Steve Lieber

Steve Lieber
Steve Lieber at the Stumptown Comics Fest 2006. Photo: Joshin Yamada
Born	May 19, 1967 (1967-05-19) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer, Artist
Notable works	Whiteout Whiteout: Melt
Awards	Eisner Award, 2000
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Steve Lieber (born May 19, 1967) is a comic-book illustrator. His best known work includes runs on Detective Comics and Hawkman, the graphic novel Whiteout and its Eisner Award-winning sequel, Whiteout: Melt. He is also the co-author (with Nat Gertler) of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel.

Early life

Lieber was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.^{[citation needed]} He is a 1990 graduate of The Kubert School and cites Joe Kubert as a significant influence. He also cites comic artists David Mazzucchelli, Alberto and Enrique Breccia, Milton Caniff, Alex Toth, Howard Chaykin, Alex Raymond, and Jaime Hernandez as major influences. Outside of comics, he cites other painters and illustrators: Hieronymus Bosch, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Joseph Clement Coll, Norman Rockwell, Edgar Degas, Edward Hopper, The Ashcan School painters, Andrew Loomis, Robert Fawcett, and Charles Dana Gibson.

Personal life

Lieber and his wife, novelist Sara Ryan, live in Portland, Oregon, where he is a member of Periscope Studio.

Bibliography

As writer and illustrator

• "The Killing Floor" in Vampirella Comics Magazine #1, Harris Publications, 2003
• "Fell" in Four Letter Words 2005

As illustrator

• Conan the Usurper #1-3 (of 3) (writer: Chuck Dixon; additional art: Klaus Janson), Marvel Comics, 1997
• Grendel Tales: The Devil's Apprentice #1-3 (of 3) (writer: Jeffrey Lang) (Dark Horse Comics), 1997
• Whiteout (writer: Greg Rucka), 1999
• "The Mermaid's Necklace" (adapted from the story by Ruth Plumly Thompson; adaptation, Eric Shanower) p. 154-159 in Oz-Story, no. 6, Hungry Tiger Press, Sept. 2000
• Whiteout: Melt (writer: Greg Rucka), 2000
  • Winner of the 2000 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series
• Detective Comics #767 "Timeless" (writer: Greg Rucka), DC Comics, 2002
  • Collected in Batman: Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (writers: Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Devin Grayson, Chuck Dixon, Kelley Puckett), 2002
• Me and Edith Head (writer: Sara Ryan) in Cricket v.4 no. 1 (Carus Publishing), 2002
  • Nominated for 2002 Eisner Award for Best Short Story
  • reprinted as a standalone, self-published volume, 2002
• Family Reunion (writer: Sean Stewart), 2004
• On the Road to Perdition, two issues:
  • #2 of 3 "Sanctuary" (writer: Max Allan Collins), 2003
  • #3 of 3 "Detour" (writer: Max Allan Collins, penciller: José Luis García-López), 2004
  • Collected in Road to Perdition 2: On the Road (ISBN 1-4012-0357-4, DC Comics), 2004
• Flytrap - Episode One: Juggling Act (writer: Sara Ryan), 2005
• Gotham Central #37 (writer: Greg Rucka), 2005
• Civil War: Frontline #1-10 (writer: Paul Jenkins, additional art: Ramon Bachs), 2006–2007
• Thunderbolts: Desperate Measures #1 (writer: Paul Jenkins, color: June Chung), 2007
• Underground (writer: Jeff Parker, color: Ron Chan, 5-issue limited series, Image Comics, 2009–2010, tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ISBN 1607062666)

As a contributing illustrator

• Twilight Zone #7 and 11, NOW Comics (1992)
• "An Edwardian Nursery" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in Dark Horse Presents #77, 1993
• G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero #141 "Sucker Punch" (writer: Larry Hama; additional art: various), Marvel Comics, 1993
• Hawkman Annual 01 "Bad Blood", (writer: John Ostrander; additional art: various), DC Comics, 1993
• Hawkman #0 "Eyes of the Hawk, Prologue: Old Scores", (Writer: William Messner-Loebs, inker: Curt Shoultz; colorist: Buzz Setzer; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman), DC Comics, 1994
• Hawkman #5 "A Rage of Hawks", (writer: John Ostrander; inker: Rick Magyar; colorists: Matt Webb; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman) DC Comics, 1994
• Hawkman #6 "War Cry", (writer: John Ostrander; inker: Rick Magyar; colorists: Buzz Setzer; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman) DC Comics, 1994
• Hawkman #9-13 "Godspawn", (writers: William Messner-Loebs & Steven T. Seagle; additional art: various), DC Comics, 1994
• Hawkman #14-17 "Eyes of the Hawk", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorists: Buzz Setzer; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman), DC Comics, 1994–1995
• "Legacy" in Marvel Comics Presents #147 (writer: Mariano Nicieza; colorist: Marianne Lightle; letterer: Loretta Krol), Marvel Comics, 1994
• Medal of Honor #2 (writer: Doug Murray; various artists), Dark Horse, 1994
• "Roadways" (writer: Jeffrey Lang; inked by Steve Lieber; additional artists: Ted Slampyak, John Drury, Tommy Berg; edited by Katherine Fritz), Cult Press, 1994.
• "Sgt. Desmond Doss: The Bible Tells Me So" (writer: Doug Murray) in Medal of Honor Special, Dark Horse Comics, 1994
• "Sir John's Passing" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in Dark Horse Presents #88, 1994
• Detective Comics #685-686 "War of the Dragons" (writer: Chuck Dixon; inker: Klaus Janson; colorist: John Wellington; letterer: John Costanza), DC Comics, 1995
• Hawkman #19 "Madness in Motown", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorists: Buzz Setzer)DC Comics, 1995
• Hawkman #20 "Clash of Wings", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorists: Buzz Setzer), DC Comics, 1995
• Hawkman #22 "Storm Over Thanagar: The Way of the Warrior Part 3", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
• Hawkman #23 "Essential Warfare: The Way of the Warrior Part 6", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorist: Trish Mulvihill, letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
• Hawkman #24-25 "Hunting the Lion", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
• Hawkman #26 "Fear Visits", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
• Hawkman #27 "Hawkmad!", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
• Robin #17 "The Silk Dragons" (writer: Chuck Dixon; additional art: (Enrique Villagran, John Wellington, Tim Harkins), DC Comics, 1995
• Species #2 (of 4) (writer: Dennis Feldman; additional artists: various), (Dark Horse), 1995
• The Big Book of Hoaxes (writers: Various), 1996
• The Big Book of Thugs (writer: Joel Rose), 1996
• Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice #8-11 (writer: C.J. Henderson; colorists: Heroic Age & David Hillman; letterer: Ken Bruzenak), Tekno Comics, 1996
• The Big Book of Losers (writers: Paul Kirchner, Nancy A. Collins, Irwin Chusid), 1997
• The Big Book of Martyrs (writer: John Wagner), 1997
• The Big Book of Scandal (writer: Jonathan Vankin), 1997
• The Big Book of the Unexplained (writer: Doug Moench), 1997
• "A brother to dragons" in Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon : an Illustrated Novel (writer: Margaret Weis) (HarperPrism, ISBN 0-06-105543-3), 1997
• "Heavy Water" in Two-fisted Science (writer: Jim Ottaviani) (General Tektronics Labs, ISBN 0-9660106-0-4), 1997
  • Second edition G.T. Labs, ISBN 0-9660106-2-0, 2001
• The Big Book of the Weird Wild West (writers: John Whalen, Deb Picker, Richard Klaw, Ben Ostrander), 1998
• "A Great Metropolitan Newspaper" in Superman Secret Files & Origins (writer: Roger Stern; additional art: Joes Marzan, Jr., Tom McCraw), DC Comics, 1998
• Heroes Reborn: Rebel #1 "Wild Blue" (writer: Joe Kelly, additional art: various), Marvel Comics, 2000
• pinup in Finder: Sin-Eater, Part 2 by Carla Speed McNeil, Lightspeed Press, 2000, ISBN 0-9673691-1-8
• Batman: Turning Points #1 (writer: Greg Rucka, pencil & ink: Steve Lieber, letters, colors and edits: Willie Schubert, Tom McCraw, Matt Idleson), DC Comics, 2001
• Detective Comics #758 "Unknowing - Part 1" (writers: Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka; additional art: Shawn Martinbrough), DC Comics, 2001
• "Death" in Fallout: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the Political Science of the Atomic Bomb (writer: Jim Ottaviani), 2001
• Harley Quinn: Our Worlds at War #1 "Our Fighting Forces" (writer: Karl Kesel; additional art: various), DC Comics, 2001
• Pantheon #8-9 (writer: Bill Willingham; additional art: various), Lone Star Press, 2001
• Superman #174 "Every Blade of Grass" (writer: Jeph Loeb; additional artists: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie), DC Comics, 2001
• Swamp Thing #9 "In the Air, on Land and Sea..." (writer: Brian K. Vaughan, additional art: various), Vertigo (DC Comics), 2001
• Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City (writer: Warren Ellis), 2001
• "The Wake" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in Star Trek: Special, (Wildstorm) 2001
• Xeno's Arrow #2, 2001
• "The Glittering World" (writer: David Fury; colorist: Matt Hollingsworth) in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers, Dark Horse Comics, 2001
• Detective Comics #768-770 "Purity" and #771 "Access" (writer: Greg Rucka; additional art: various), DC Comics, 2002
  • Collected in Batman: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Volume 2, DC Comics, 2003
• Detective Comics #773-774 "Atonement" (writer: Greg Rucka; inker: Mark McKenna; colorist: Jason Wright; letterer: Todd Klein), DC Comics, 2002
  • Collected in Batman: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Volume 3, DC Comics, 2003
• Batman: Family #7-8 (writer: John Francis Moore; additional art: various), DC Comics, 2003

• The Interman 1 (writer: Jeff Parker), 2003
• "Family Story" (writer: Sara Ryan, colorist: Jeff Parker) in Hellboy: Weird Tales #3, 2003
  • Collected in Hellboy: Weird Tales 1 (ISBN 1-56971-622-6, Dark Horse), 2003
• "Prison Break" (writer: Kevin McCarthy; colorist: Jeff Parker) in The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist 1, Dark Horse Comics, 2004
• cover art for Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, no. 15, (ed. by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link), (Small Beer Press), 2005
• Gotham Central #32 "Nature" (writer: Greg Rucka; colorist: Lee Loughridge; letterer: Clem Robins), DC Comics, 2005
• ""Thoughts on a Winter Morning"" in Negative Burn: Winter 2005 (writer: Kurt Busiek), Desperado Publishing (Image Comics) 2005
• pinup in The Surrogates #3 "Revelations" (writer: Robert Venditti; additional art: various), Top Shelf Productions, 2005
• Gotham Central #37 "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (writer: Greg Rucka; colorist: Lee Loughridge; letterer: Clem Robins), DC Comics, 2006
• METHo.d. (writer: Clifford Meth; various artists) Aardwolf Publishing, 2006
• Bat Lash #6 #32 “Nature” (writer: Sergio Aragones), DC Comics, 2008

As co-author

• The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel, with Nat Gertler, Alpha Books ISBN 1-59257-233-2, 2004

As interviewer

• "Another Survivors' Tale : The Harvey Pekar Interview". Interview conducted by Jim Ottaviani and Steve Lieber. p. 117-125 in Hogan's Alley, v. 1, no. 4, 1997
• "The Authoritative Frank Stack, or, Foolbert Sturgeon on Jesus, Crumb, and Cancer". Interview conducted by Jim Ottaviani and Steve Lieber. p. 92-110 in The Comics Journal, no. 189, Aug. 1996

External links

• Official website
• Lieber's profile/portfolio on the Periscope Studio site
• "My Concern Is Telling A Story: Steve Lieber" interview by Marcia Allass in Sequential Tart 2(7), 1999.
• An Interview with Steve Lieber at The Wright Opinion, from September 2, 2009