SEAN PHILLIPS ON THE BLAST OF SILENCE DVD

by Zack Smith

As artist on the Eisner-winning Icon series Criminal, Sean Phillips has paid tribute to classic noir books and films with both his detailed, expressive artwork on the book’s main stories and his illustrations for the single-issue-only backup essays. But a recent DVD release has given him a chance to go back to the series’ roots – and help bring a legendary lost crime film to a wider audience.