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Local Bootle Based merchandise company Wild Thang has teamed up with local renowned Liverpool born illustrator and artist Phil Disley to create the new official t-shirt for the Tradition-ICAP Liverpool International Tennis Tournament.

The design features both John McEnroe and Martina Hingis. McEnroe has given the official thumbs up to the illustration which was the most important part of the design process.

The T-shirt will be retailed throughout the tournament along with a limited edition merchandise and clothing range which has been lovingly produced by Wild Thang.

The T-Shirt is available to buy online at www.liverpooltennis.co.uk/merchandise & available to purchase throughout the tournament, which takes place 16-20th June at Calderstones Park.

Couple of my drawings made the cover of The Times this week! To my surprise they where taken from my illustration in the Times2 section, regarding the phone war between BlackBerry and Apple.

For the second consecutive year Phil was been asked to adorn the cover pages of Classic FM's 'Hall of Fame' issue. If that wasn't enough further drawings can be seen decorating the Hall of fame countdown plus Phil's depiction of Malcolm Arnold's The Padstow Lifeboat on the back pages.

Appears my G2 cover last week struck a cord with one of it's subjects Mr Andrew Rawnsley, who has requested a copy for himself. A man of impeccable taste I might add!

For 15 years, ‘How to Spend It’, the FT's multi-award-winning magazine, has been celebrating beauty and style with sumptuous images and insightful features. For the last 12 of those years Phil Disley has been illustrating the column 'Wry Society'. 'Wry Society' takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the world of the privileged and well-heeled, covering topics from plastic surgery and fashion to private schools and shooting parties. Voted Colour Supplement of the Year at The 2006 Newspaper Awards again by a big margin for the seventh time, two years ago ‘How To Spend It’ made publishing history by swooping all three major industry awards – The British Press Awards 2004, The British Society of Magazine Editors 2004 and The 2004 Newspaper Awards – something no other colour supplement has achieved. Editor Gillian de Bono says: "With his wicked, witty and deliciously funny caricatures, Phil Disley lays bare the unseemly underbelly of modern society. He truly is the Ralph Steadman of his generation."

In 2009 HTSI launched it's online version where a library of Phil's images can be seen

http://www.howtospendit.com/#/columns/wry-society

http://www.howtospendit.com/#/columns/gym-rat

Over Christmas Phil was given the privilege of standing in for Steve Bell of 'The Guardian' between Christmas and New Year! Steve Bell is a real cartooning heavy-weight of legendary status and has been drawing in The Guardian for over thirty years. Phil himself has been working on the newspaper for over a decade, initially illustrating Jim White's column on the sports section, and then as a cover artist for their Review and G2 sections. Over the last five years Phil has been a regular contributor to the Comment and Debate sections.

Phil said, "It was a real honour to stand in for Mr Bell over the Christmas period. I really enjoyed it although it was a little daunting as they are rather large boots to fill! The drawings ran over three days and involved scouring the papers each morning for ideas, getting roughs over by mid-day, then delivering final art work by email no later than 7pm each evening. I'm used to tight deadlines and really enjoyed the freedom that this type of work allows. You pick the topic and treat it as you see fit-there aren't many publications that will allow you to focus on the President and PM's bottoms, although they did omit my title caption 'Security Crackdown'! On the whole I think it went pretty well and I haven't been as excited to see my work in print for a long time."

Following its publication in The Guardian on 14 January 2009 we are delighted that the artist, Phil Disley, has created a limited edition signed print of his cartoon depicting Barack Obama as Watts's Hope. The print is in an edition of 500 numbered copies, each hand signed and titled by the artist and blind stamped with the Watts Gallery Limited Edition mark. In the spirit of 'art for all' and the history of large edition prints of Hope the artist has generously agreed to make the edition just £25. All proceeds from the print will benefit the Watts Gallery Hope Appeal. The print is both a celebration of the importance of Watts's painting and a capturing of the historic moment of Barack Obama becoming President of the United States of America. The link between Obama and Watts's painting Hope has now been covered by every broadsheet newspaper in England as well as the television networks Al Jazeera and Bloomberg. The print is sure to sell quickly so you are encouraged to act quickly. To buy a print please visit the Watts gallery http://www.wattsgallery.org.uk