Steve Erwin | |
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Born | Stephen Erwin January 16, 1960 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. [1] |
Died | October 25, 2023 | (aged 63)
Area(s) | Penciller |
Notable works |
Deathstroke the Terminator Checkmate! Batman Returns movie adaptation |
Stephen Erwin (January 16, 1960 – October 25, 2023) was an American comics artist best known as the co-creator of Checkmate and Gunfire for DC Comics.
Steve Erwin was born on January 16, 1960. [2] He studied commercial art at Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee. [1] He credited Neal Adams' Batman stories and Gene Colan's and Tom Palmer's work on Daredevil as having "won my heart in junior high to aspiring (dreaming) to be a comic book artist." [3] Erwin's first published comic book work appeared in Grimjack #18 (January 1986), [4] published by First Comics. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked primarily for DC Comics, his first story for that publisher appearing in The Vigilante #48 (December 1987). [4] After that title's cancellation, Erwin co-created the title Checkmate! with writer Paul Kupperberg. [5] In August 1991, Erwin and Marv Wolfman launched the Deathstroke the Terminator title, [6] a series that Erwin would draw from 1991 to 1994. [4] The Gunfire character was created by Len Wein and Erwin in Deathstroke the Terminator Annual #3 (October 1993). [7] Erwin drew the comics adaptation of Batman Returns as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation Shadowheart, the graphic novel adaptation of The Ashes of Eden, and the Mike Danger series published by Tekno Comix. [4]
In 2007, Erwin was inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, located in the Toy and Action Figure Museum. [1]
Erwin died on October 25, 2023, at the age of 63. [8]
The clandestine government operation Checkmate began its monthly adventures in April [1988] in its self-titled ongoing series by writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Steve Erwin.
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Steve Erwin | |
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Born | Stephen Erwin January 16, 1960 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S. [1] |
Died | October 25, 2023 | (aged 63)
Area(s) | Penciller |
Notable works |
Deathstroke the Terminator Checkmate! Batman Returns movie adaptation |
Stephen Erwin (January 16, 1960 – October 25, 2023) was an American comics artist best known as the co-creator of Checkmate and Gunfire for DC Comics.
Steve Erwin was born on January 16, 1960. [2] He studied commercial art at Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee. [1] He credited Neal Adams' Batman stories and Gene Colan's and Tom Palmer's work on Daredevil as having "won my heart in junior high to aspiring (dreaming) to be a comic book artist." [3] Erwin's first published comic book work appeared in Grimjack #18 (January 1986), [4] published by First Comics. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked primarily for DC Comics, his first story for that publisher appearing in The Vigilante #48 (December 1987). [4] After that title's cancellation, Erwin co-created the title Checkmate! with writer Paul Kupperberg. [5] In August 1991, Erwin and Marv Wolfman launched the Deathstroke the Terminator title, [6] a series that Erwin would draw from 1991 to 1994. [4] The Gunfire character was created by Len Wein and Erwin in Deathstroke the Terminator Annual #3 (October 1993). [7] Erwin drew the comics adaptation of Batman Returns as well as Star Trek: The Next Generation Shadowheart, the graphic novel adaptation of The Ashes of Eden, and the Mike Danger series published by Tekno Comix. [4]
In 2007, Erwin was inducted into the Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, located in the Toy and Action Figure Museum. [1]
Erwin died on October 25, 2023, at the age of 63. [8]
The clandestine government operation Checkmate began its monthly adventures in April [1988] in its self-titled ongoing series by writer Paul Kupperberg and artist Steve Erwin.
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has generic name (
help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (
link)