Stephanie Phillips (writer)

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Stephanie Phillips is an American comics writer who has worked for DC Comics, Marvel Comics, and independent comics. She is best known for her work on Harley Quinn, Wonder Woman, Spider-Gwen, and Phoenix.

Career

In 2018, Phillips published The Devil Within through Black Mask Studios with artist Maan House, a book about a demonic possession in the Philippines that was based on a true story.{{Cite web |last=Quaintance |first=Zack |date=2018-09-07 |title=Five Questions With Creators: Stephanie Phillips |url=https://www.comicsbookcase.com/updates/2018/9/1/five-questions-with-creators-stephanie-phillips |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Comics Bookcase |language=en-US}} Later that year, her and artist Jamie Jones published Kicking Ice through Ominous Press in partnership with the National Women's Hockey League, a book about a group of female hockey players, which involved real hockey players like Kelsey Koelzer and Jillian Dempsey.{{Cite web |last=Scully |first=Kyle |date=2019-02-27 |title=Interview: "Kicking Ice" Creators Stephanie Phillips & Jamie Jones |url=https://puckjunk.com/2019/02/27/interview-kicking-ice-creators-stephanie-phillips-jamie-jones/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Puck Junk |language=en-US}}

In 2019, she published Descendent through AfterShock Comics{{Cite web |last=Quaintance |first=Zack |date=2019-04-30 |title=REVIEW: Descendent #1 is driven by deep mysteries and authentic characters |url=https://www.comicsbookcase.com/updates/2019/4/30/review-descendent-1-is-driven-by-deep-mysteries-and-authentic-characters |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Comics Bookcase |language=en-US}} and The Butcher of Paris, based on the true story of Marcel Petiot, a serial killer who targeted Jews in Nazi-occupied France, through Dark Horse Comics.{{Cite web |last=Reich |first=Aaron |date=2019-12-08 |title=New comic depicts a serial killer targeting Jews in Nazi Paris |url=https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/new-comic-depicts-a-serial-killer-targeting-jews-in-nazi-paris-610179 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Jerusalem Post |language=en}} In 2020, she published two books through AfterShock, Cold War thriller Red Atlantis{{Cite web |last=Quaintance |first=Zack |date=2020-03-03 |title=Stephanie Phillips, Robert Carey team on RED ATLANTIS |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/new-comic-red-atlantis/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2020-03-03 |title=Modern Cold War Comic 'Red Atlantis' Launching in June |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/modern-cold-war-comic-red-atlantis-launching-june-1282176/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}} and time-traveling sci-fi Artemis and the Assassin,{{Cite web |last=Téo |first=Danilo |date=2020-03-19 |title=Comic Review: Artemis & The Assassin #1 |url=https://sequentialplanet.com/comic-review-artemis-the-assassin-1/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Sequential Planet |language=en-US}} the pirate comic (starring Anne Bony and Mary Read) A Man Among Ye from Top Cow,{{Cite web |last=Spry |first=Jeff |date=2020-03-01 |title=Set sail into our first look at Image/Top Cow's new pirate fantasy, A Man Among Ye #1 |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfy-wire/preview-image-top-cows-new-pirate-fantasy-a-man-among-ye |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=SYFY |language=en-US}} and Taarna: The Last Taarakian for Heavy Metal.{{Cite web |last=Baska |first=Ariel |date=2020-12-04 |title=INTERVIEW: Stephanie Phillips talks HEAVY METAL, Taarna, and more |url=https://www.comicsbookcase.com/interviews-archive/stephanie-phillips-taarna |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Comics Bookcase |language=en-US}} It was also announced that she would write Nuclear Family, about an alternate timeline where the Cold War became hot, from AfterShock.{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=Graeme |date=2020-11-10 |title=Alternate History Comic 'Nuclear Family' in the Works |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/alternate-history-cold-war-comic-nuclear-family-in-the-works-4090323/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}

In 2021, it was announced that she would write the two issue Future State: Harley Quinn{{Cite web |last=Calamia |first=Kat |date=2020-12-04 |title=Future State delivers a darker and more independent Harley Quinn according to Stephanie Phillips |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/future-state-delivers-a-darker-and-more-independent-harley-quinn-according-to-stephanie-phillips/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=gamesradar |language=en}} and the new Harley Quinn ongoing series relaunched as part of Infinite Frontier with artist Riley Rossmo.{{Cite web |last=Grunenwald |first=Joe |date=2021-01-26 |title=INTERVIEW: A new direction for HARLEY QUINN with writer Stephanie Phillips |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/stephanie-phillips-harley-quinn-interview/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}} She also wrote the digital-first comic Sensational Wonder Woman{{Cite web |last=Doran |first=Michael |date=2020-12-16 |title=DC launches new digital-first Sensational Wonder Woman series that will also be made available in print |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/dc-launches-new-digital-first-sensational-wonder-woman-series-that-will-also-be-made-available-in-print/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} and the eight-issue mini-series Wonder Woman: Evolution.{{Cite web |last=Arrant |first=Chris |date=2021-08-13 |title=Wonder Woman: Evolution writer Stephanie Phillips reveals how the character helped her in competitive Muy Thai fighting |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/wonder-woman-evolution-stephanie-phillips/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=gamesradar |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Coplan |first=Chris |date=2021-11-16 |title=Stephanie Phillips, Mike Hawthorne talk growth and heroism in 'Wonder Woman: Evolution' • AIPT |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2021/11/16/wonder-woman-evolution-qa/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |language=en-us}} In November 2021, it was announced that she would publish We Only Kill Each Other, about Jewish gangsters fighting Nazis in 1930s New York, through ComiXology Originals.{{Cite web |last=Marston |first=George |date=2021-11-12 |title=Meet the Jewish mobster who is punching Nazis in We Only Kill Each Other |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/harley-quinn-writer-pits-jewish-gangsters-against-nazis-in-we-only-kill-each-other/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}}

In 2022, she launched Grim, an ongoing series at Boom! Studios about a grim reaper navigating the afterlife,{{Cite web |last=Cornelius |first=Luke |date=2022-02-10 |title=BOOM! To Explore the Afterlife in "Grim" |url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/boom-grim/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Multiversity Comics |language=en}} and Rick and Morty: Crisis on C-137 through Oni Press.{{Cite web |last=Puc |first=Samantha |date=2022-05-18 |title=Rick and Morty's summer gets extra weird in new variant covers |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/rick-and-mortys-summer-gets-extra-weird-in-new-variant-covers/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=GamesRadar |language=en}} In October 2022, it was announced at the San Diego Comic-Con "Women of Marvel" panel that she would write a new Rogue & Gambit mini-series for Destiny of X{{Cite web |date=October 9, 2022 |title=NYCC 2022: Everything Announced at the 'Women of Marvel' Panel |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/nycc-2022-women-of-marvel-panel-round-up |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Marvel Entertainment}} and in November, it was announced that she would write a new Cosmic Ghost Rider mini-series for Marvel.{{Cite web |last=Polo |first=Susana |date=2022-11-15 |title=The best version of the Punisher returns to Marvel Comics in 2023 |url=https://www.polygon.com/23460114/punisher-coming-back-marvel-comics-ghost-rider |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2022-11-15 |title='Cosmic Ghost Rider' returns in 2023 by Stephanie Phillips and Juann Cabal |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2022/11/15/cosmic-ghost-rider-2023-phillips-cabal/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}}

In 2023, she was announced as the writer for Capwolf and the Howling Commandos,{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2023-07-18 |title=Werewolf Captain America returns in 'Capwolf & the Howling Commandos' #1 |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2023/07/18/werewolf-captain-america-returns-in-capwolf-the-howling-commandos-1/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}} and in 2024, she became the writer for a Black Widow & Hawkeye mini-series{{Cite web |last=McGuire |first=Liam |date=2023-11-07 |title=Marvel Announces New Hawkeye And Black Widow Series... With A Venom Connection |url=https://www.looper.com/1439415/marvel-announces-new-hawkeye-and-black-widow-series-venom-connection/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Looper |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Dar |first=Taimur |date=2023-11-02 |title=Black Widow & Hawkeye reunite in new 60th anniversary limited series |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/black-widow-hawkeye-in-new-60th-anniversary-limited-series/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Brooke |first=David |date=2023-11-02 |title='Black Widow & Hawkeye' coming March 2024 |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2023/11/02/black-widow-hawkeye-march-2024/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}} and a new Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider ongoing series.{{Cite web |date=December 19, 2023 |title='Spider-Gwen: The Ghost-Spider' Is Trapped in the 616... For Good! |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/spider-gwen-ghost-spider-stephanie-phillips-chris-campana-earth-616 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Marvel Entertainment}}{{Cite web |last=Dar |first=Taimur |date=2023-12-19 |title=Spider-Gwen becomes a permanent resident in 616 Universe in new ongoing series |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/spider-gwen-series-stephanie-phillips-chris-campana/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}} In April, it was announced that she would be a part of the X-Men: From the Ashes relaunch, writing an ongoing series for Phoenix.{{Cite web |date=April 9, 2024 |title=Jean Grey Takes to the Stars as Phoenix in New Series |url=https://www.marvel.com/articles/comics/phoenix-jean-grey-stephanie-phillips-alessandro-miracolo-from-the-ashes |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Marvel Entertainment}} She also published Red Before Black through Boom! Studios,{{Cite web |title=RED BEFORE BLACK Series Announcement |url=https://www.boom-studios.com/archives/red-before-black-series-announcement/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Boom! Studios |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Coplan |first=Chris |date=2024-08-06 |title=Stephanie Phillips talks redemption, trauma, and Florida in 'Red Before Black' feature |url=https://aiptcomics.com/2024/08/06/red-before-black-qa/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=AiPT |language=en-us}} which was listed as one of nine independent comics to read this year.{{Cite web |last=Lynch |first=Mark |date=2025-01-07 |title=9 independent comic books you have to read this year |url=https://bamsmackpow.com/independent-comic-books-you-have-to-read-2025 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Bam Smack Pow |language=en-us}}

Personal life

Phillips went to the University of South Florida, where she got a PhD in rhetoric and composition{{Cite web |title=Stephanie Phillips Interview {{!}} USF English {{!}} University of South Florida |url=https://www.usf.edu/arts-sciences/departments/english/graduate/z202008-alumni-interview-phillips-stephanie.aspx |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=www.usf.edu}} and an MA in English.{{Cite web |title=Stephanie Phillips |url=https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Stephanie-Phillips/199681745 |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=Simon & Schuster |language=en}} She has taught writing and communication at the University at Buffalo, the University of South Florida, and the University of Tampa. She is also a Muay Thai fighter and hockey player and has worked as a technical writer, an editor, and a journalist. She is bisexual.{{Cite web |last1=Literary |first1=Brink |last2=Bartholomew |first2=Suzie |date=2021-09-20 |title=Harley Quinn and Mental Health: An Interview with Stephanie Phillips |url=https://frictionlit.org/harley-quinn-and-mental-health-an-interview-with-stephanie-phillips/ |access-date=2025-01-19 |website=F(r)iction |language=en-US}}

Bibliography

=Marvel Comics=

Alien: Black, White & Blood #1, short story "The Hunt" (2024)
Black Widow & Hawkeye #1-4 (2024)
Capwolf and the Howling Commandos #1-4 (2023–2024)
Contest of Chaos:
Spider-Man Annual vol. 4 #1 (2023)
Iron Man Annual vol. 4 #1 (2023)
Fantastic Four Annual vol. 3 #1 (2023)
Moon Knight Annual vol. 4 #1 (2023)
Spider-Gwen Annual vol. 2 #1 (2023)
Venom Annual vol. 3 #1 (2023)
X-Men Annual vol. 5 #1 (2023)
Avengers Annual vol. 5 #1 (2023)
Cosmic Ghost Rider vol. 2 #1-5 (2023)
Love Unlimited Infinity Comic #13-18 (2022)
Marvel Zombies: Black, White & Blood #4, short story "Last Man Standing" (2024)
Spider-Gwen:
Web of Spider-Man vol. 3 #1, short story "Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider" (2024)
Spider-Gwen: The Ghost Spider #1-present (2024–present)
Star Wars: Return of the Jedi - Lando #1 (2023)
What If...? Dark: Venom #1 (2023)
X-Men:
Rogue & Gambit vol. 2 #1-5 (2023)
Phoenix #1-present (2024–present)
X-Men: Blood Hunt - Laura Kinney the Wolverine #1 (2024)

=DC Comics=

Aquaman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, short story "Multitudes" (2021)
Batman:
Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 2 #4 (2021)
Batman: Urban Legends #1, short story "New Roots" (2021)
Detective Comics #1044-1046, backup stories (2021)
Legends of the Dark Knight vol. 2 #4 (2021)
Shadow War Zone #1, short story "Ninjas! at the Arcade" (2022)
Dark Crisis: Worlds Without a Justice League - Green Arrow #1 (2022)
DC Cybernetic Summer #1, short story "Summer Camp" (2020)
DC Pride 2022 #1, short story "Bat's in the Cradle" (2022)
DC's Crimes of Passion #1, short story "Pulling Punches" (2020)
Gotham City Villains Anniversary Giant #1, short story "For the Sky is Red" (2021)
Green Arrow 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, short story "Who Watches the Watchtower" (2021)
Harley Quinn:
Future State: Harley Quinn #1-2 (2021)
Harley Quinn vol. 4 #1-27, Annual 2021, Annual 2022 (2021–2023)
Harley Quinn 30th Anniversary Special #1, short story "How to Train Your Hyena" (2022)
Infinite Frontier Secret Files #1, short stories "Seeing Red" and "Truly Two" (2021)
Justice League: Road to Dark Crisis #1, short story "Because the Night" (2022)
Strange Love Adventures #1, short story "Lightning in a Bottle" (2022)
Superman Red and Blue #2, short story "My Best Friend, Superman" (2021)
Superman: Man of Tomorrow #17 (2020)
Wonder Woman:
Sensational Wonder Woman #1 (2021)
Sensational Wonder Woman Special #1, short story "Swapped" (2022)
Wonder Woman 80th Anniversary 100-Page Super Spectacular #1, short story "Immortal Mysteries" (2021)
Wonder Woman: Evolution #1-8 (2021–2022)