • The News Team

• Jinty
  • No Cheers for Cherry
  • Badgered Belinda

[edit] DC Thomson

• Commando

[edit] Other

• Look-in
  • Knight Rider
  • Robin of Sherwood
• Wendy

[edit] Marvel

• The Unknown Soldier
• Punisher
• Knights of Pendragon
• Genetix

[edit] DC Comics

• Shade, the Changing Man

For a more complete list of credits, see ^[2].

[edit] Notes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Memories of Phil Gascoine by David Lloyd
• Phil Gascoine R.I.P by D'Israeli
• Phil Gascoine 1934-2007 Obituary on Bear Alley