As a wee lad, Phil loved to draw. Inspired by his Aunt who knew how to draw fun things like cartoon mice, he longed to have cartoon characters of his own. Phil was also into animation and was very fortunate to have a cousin who had some animation experience. So, after his cousin sent him some very nice things like paper, books and a drawing board, Phil drew his first cartoon in second grade (which his cousin so kindly animated and added music to for him). The cartoon, entitled "Spooky Town," featured a character named Skelly Skeleton who loved to surf.

        Between second grade and high school lots of stuff happened. For some time, Phil was into looking at very small cartoon images and redrawing them to about 10 times their original size. Phil also experimented with various comic characters. Some in the style of super-hero comic books, and OTHERS in strip form. Unfortunately, none of these previous concepts stuck and it was back to the drawing board again, and again.

        When Phil was in Geometry his Sophomore year of high school, he enjoyed doodling on the side of his homework (as most kids do). Well, one day he thought it would be fun to draw a cow. Amused by the freckled faced heifer, Phil decided to add some words to the sketch. But what would a cow say if it could talk? ...Of Course! Naturally, it would complain about the brutality of McDonald's hamburgers! Further amused, Phil went to English class where he tried to think up a title for his new creation. Since the cartoon was about farm animals, the word "livestock" came to mind. With this first comic in hand, Phil thought it would be fun to try and get his toon printed in the school paper. Sure enough, the editor liked the cartoon and for the next 2 years "Livestock" was printed in the Solon High "Courier."

        Since then, Livestock has been printed in the "Solon Herald Sun" for seven months, and, from 1999-2003, was a part of the BGNEWS, where it was seen weekly. What started out as a political comic, evolved into a pun-based gag panel and is now a character-based, humorous commentary on life.

        In 2007, the first collected works of "Livestock" was published entitled 'Animal Apathy: A Livestock Collection.' After 11 years of "Livestock" comic strips, Phil decided to take the opportunity to put farm funnies on temporary hiatus in exchange for 2 new projects: "Retail Sunshine" & "Not Quite Extinct."

        "Retail Sunshine" is a gag-based strip inspired by the various jobs Phil has had over the years. It showcases wit and humor while telling the exploits of characters in a retail electronics store and the customers that color their lives.

        "Not Quite Extinct" is Phil's first graphic novel. The story follows the adventures of three very different dinosaurs and how they first met and came to be friends. This project is currently in production and originated back in high school. Phil was hoping to make a comic strip about dinosaurs but had just started creating "Livestock" comics and so put the dinos on the backburner. In 2004, Phil dusted off the bones and put together some conceptual art both to start fleshing out a graphic novel but also to submit to networks as a potential animated television show. The show was never picked up, but in 2008, Phil began production on the first book.