PHIL McANDREW is an illustrator and cartoonist from Syracuse, NY. He's created illustrations for books, magazines, newspapers, animated television spots, theatre scenery, clothing, posters, album covers, gallery exhibits, websites, and fun.
After being awarded the portfolio-based four-year visual art scholarship, he attended and graduated from Daemen College with a BFA in Illustration. His mini comics have been praised by the American Mustache Institute and on USA Today's Pop Candy blog. He has contributed comics to a number of anthology books and websites, including Top Shelf 2.0 and all three volumes of the You Ain't No Dancer books from New Reliable Press. Phil is a founding member of Found Hat Press, a collective of awesome young illustrators and cartoonists. He's also worked as an educator, teaching art and drawing to young children as part of an after-school program. He loves pizza.
After being awarded the portfolio-based four-year visual art scholarship, he attended and graduated from Daemen College with a BFA in Illustration. His mini comics have been praised by the American Mustache Institute and on USA Today's Pop Candy blog. He has contributed comics to a number of anthology books and websites, including Top Shelf 2.0 and all three volumes of the You Ain't No Dancer books from New Reliable Press. Phil is a founding member of Found Hat Press, a collective of awesome young illustrators and cartoonists. He's also worked as an educator, teaching art and drawing to young children as part of an after-school program. He loves pizza.
Email: phil@philintheblanks.com
Jellyphone: 315-412-9175
(Professional calls only, please)
Picture Book Report
Icki Lip
Ink Mountain
Daily Couple
Family Portraits
Hogle Zoo Animated TV Spots
Clients include King Magazine, Cosmic Pictures, bp Magazine, Baltimore Magazine, Ani DiFranco/Righteous Babe Records, Boston's Weekly Dig, New Reliable Press, The Syracuse Post-Standard, Moo Cow Fan Club Magazine, The Wit's End Players, Daemen College, 100 Damned Guns, Set To Easy, Weather Graphics, a bunch of unsigned bands... and... and YOU?
Shows & exhibitions dotComics Web Exhibit (January 2009), Pop Euphoria (December 2008), You Ain't No Dancer 3 art show (October 2008), Not The Usual Suspects 4 (March 2007), Daemen College senior exhibition (2007), Daemen College undergrad exhibitions (2005, 2006), Little Squares (August 2005)
+ The People You Don't Know interview
+ Ink Studs interview (with Jason Turner, Lucy Knisley, and Ed Brisson)
+ dotComics web exhibit and interview
+ Size Matters names Are You Man Enough? one of the top ten mini comics of 2008
+ Size Matters reviews a bunch of my mini comics
+ Featured in the Illustrator Spotlight on IllustrationMundo
Esteemed colleagues Andrew Lorenzi, Annie Stoll, Anthony Clark, Brian Fukushima, Britt Wilson, Chris Casciano, Chris Wright, Colleen MacIsaac, Darryl Ayo Brathwaite, Dave Sherrill, Dave Valeza, David Yoder, Dean Trippe, Dustin Harbin, Ed Brisson, Emily Horne, Eric Feurstein, Falynn Koch, Frank Cammuso, Graham Kahler, Ira Marcks, Ive Sorocuk, Jamie Dee Galey, Jane Marinsky, Jason Turner, Jeff Bent, Jeremy Sorese, Jess Fink, Joey Weiser, John Campbell, Jordyn F. Bochon, JP Coovert, Kate Beaton, Kazu Kibuishi, Kim Hoang, Lizz Hickey, Lucy Knisley, Meg Hunt, Mike Stevens, Natasha Allegri, Nate Hurwitz, Pen Ward, Phil Redmon, Raina Telgemeier, Rosemary Travale, Ryan Estrada, Sara Bauer, Scott Campbell, Steve Wolfhard, Tom McHenry, Tyler Hutchison, Tyler McAndrew, Vicki Nerino, Wendy Chin, Zach Marcus
Many thanks to Jon Pohlman for generously hosting this website and saving me from bandwidth problems on many, many ocassions.
