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Woodrow Phoenix is a British comics artist, writer, editorial illustrator, graphic designer, font designer and author of children's books. His work is graphic and playful but is unusual for its high degree of formal experimentation. He draws in very different styles which make his comics appear to be the work of three or four completely different creators.The vividly colored angular graphics of The Sumo Family are completely unlike the grainy impressionist mood of The Liberty Cat. The elegant line of Sherlock Holmes and The Vanishing Villain is a differing style again that bears no relation to the many SugarBuzz! comics that followed. His most recent book Rumble Strip is his most radical departure from previous directions that even dispenses with characters, leaving only backgrounds.

He was a contributor to a number of British comics magazines including Escape, Blaaam! and Blast! and was part of the British small press comics scene in the 1980s. He is currently a contributor to The DFC.

Phoenix is known for two main solo creations. The first is The Sumo Family, which debuted in Escape magazine, and was serialised weekly in the Independent on Sunday newspaper in the UK, then monthly in both Manga Mania magazine, and German/Swiss Instant magazine. The second is The Liberty Cat, which was published in Japan by Kodansha in Morning magazine.

His critical essays on comics have appeared in catalogs for exhibitions at the ICA in London, and at the University of Sussex. Books he has authored include a children's book titled "Count Milkula: A Tale of Milk and Monsters!" (ISBN 9780954657659) ; a cultural study "Plastic Culture: How Japanese Toys Conquered the World" (ISBN 9784770030177), an in depth look at Japanese toy designs from the post-war era to present times, and their effect on the imaginations and Western markets along with their impact on trends in design and pop culture.; "Rumble Strip", published in 2008 by Myriad Editions [1], is a non-fiction look at the difficult social issues arising from society’s dependence on the automobile and has been reviewed in The Times as “an utterly original work of genius”.

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