Craig Phillips

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## Personal Status

### Debut

**Cartoon:*** *The Talent Search, Part One*

**IDW:**

* *Showtime, Part Five*

## Portrayals

### Cartoon

Unknown

***Craig Phillips*** is the protective older brother of Stormer, and the boyfriend of Aja. He is also the drummer for the British band The Blue Bloods (cartoon only).

## History

### IDW Continuity

Craig first met Aja and the other Holograms when he collided into her at *The Misfits VS!* competition, likely there to support his sister Stormer. As an apology for the accident, he offered to buy her a funnel cake (*Showtime, Part Five*). and invited her on a date to ride dirtbikes together at a motocross track, and they had their first kiss (*Viral!, Part Two*).

When The Holograms threw a Halloween costume party to celebrate their music video launch, Aja and Craig both wore costumes of Imperator Furiosa from the *Mad Max* franchise, even though they did not co-ordinate their outfits (*Viral!, Part Three*).. He also attended a pool party at the Benton House, where Aja learned that Craig is Stormer's brother (*Dark Jem, Part One*).

Craig traveled up to see Aja while she was performing on the West Coast Tour. Aja and The Holograms were under Silica's control, so when Craig tried to talk to her after the concert, she ignored Craig, which upset him. He shared a hotel room with Rio at The Dolphin Hotel. Jerrica later broke from Silica's thrall, and enlisted Rio and Craig to help her incapacitate her sisters with ropes until Silica's effect wore off from them. When Craig tried to immobilize Aja, she punched and bit him. (*Dark Jem, Part Three*).

After the virus subsided, Aja and her sisters came to terms with what they'd done while under Silica's control, and they were all upset by how they had treated their significant others. Aja snuck out of her sisters' shared hotel room and threw rocks at windows at The Dolphin Hotel until she found Craig's room. He jumped from the balcony into her arms on the ground below. She apologized, and he immediately forgave her (*Dark Jem, Part Four*).

## Creation and Development

### IDW Continuity

Craig was redesigned by Emma Vieceli in collaboration with Sophie Campbell, unlike the previous characters who were solely designed by Campbell. Campbell has said that when drawing him, she visualized him as a Middle Eastern man of Jewish ethnicity.

His look has been modernized significantly, when compared to his cartoon counterpart. IDW Craig has a mohawk hairstyle and several piercings, and typically wears a sleeveless shirt (or is completely shirtless) to display his many tattoos.

The Misfits inspired lightning bolt tattoos on his neck (both sides) and left bicepGold nautical star tattoos on his right forearm
(appear blue in error in *Issue #11*)Grey, winged skull tattoo on his right shoulderChest tattoo of the logo of real-word band Bella MorteHeart with nails tattoo, on left side of upper chest (over heart)

## Appeared in

**Cartoon:**
* *The Talent Search, Part One*

* *The Talent Search, Part Two*

* *Britrock*
**IDW:**
* *Showtime, Part Five*

* *Viral!, Part One*

* *Viral!, Part Three*

* *Dark Jem, Part One*

* *Dark Jem, Part Two*

* *Dark Jem, Part Three*

* *Dark Jem, Part Four*

* *Ch-Ch-Changes, Part One*

* *Ch-Ch-Changes, Part Two*

* *Enter The Stingers, Part Two*

* *Truly Outrageous, Part One*

* *Truly Outrageous, Part Two*

* *Truly Outrageous, Part Three*

## References

1. ↑ **Tumblr:** IDW Jem Character Birthdays
2. ↑ **Tumblr:** Emma on designing Eric Raymond & Craig Phillips
3. ↑ **Tumblr:** IDW Jem Races & Ethnicities

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