STREET ART BY PHLEGM

Phlegm is born in North Wales. Phlegm is well known for his self-published comics and street art.

Street-artist Phlegm lives and works in Sheffield, England, more than 150 miles from trendy London, but his engraving-inspired reclamations of dilapidated walls and spaces deserve a wider audience.

Phlegm started keeping sketchbooks during his fine art degree 15 years ago to deal with the stuffiness of the course. After he graduated he felt that his art stagnated. Phlegm was inspired looking back at his sketchbooks; the relief of sketching to stomach his degree became his new work, which he enjoyed. He became a full-time comic illustrator, producing and selling comics from his home in Sheffield.

Phlegm's name derives from classical medicine, where the body was thought to have four main fluids (or humours). If you had too much phlegm in the system it was thought to lead to apathy. Comics were a release for Phlegm and a way to enjoy art again. His name acknowledged that fact, plus it was unusual, fitting his comics.

Source: Phlegmcomicnews