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32 Years in the Making! Phil Elliott releases “Tales from Gimbley” collection

By John Freeman on July 22, 2014

After 32 years in the making, Phil Elliott, one of the first “alternative” British artists I encountered in the 1980s through the pages of Escape, has just released a complete 184-page collection of his long-running “Tales from Gimbley” comic strips.

“Tales From Gimbley” is one of Phil’s longest-running projects. He first started drawing them in 1982 and they have been printed around the world, but most of them appeared in his own self-published titles. The comics had very limited print-runs so many of the strips you’ll find in this collection– In His Cups – may well have eluded even the most die hard of Phil’s fans.

Phil has been active in the comic book industry since the mid 1970’s. He launched and co-edited the Fast Fiction fanzine in the 1980s with Paul Gravett and Peter Stanbury and was a regular contributor to the influential UK comics magazine, Escape.

Phil’s other work includes Illegal Alien, written by James Robinson; Lucifer with Eddie Campbell; writing Absent Friends for Paul Grist; Tupelo with Matt DeGennaro and illustrating Glenn Dakin’s Greenhouse Warriors, Mr Night and The Rockpool Files .

Phil has also appeared in the award-winning Aces Weekly, Marvel UK’s The Real Ghostbusters and Power Rangers magazine and many other comics and magazines published by the likes of Dark Horse, DC, Fantagraphics, Image and Rebellion. He’s also coloured Doctor Who comics for IDW Publishing and Torchwood for Titan Books.

Phil is currently working on new projects, yet to be announced. You can find out more about these and his amazing career in comics on his official web site: www.elliott-design.com

• In His Cups can be ordered from lulu – here – www.lulu.com/spotlight/phil_elliott – £7.95 for the paperback and £2.00 for PDF. It’s available from all global lulu stores

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.