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Cartoonist'''Philip "Phil" Foglio's'' famousis an American cartoonist and comic booksbook artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art. His most famous works 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 classic gaming comic ''[[What's New Withwith Phil and Dixie]]'', (Comicpublished Strip)|What'sfor Newmany Withyears Philin and[[Dragon Dixie]](magazine)|''Dragon'' magazine]].

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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* [[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: theThe 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]]{{when}}.

** 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 Withwith Phil and Dixie]]'', reappeared in ''[[Myth Adventures]]''.