Sean Phillips is a highly acclaimed, Eisner Award-winning British comic book artist renowned for his dark, gritty, and atmospheric style. He is best known for his definitive, long-running collaboration with writer Ed Brubaker, with whom he co-created some of the most lauded crime and noir comics of the 21st century.

Their notable works include the definitive crime epic Criminal, the neo-noir spy thriller Sleeper, and the acclaimed Hollywood mystery The Fade Out. Phillips’s art, characterized by heavy shadows and realistic visual storytelling, perfectly captures the psychological tension and fatalistic atmosphere of the noir genre, cementing his status as one of the best crime artists in comics.