Phoo Action 🔞🥋💊🏳️‍🌈

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@K0piga @Victori05869999 That'll be my total disregard for proper punctuation. It's Friday. Fuck it.

@ActionPhoo @Victori05869999 I js had a stroke reading that but thanks for getting me to understand in a way 👍

BURK DONT FUCKING DO THAT 💔 @ActionPhoo #phooaction

@Victori05869999 @K0piga You and me both

@ActionPhoo @K0piga She is a true icon to me

@Victori05869999 @K0piga And, not to mention, that's how she rolls

@Victori05869999 @K0piga Because there's an entire arsenal of military grade hardware between Burk's mucky mammoth monkey paws and her modesty inside the weave of her mystical, magical and improbable Utility Pants™

@K0piga AND in sandals

@ArtofHewll This background was one of the stills we didn’t use for the Tomorrow Comes Today promo

Under the Westway (2001)

How are there people who do not love this?!

@LWCsArtsies @CreativeBloq Haha, it’s a little bit of Photoshop bullshittery on my part. No such colour ever really existed. Yup, it’s before the comics, chapter 1C, Rejected Comics

@ActionPhoo @CreativeBloq Whitey has her own color?? I love it! 😂 💕 But wow, that is so cool! (Was that in the Phoo Action book? If so, I haven’t gotten that far yet.)

There’s an article on @CreativeBloq where I spill the inky guts on Hewll’s Phoo art. From fumes and whiteout to digital wizardry. Here’s a process video of colouring Burk & Marlon Freebie the old-school way with spirit markers. Smells like mutant spirit. creativebloq.com/creative-inspi…

Autographed by Doom himself!

@LWCsArtsies @CreativeBloq #A320 Whitey Red

@ActionPhoo @CreativeBloq Ohh, okay; I didn’t want to assume, since you know what they say about assuming. Lol 😆 Honestly, Spirit markers is so much more fun than saying alcohol-based markers, especially when they’re exactly that; Magic. 😁 I love it!

@theonlyfink98 So glad you had a good Bonds-in-the-flesh experience! Nice Bond booty too! Booty as in pirate treasure, not the other kind!

@ActionPhoo I’m a bit embarrassed because I originally didn’t even see them listed in the cons artist alley page so when I saw them I did a double take lol, though we had a nice talk about the book! They were both really amazing honestly and I’m incredibly lucky to have gotten to meet them!

Got to meet the wonderful Philip Bond today! And got these for @_Lunedez_ ❤️ #heroscon2025

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.

Dead

@theonlyfink98 Aw, shame, a Philip signed Phoo book would be a super rarity. I want one!!

Wish I brought my phoo action Book!

@LWCsArtsies @CreativeBloq So glad you're into it! 😊 Yep, spirit marker is the old-school UK term for alcohol-based markers. Jamie used Magic Markers back in the day. Permanent, translucent, and perfect for building up rich tones on coated paper. The weapon of choice for many illustrators pre-digital ✊

@ActionPhoo @CreativeBloq Omgosh I’m so excited to look into this later! I love reading and hearing other artists’ processes for their work. Thanks so much for sharing! 😁 A question though, what exactly are spirit markers? Is that a term for permanent/alcohol markers?

🧵 “How about the Jesus and Mary Chain?” “They always seemed...” “They always seemed what? They always seemed really great is what they always seemed. They picked up where your precious Echo left off, and you're sitting around complaining about no more Echo albums. I can't believe you don't own this fucking record. That's insane. Jesus” It’s a great pitch from High Fidelity’s Barry, hawking Psychocandy like a true vinyl pusher. But, he is right, everyone should own this masterpiece. A feedback drenched fever dream, fusing Spector and scuzz, Stooges and Shangri-Las into a revolutionary record, conjured as if by dark magic. Self produced by the band, it took just seventeen grand and six weeks in a small London studio to make. No arduous layering, no endless tinkering. They just plug in and play, shaping distortion into melodic force with sonic sorcery, Bubblegum Pop you can choke on. It’s an album praised for its use of feedback, yet that praise doesn’t go far enough, for no band wields this power quite like them. It’s towering sound; Jim Reid’s laconic croon, the controlled chaos of brother William’s frantic guitar, Bobby Gillespie’s primitive drums beating like the bastard child of Hal Blaine and Mo Tucker, Douglas Hart’s bass a masterclass in minimalist menace, is the sound that launched a hundred sonic ships. But while others channel Psychocandy’s dynamic distortion into shimmering soundscapes or pulverising juggernauts of noise to much acclaim, its as dense as any of them, a mesmerising onslaught of sound, raw and untamed, striking a perfect balance of fury and melody. Indebted as much to The Beach Boys and Ronettes as the VU and Einstürzende Neubauten, this is distortion as hook, feedback as harmony, visceral, infectious songs that slip you a barbed wire kiss before knocking you out with a Glasgow one. Get yourself down Championship Vinyl and ask Barry for a copy.

What’s your favorite “yellow” album?