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Cartoonist Phil Foglio's famous comic books include ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]'' (co-written with his wife Kaja), ''XXXenophile'' and ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire (Comic Book)|Buck Godot Zap Gun for Hire]]''.

He is also the writer and artist of the gaming comic ''[[What's New With Phil and Dixie (Comic Strip)|What's New With Phil and Dixie]]''.

Other career highlights include a comic book adaptation of Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures]]'', and a number of miniseries for [[DC Comics]] (including a well-received revival of ''[[Stanley and His Monster]]'' that managed to make the fluffy whimsical series into part of [[The DCU]] ''without'' making it [[Darker and Edgier]]). He's also done the artwork for a number of ''<nowiki>~Magic: The Gathering~</nowiki>'' cards and for the ''[[Exile]]'' and early ''[[Avernum]]'' series of games.
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Works by Phil Foglio with their own trope pages include:

* ''[[Angel and The Ape]]'' (1991 miniseries)
* ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire (Comic Book)|Buck Godot: Zap Gun For Hire]]''
* ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]''
* ''[[Stanley and His Monster]]'' (1993 miniseries)
* ''[[What's New With Phil and Dixie (Comic Strip)|What's New With Phil and Dixie]]''
* ''[[SPANC Space Pirate Amazon Ninja Catgirls]]''
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Other works by Phil Foglio provide examples of:

* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Lampshaded and played with in ''Illegal Aliens''.
* [[Author Appeal]]: Part of a three-way tie with [[Air Gear (Manga)|Oh Great]] & [[Wet Moon|Ross Campbell]] for the title of king of this trope.
* [[Author Avatar]]: A fellow in a white turtleneck sweater and black bowler hat who makes cameo appearances in various works, is Phil the presenter of ''What's New?'', and is a minor but significant character in ''[[Girl Genius (Webcomic)|Girl Genius]]''. He also appears in one ''Munden's Bar'' story as a fill-in bartender while the regular one is on holiday.
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: All his illustrations for the ''[[Magic the Gathering]]'' set ''Unglued'' are credited to Claymore J. Flapdoodle.
* [[Bleached Underpants]]: XXXenophile, as the name suggests, consists of sci-fi and fantasy themed porn (albeit with a generous helping of plot), which may be a surprise to people who discovered [[Girl Genius]] first. Though Phil will still cheerfully refer to himself as a "Gentleman Pornographer", the series is on hiatus [[So My Kids Can Watch|while he and Kaja are raising kids]].
* [[Extreme Omnivore]]: His adaptation of ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' gives Aahz a penchant for literally chewing on the scenery.
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Some of the Avernum pictures in particular demand a closer look.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Almost any female character under the age of 40 (and undoubtedly a few over) who appear in his comics.
* [[Nice Hat]]: The black bowler hat worn by his author avatar, sometimes hinted to have amazing powers.
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: The Winslow. Disintegrator beams just tickle a bit. He's reputed to have survived the end of the universe more than once.
* [[Noodle Implements]]: The assassin's tools in ''Illegal Aliens''.
* [[Running Gag]]: The Winslow, a little plush alligator with a cheery attitude who may or may not be the cornerstone of creation, appears all over Phil's work. All hail.
** {{spoiler|Hi!}}
** Also the "Growf" dragons. These were pink, cute, harmless, and subject to explosive parthenogenesis - getting them wet caused them to duplicate at extreme speed. Introduced in ''[[What's New With Phil and Dixie (Comic Strip)|What's New With Phil and Dixie]]'', reappeared in ''[[Myth Adventures]]''.
* [[Signature Style]]: A very distinctive and recognisable one.

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