Phil Nelson is an amateur doodler who likes to draw pictures of himself
frolicking on the beach. He taught himself to read by staring vacantly
at Marvel comics and paperback collections of Peanuts. At the age
of 6 he created a crude comic strip called Coconuts as a rip-off
of.....tribute to Charles Schulz. He attended the Philadelphia College
of Art from 1983 to 1984 or 5 when he was forcibly expelled by the
students and faculty because they were all jealous. After despairing
away in dank, sweaty, poorly-ventilated print shops for 20 years,
he decided to try drawing again. He is still trying.
Coconuts can currently be viewed on the literary e-zine Mad Hatter's Review where
Phil serves as Cartoon Editor. The home page for Coconuts Comics
is here.
Here are some of his cartoons:
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