Phil Gascoine was a British comics artist, best-known for his work in girls' comics such as Jinty and Bunty

Bunty

Bunty was a British comics anthology for girls published by D. C. Thomson & Co. from 1958 to 2001. It consisted of a collection of many small strips, typically the stories themselves being three to five pages long. As well as the weekly comic, Christmas and summer annuals were published. Bunty...

, and in boys' comics such as Battle Action

Battle Picture Weekly

Battle Picture Weekly, at various time also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle...

, for which he drew The Sarge.

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

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 work was on a series of pocket-sized

Paperback

Paperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...

 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.

Partial bibliography

For a more complete list of credits, see Downthetubes.net.

IPC

• Battle Action
  Battle Picture Weekly
  Battle Picture Weekly, at various time also known as Battle Action Force, Battle and Battle with Storm Force, was a British war comic published by IPC Magazines from 8 March 1975 to 23 January 1988, when it merged with Eagle...
  
  
  • The Sarge
  • Sailor Sam
  • The Wilde Bunch
  • The News Team

• Jinty
  • No Cheers for Cherry
  • Badgered Belinda

DC Comics

• The Unknown Soldier
  The Unknown Soldier (comics)
  The Unknown Soldier is fictional war comics character in the DC Comics universe. The character was created by Robert Kanigher and Joe Kubert, first appearing in Our Army At War #168 .-Publication history:...
  
  (1988–1989)
• Shade, the Changing Man
  Shade, the Changing Man
  Shade, the Changing Man is a fictional comic book character created by Steve Ditko for DC Comics in 1977. The character was later adapted by Peter Milligan and became one of the first Vertigo titles....
  
  

External links

• Memories of Phil Gascoine by David Lloyd
• Phil Gascoine R.I.P by D'Israeli
  D'Israeli
  Matt Brooker, whose work most often appears under the pseudonym D'Israeli , is a British comic artist, colorist, writer and letterer. Other pseudonyms he uses include "Molly Eyre" , for his writing, and "Harry V...