Philip Barrett is a comics writer-artist from County Donegal who, after a time resident in Canada, is now based in Dublin. His work mainly consists of contemporary short stories drawn in a clean-lined brush style. His comics include:

• The webcomic Wage Slave (2001)
• A Crack in the Shell (2001-2002), three issues collecting short strips
• Matter (2003-), a series collecting his short strips, up to 11 issues and a summer special so far
• Lint (2006), a collection of short strips
• Blackshapes (2006), about a would-be writer struggling to write to the detriment of his home and work life
• Gazebo (2008), a collection of short strips written by Liam Geraghty
• My First Festival (2009), a tale of music-festival-going
• The Human in Me (2010), a 62 page collection of short pieces published by Verbal Press
• Threes (2010) with Cliodhna Lyons and Maeve Clancy

With Patrick Lynch and Katie Blackwood, he is one of the founders of Edition Book Arts.

External linksEdit

• Blackshapes - Phillip Barrett's blog
• Online comics by Philip Barrett
• Buy comics by Philip Barrett and John Robbins
• Wage Slave archive
• Philip Barrett on Twitter
• Edition Book Arts

PressEdit

• "Alternatively", Philip Barrett, Katie Blackwood, Ronan Kennedy and Patrick Lynch interviewed by The Comic Cast, 14 April 2009
• Live Panel on web and small press comics, The Comic Cast, 20 October 2009
• Interview by Andy Luke, Alltern8, 8 May 2010