Philip Tan
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Philip Tan (born 1978) is a comic book writer/artist best known for his work on Spawn,[http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/113255804146920.htm Philip Tan: The Spawning Ground] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110523082941/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/113255804146920.htm |date=2011-05-23 }}, Comics Bulletin, November 21, 2005[http://www.spawn.com/features/spawn150/artists.04.html Spawn] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213074646/http://www.spawn.com/features/spawn150/artists.04.html |date=2012-02-13 }}, Spawn Milestones Uncanny X-Men and Iron Man.
Career
Tan graduated at the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor's Degree in Architecture.{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
Tan was the penciller of Final Crisis: Revelations[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=153995 Philip Tan on Final Crisis: Revelations]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, Newsarama, April 17, 2008 as well as the "Agent Orange" Green Lantern story arc, which started in Green Lantern #39 and ran through issue 42.[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/120819-Philip-Tan-Orange.html Painting It Orange: Philip Tan on the Orange Lanterns], Newsarama, December 19, 2008[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/120818-OrangeLanterns.html FIRST LOOK: Orange Lanterns by Philip Tan], Newsarama, December 21, 2008[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/010915-OrangeLanterns.html Philip Tan: Three More Orange Lanterns], Newsarama, January 15, 2009
Following Agent Orange he will be penciling the second three issue arc of Grant Morrison's Batman and Robin series with issue 6 being his last.{{cite web|url=http://comics.ign.com/articles/986/986031p3.html|title=Grant Morrison's New Batman and Robin|author=Dan Phillips}}
Tan has illustrated cards for the Magic: The Gathering collectible card game.
In 2011 Tan was the artist on Hawkman, which was part of DC Comics' company-wide title relaunch, The New 52.[http://www.newsarama.com/comics/dcnu-philip-tan-savage-hawkman-111026.html Artist Philip Tan on the Changes to the DCnU Hawkman]Newsarama, 26 October 2011
In 2016, Philip Tan worked on the new Suicide Squad Rebirth series co-drawing with Jim Lee.{{cite web | url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/suicide-squad-rebirth-creators-new-916202 | title='Suicide Squad': Creators of DC's New Comic Tease the "New Member That No One Would Expect" | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=2 August 2016 }}
In 2022, Philip Tan began work on Ronin Book 2 (with Frank Miller and Daniel Henriquez).{{Cite web |title=Frank Miller Presents {{!}} RONIN: Book II |url=https://frankmillerpresents.com/comics/title/ronin-book-ii |access-date=2023-03-10 |website=Frank Miller Presents |language=en}}
Bibliography
- Iron Man, vol. 3, #79-82 (with John Jackson Miller, Marvel Comics, 2004)
- Batman and Robin #4-6 (with Grant Morrison, DC Comics, 2009)
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- Uncanny X-Men #422-434 (2003–2004)
- Spawn #150-162 (2005–2007)
- Green Lantern (Vol.4) #39C/0913 & #40-42
- Outsiders (2010) #26-29
- [https://frankmillerpresents.com/comics/title/ronin-book-ii Ronin Book 2] (Nov 2022-Current) (with Frank Miller and Daniel Henriquez)
References
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External links
- {{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=Philip Tan|title=Philip Tan}}
- [http://butones.deviantart.com/ Butones] at DeviantArt
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