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Not to be confused with the "Crocodile Hunter", Steve Irwin.
Steve Erwin
BornStephen Erwin
(1960-01-16)January 16, 1960
Tulsa, Oklahoma[1]
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller
Notable works
Deathstroke The Terminator
Checkmate!
Batman Returns movie adaptation

Steve Erwin (born January 16, 1960)[3] is an American comics artist best known as the co-creator of Checkmate and Gunfire for DC Comics.

Career

Erwin studied commercial art at Oklahoma State University-Okmulgee.[1] He credits Neal Adams' Batman stories and Gene Colan/Tom Palmer's work on Daredevil as having "won my heart in junior high to aspiring (dreaming) to be a comic book artist."[4] Erwin's first published comic book work appeared in Grimjack #18 (Jan. 1986) [5] 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 (Dec. 1987).[5] After that title's cancellation, Erwin co-created the title Checkmate! with writer Paul Kupperberg.[6] In August 1991, Erwin and Marv Wolfman launched the Deathstroke The Terminator title,[7] a series which Erwin would draw from 1991 to 1994.[5] The Gunfire character was created by Len Wein and Erwin in Deathstroke the Terminator Annual #3 (October 1993).[8] 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.[5]

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]

Bibliography

DC Comics

First Comics

Malibu Comics

Marvel Comics

References

  1. ^ a b c "Steve Erwin Cartoonist, Tulsa" (PDF). Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame. 2007. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
  2. ^ https://www.dccomics.com/talent/steve-erwin
  3. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on October 30, 2010. Retrieved December 12, 2010.
  4. ^ Francia, Reggie (November 27, 2016). "Reggie Francia interviews Steve Erwin". DC in the 80s. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d Steve Erwin at the Grand Comics Database
  6. ^ Manning, Matthew K.; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1980s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 235. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9. 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. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Manning "1990s" in Dolan, p. 250: "Slade Wilson began his impressive sixty-issue run with the help of writer Marv Wolfman and artist Steve Erwin."
  8. ^ Jimenez, Phil (2008). "Gunfire". In Dougall, Alastair (ed.). The DC Comics Encyclopedia. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 151. ISBN 0-7566-4119-5.
Preceded by Shatter artist
1986–1987 		Succeeded by
Paul Abrams
Preceded by
n/a
 Deathstroke, The Terminator artist
1991–1994 		Succeeded by
Lauchland Pelle
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