Philip John Bond (born 11 July 1966) is a British

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, who first came to prominence in the late 1980s on ''

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'' magazine, and later through a number of collaborations with British writers for the

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imprint

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Biography

Early life, career and ''Deadline''

Bond was born in Lancashire, England in 1966, and is the son of a preacher. His earliest comics work came out of his being "active in the British alternative comics scene from 1987," and he writes on his website that, in 1988: :"I was sat on the floor of Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin's single room flat pasting up the first issue of our self-published ATOMTAN magazine." '' Atomtan'', Bond's first work, was a

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created with

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creators Alan Martin and

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, along with Luke Whitney and

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. Bond's talent for comical, exaggerated anatomy and poses quickly led to professional work, mostly for now-defunct title ''

'', on strips such as ''Wired World''. This in turn led to Bond's inclusion in

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star-studded anthology '' A1'', with Bond contributing to issues No. 2 (with Hewlett) and No. 3 (in a story written and illustrated by Bond entitled "Endless Summer").

2000 AD and Vertigo

In 1990, he illustrated (and co-created) the

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-scripted comedy series ''

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'' for the leading British science-fiction comic, '' 2000 AD''. In 1995, Bond was involved in the hype surrounding the release of the ''

'' movie, illustrating a number of new ''Tank Girl'' strips for various publications. With Tank Girl and American reprints of ''Deadline'' raising his US popularity, and the

imprint

actively recruiting UK talent, Bond's skills were soon at work on American comics. Bond inked a Pre-Vertigo issue of ''

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'' before co-penciling (with

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and

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) two issues of ''

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'' and then penciling and inking an issue himself (issue No. 48, June 1994). In 1995, Vertigo released a number of one shot issues under the collective title "Vertigo Voices," written by Vertigo's "most outspoken writers." Bond illustrated (with additional inks by D'Israeli)

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's offering: ''

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''. Between November 1995 and January 1996, Bond inked Alan Grant's take on ''Tank Girl'' in Vertigo's ''Tank Girl: Apocalypse'' and worked on several issues of Morrison's ''

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'' in 1999/2000. In 2000 he illustrated

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miniseries '' Bad Blood'', and provided covers to the

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and

Warren Pleece Warren Pleece is a British comics artist. He is best known for his work at the DC Comics imprint Vertigo and the 2012–16 Irish novel series ''Zom-B''. Biography Warren, with his brother Gary Pleece, wrote and drew three issues of a self-publi ...

series ''

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'' (2000–01). He produced a handful of other miniseries and issues of various titles during the early 00s, including one of Morrison's most recent miniseries '' Vimanarama'' (2005). Bond says he was originally going to work on ''

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'', but Morrison – with whom Bond has "an understanding because we both like what one another does" – "had this other idea that he thought I would be great for," leading to Bond illustrating ''Vimanarama'', and

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drawing ''We3''.

Other work

Over his career Bond has also illustrated comic strips for bands including the

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and

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, as well as

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s for bands such as

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. Most recently, Bond has focused his output on providing covers, rather than internal artwork. He has produced all covers (to date) for Simon Oliver and Tony Moore's ''The Exterminators'', as well as a cover for

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's most recent ''

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'' miniseries (all for Vertigo). Bond has also worked at another DC Comics imprint,

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on ''

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'' with

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Personal life

Around 1999/2000, Bond "got attached and then married to

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, who is now Shelly Bond."UnderGround Online interview with Philip Bond by Daniel Robert Epstein c.2004
. Accessed 6 June 2008 Roeberg, a key editor of

imprint titles, "had been coming over to the UK because she was the British liaison for Vertigo" after

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. Attending UK conventions, "when she came over in 1999 he and Bondreally hit it off." Bond soon moved from the UK to New York City, and in 2004 the two had a son, Spencer. He lives with his wife and son in

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.Philip Bond's ''MySpace'' profile
Accessed 6 June 2008

Bibliography

British comics

*''Atomtan'' (self-published) – 2 issues (1987–88) *''Wired World'' (Deadline) – 34 issues (1988–93) *''Hot Triggers'' (Deadline) – 13 issues (1989–93) :- plus numerous other short and one-off strips within the title. *''The Crooked Mile'' (Crisis, 10 issues, 1989) *''Circular Field'' (Deadline, 3 issues, 1989–90) *''

'' (with

): ** "Time Flies" (in ''2000 AD'' #700–711, 1990) ** "Tempus Fugitive" (in ''2000 AD'' #1015–1023, 1996) *''

'' (8 issues, 1995)

American comics

Pencils ''and'' inks, unless otherwise stated: *''

'' No. 52 (inks, written by Grant Morrison, with pencils by

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, 1992) *''

'' No. 40, #43, No. 48 (written by

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, Vertigo, 1992–1993) ** Pencils with Glyn Dillon; Inks by Glyn Dillon for No. 40 ** Pencils with

; Inks with Rick J Bryant for No. 43 *''

'' (written by Grant Morrison, co-inked by D'Israeli, Veritgo, 1995) *''Kill You Boyfriend'' (reprint, 1998) * "And We're All Police Men" (written by Grant Morrison, in ''Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #1, Vertigo, 1998) * "A Temporary Life" (written by

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, in '' Flinch'' No. 16, Vertigo, 1999) *''

'' Vol. 3, No. 12, #11, No. 10, #9 and 3 pages of No. 4 (written by Grant Morrison, Vertigo, 1999–2000) ** Pencils for #11-9 by

. *'' Hellblazer Special: Bad Blood'' (written by

, 4-issue mini-series, Vertigo, 2000) *''

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'' #1–4 (written by

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and

, Vertigo, 2001) *''

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'' No. 10, #12 (written by Peter Milligan,

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, 2003) ** Pencils by

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for No. 12. *''Vertical'' (inks, written by

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, with pencils by

, Vertigo, 2003) *''Vertigo Pop! London'' (written by Peter Milligan, Vertigo, 2003) *'' Vimanarama'' (written by Grant Morrison, 3-issue mini-series, Vertigo, 2005) *''

'' (written by David Tischman, 6-issue limited series,

, October 2009 – March 2010, tpb, August 2010, 144 pages, ) *''Prelude to

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'' No. 3 (written by

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, 5-issue limited series, Marvel Comics, May 2010, 120 pages, premiere hardcover, July 2010, ) * "Canada, Man!" (with Rob Williams, in ''

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'' #1000, Marvel Comics, October 2010) * "Eve Stranger" written by David Barnett, Black Crown 2019

Covers only

*''Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #3 – 1998 *''Heartthrobs'' #3 (By Various) – 1999 *''Deadenders'' #1–16 (By

and

) – 2000–01 *''

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'' No. 14 (By

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and David Lopez) – 2004 *''The Exterminators'' #1-(#29) (By Simon Oliver and Tony Moore) – 2006–''ON-GOING'' *''American Splendor'' No. 1 (By Harvey Pekar et al.) – 2008

Others

*Frequent spot illustrator for the ''

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'' *Sustained collaboration with the band

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, 1996–97 *

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adverts (Team Saatchi) – 2002

Notes

References

*
Philip Bond
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External links

*
Art Bomb: Philip Bond profile

Interviews

Interview with UndergroundOnline comics site
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