Steve Ellis (comics)

Steve Ellis

Ellis at the 2011 New York Comic Con.
Born March 14, 1971
New Jersey
Nationality American
Area(s) Artist
Pseudonym(s) Steve Ellis
Notable works
 High Moon
The Silencers
Crimson Dynamo
Awards Nominated for "Best Inker of the Year" 2013, Nominated for "Best Cover Artist" 2013 Harvey Award, Harvey Award Winner of "Best Online Work" 2009 Harvey Award for High Moon, Nominated for "Best Inker of the Year" 2010 Harvey Award, Paper Screen Gem Award, Galerie d'art Yves Laroche: Street Camp Juried Show 2006, Best in Show: Gen Con Art Show 2005

Steve Ellis is an American comic book artist and illustrator who has worked for Wizards of the Coast, DC Comics, Wildstorm, White Wolf, Moonstone Books and Marvel Comics.

Early life

Ellis is a graduate of Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York.

Career

Ellis is the illustrator and co-creator behind The Silencers[1] (with Fred Van Lente) and High Moon (with David Gallaher). Ellis' command of the Russian language and attention to detail gave his work on Crimson Dynamo a more stylistic flair, with more Cyrillic markings in the background than in the later issues penciled by Joe Corroney.[2]

Steve Ellis’ work has been featured on CD covers, computer games, trading cards, books, RPGs, magazines, toys and, of course, comics. Well versed in digital and traditional media, Steve has enjoyed widespread success painting and illustrating in the publications of Marvel and DC Comics, for Wizards of the Coast and Upper Deck, and numerous other companies over the past 14 years. His Dungeons & Dragons work for Wizards of the Coast includes interior illustrations for Libris Mortis, Frostburn, Lords of Madness, Complete Adventurer, and Player's Handbook II.

While acting as penciler and inker for Marvel Comics and DC Comics’ famous properties like Lobo, Iron Man, and Green Lantern, Steve has spearheaded such new titles as Wildstorm’s Jezebelle and the Marvel/Epic lines’ Crimson Dynamo. He has created the critically successful Science Fiction comic series Tranquility, his super-powered Mob epic The Silencers (with co-conspirator Fred Van Lente) and has had success winning the Zuda Comics online comics competition with fan favorite High Moon.[3] He has also done numerous illustrations for covers for books and games, most notably the interior illustrations of The Sleeping Sorceress, a collection of Elric of Melnibone stories in December 2008. In July 2012, he and writer David Gallaher formed Bottled Lightning Studios as a home for their independent comic and television projects. In November 2014, it was announced that Steve Ellis would take over artistic duties on Green Lantern Corps for DC Comics during their Convergence event.

Awards

Bibliography

Acclaim Comics

Amazon Studios

AMC

Archaia

Bottled Lightning

comiXology

Dark Horse Comics

DC Comics

Image Comics

White Wolf

DreamSmith Books Publishers

Scholastic Books

Wildstorm

Marvel Comics

Moonstone Books

References

  1. ↑ Huynh, Ngoc (December 3, 2007). "Cracking the comic book industry", The Post-Standard, p. D8.
  2. ↑ Bart Simpson
  3. ↑ Chun, Gary C. W. (March 16, 2008). "Drawn & Quartered: Horror on the Web", Honolulu Star-Bulletin 13 (76).
  4. ↑ "2010 Harvey Award Winners (BOLD)". The Harvey Awards. accessed October 2, 2011.
  5. ↑ "2011 Harvey Award Winners (BOLD)". The Harvey Awards. accessed October 2, 2011.
  6. ↑ "2010 Harvey Award Winners (BOLD)".
  7. ↑ " 2014 Harvey Award Winners (BOLD)".

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