Steve Lieber (born May 19, 1967) is an American

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illustrator known for his work on books such as ''

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'' and ''

Hawkman Hawkman is the name of several superheroes appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by writer Gardner Fox and artist Dennis Neville, the original Hawkman first appeared in ''Flash Comics'' #1, published by All-American ...

'', and the critically acclaimed miniseries '' Whiteout'', which was adapted into a 2009 feature film starring

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. His other works include the

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-winning sequel '' Whiteout: Melt'', and the thrillers ''Shooters'' and ''Underground''. With writer

Nat Gertler Nat Gertler (born April 30, 1965) is an American writer known for his comic books and his books about comics, including six on Charles Schulz's ''Peanuts''. Gertler is the publisher of About Comics, and founded an annual cartoonists' challenge, ...

, he co-authored ''The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel''. Lieber has described his career as being about "telling your own unified stories with finality."

Early life

Lieber grew up in the Squirrel Hill section of

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in the state of

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. He graduated in 1985 from Allderdice High School, studied at

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but left there before graduating to finish his artistic education at

The Kubert School The Kubert School, formerly the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and Joe Kubert School, is a private, for-profit technical school focused on cartooning and located in Dover, New Jersey. It teaches the principles of sequential art a ...

for cartoonists in

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. He studied with

Joe Kubert Joseph Kubert (; September 18, 1926 – August 12, 2012) was a Polish-born American comic book artist, art teacher, and founder of The Kubert School. He is best known for his work on the DC Comics characters Sgt. Rock and Hawkman. He is also kno ...

, whom he cites as a significant influence on his career and artistic sensibilities, and graduated in 1990. Lieber also cites comic artists

David Mazzucchelli David John Mazzucchelli (; born September 21, 1960) is an American comics artist and writer, known for his work on seminal superhero comic book storylines '' Daredevil: Born Again'' and '' Batman: Year One'', as well as for graphic novels in other ...

Alberto Alberto is the Romance languages, Romance version of the Latinized form (''Albertus'') of Germanic languages, Germanic ''Albert (given name), Albert''. It is used in Italian language, Italian, Portuguese language, Portuguese and Spanish language, ...

and

Enrique Breccia Enrique Breccia (born 1945) is an Argentine comic book artist and writer. Biography Enrique Breccia, the son of noted comic artist Alberto Breccia, drew his first work in 1968, when together with his father illustrated '' Vida del Che'' ("Life ...

Milton Caniff Milton Arthur Paul Caniff (; February 28, 1907 – April 3, 1988) was an American cartoonist famous for the ''Terry and the Pirates'' and ''Steve Canyon'' comic strips. Biography Caniff was born in Hillsboro, Ohio. He was an Eagle Scout and a r ...

Alex Toth Alexander Toth (June 25, 1928 – May 27, 2006) was an American cartoonist active from the 1940s through the 1980s. Toth's work began in the American comic book industry, but he is also known for his animation designs for Hanna-Barbera throughout ...

Howard Chaykin Howard Victor Chaykin (; born October 7, 1950) is an American comic book artist and writer. Chaykin's influences include his one-time employer and mentor, Gil Kane, and the mid-20th century illustrators Robert Fawcett and Al Parker. Early life ...

Alex Raymond Alexander Gillespie Raymond Jr. (October 2, 1909 – September 6, 1956) was an American cartoonist who was best known for creating the ''Flash Gordon'' comic strip for King Features Syndicate in 1934. The strip was subsequently adapted into many ...

, and

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as major influences. Outside of comics, he cites other painters and illustrators as having influenced his artistic style:

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Howard Pyle Howard Pyle (March 5, 1853 – November 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author, primarily of books for young people. He was a native of Wilmington, Delaware, and he spent the last year of his life in Florence, Italy. In 1894, he began ...

, N.C. Wyeth,

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Edward Hopper Edward Hopper (July 22, 1882 – May 15, 1967) was an American realist painter and printmaker. While he is widely known for his oil paintings, he was equally proficient as a watercolorist and printmaker in etching. Hopper created subdued drama ...

, The

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painters,

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, Robert Fawcett, and

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Career

In 1993 Lieber drew ''

Annual'' #1. He subsequently drew 20 issues of the monthly ''Hawkman'' series from 1994 to 1995, beginning with issue #5 and ending with issue #27, and at one point, releasing a #0 (which happened between #13 and #14) as a stunt. Lieber's ''Hawkman'' artwork brought him to the attention of Hollywood, where he began doing sketches for the show ''Batman''. He said: In 1998 Lieber illustrated the four-issue miniseries '' Whiteout'' with writer

Greg Rucka Gregory Rucka (born November 29, 1969) is an American writer known for the series of novels starring his character Atticus Kodiak, the creator-owned comic book series '' Whiteout'', ''Queen & Country'', '' Stumptown'' and '' Lazarus'', as well as ...

for

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. The critically acclaimed series, which was described as a "blood-in-the-snow serial killer story", was collected into a trade paperback, and adapted into a 2009 feature film starring

and

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. Lieber attributes his success to persistence, and described himself coming out of school as "averagely skilled", but that he "stayed working in comics longer than some of my contemporaries because I didn't want to do anything else." In addition, Lieber exchanged information and tips from comics creators such as

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. Lieber's

graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied broadly, including fiction, non-fiction, and anthologized work, though this practice is highly contested by comic scholars and industry ...

''Underground'', a story about a park ranger trapped in a cavern, was described as a "spelunking thriller" by ''

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'' magazine. Lieber has been a guest at comic book conventions such as the 2007

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. In February 2008, Lieber drew a series of illustrations in which characters from the TV show ''

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'' were rendered in the style of the TV show ''

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'', one of which was named by Alan Sepinwall of ''

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'' and

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as the "coolest link of the day". Beginning in September 2009 Lieber illustrated the five-issue miniseries ''Underground'' with writer Jeff Parker for

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. The series, about a spelunking park ranger trapped in a cave, was later collected into trade paperback from in early May 2010. In April 2012 DC/Vertigo published writers Brandon Jerwa and Eric Stephen Trautmann's military thriller graphic novel, ''Shooters'', which was illustrated by Lieber. In July 2013 Lieber began drawing ''

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'' for

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. The series follows a team of hapless, lesser-known villains from the Spider-Man universe. Lieber has received extensive praise for his work on the series, including a nod on

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's "Best of 2013" list. Comics Alliance reviewer Dylan Todd says "Lieber’s at the top of his game here, with a mixture of traditional cape comics styling and a more humane point-of-view that reminds you that these are really just people in suits doing dumb, dangerous things and that they can get hurt at any moment."

Personal life

Lieber and his wife, novelist

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, live in

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, where he is a member of

Helioscope Studio Helioscope is a comics and illustration studio based in Portland, Oregon. Members of the studio work both individually and as collaborators on a number of high-profile mainstream and independent comic books. These include '' Superman'', '' Batman ...

Bibliography

As writer and illustrator

* "The Killing Floor" in ''

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Comics Magazine'' #1,

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, 2003 * "Fell" in ''

Four Letter Worlds ''Four Letter Worlds'' is a comics anthology published by American company Image Comics in 2005; it tells 16 stories revolving around four lettered words: Love, Hate, Fear, and Fate. Organized by Image Comics' Executive Director Eric Stephenso ...

'' 2005

As illustrator

* '' Conan the Usurper'' #1-3 (of 3) (writer:

Chuck Dixon Charles Dixon (born April 14, 1954) is an American comic book writer, best known for his work on the Marvel Comics character the Punisher and on the DC Comics characters Batman, Nightwing, and Robin in the 1990s and early 2000s. Early life Di ...

; additional art:

Klaus Janson Klaus Janson (born January 23, 1952) is a German-born American comics artist, working regularly for Marvel Comics and DC Comics and sporadically for independent companies. While he is best known as an inker, Janson has frequently worked as a pen ...

), Marvel Comics, 1997 * '' Grendel Tales: The Devil's Apprentice'' #1-3 (of 3) (writer: Jeffrey Lang) (

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), 1997 * ''Whiteout'' (writer:

), 1999 * "The Mermaid's Necklace" (adapted from the story by

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; adaptation,

Eric Shanower Eric James Shanower (born October 23, 1963) is an American cartoonist, best known for his Oz novels and comics, and for the ongoing retelling of the Trojan War as '' Age of Bronze''. Early life Eric Shanower was born on October 23, 1963. Upon hi ...

) p. 154-159 in ''Oz-Story'', no. 6,

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, Sept. 2000 * '' Whiteout: Melt'' (writer: Greg Rucka), 2000 ** Winner of the 2000

for Best Limited Series * ''

'' #767 "Timeless" (writer:

), 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:

) in ''

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'' v.4 no. 1 (Carus Publishing), 2002 ** Nominated for 2002

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 Max Allan Collins (born March 3, 1948) is an American mystery writer, noted for his graphic novels. His work has been published in several formats and his '' Road to Perdition'' series was the basis for a film of the same name. He wrote the ''Di ...

), 2003 ** #3 of 3 "Detour" (writer:

, penciller:

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), 2004 ** Collected in ''Road to Perdition 2: On the Road'' (, 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 * ''

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: Desperate Measures'' #1 (writer: Paul Jenkins, color: June Chung), 2007 * ''Underground'' (writer: Jeff Parker, color: Ron Chan, 5-issue limited series,

, 2009–2010, tpb, 128 pages, 2010, ) * ''Alabaster Wolves'' #1-5 (writer: Caitlín R. Kiernan), 2012 * ''Quantum and Woody Must Die!'' #1-4 (writer:

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), 2015 * '' Lazarus X+66'' #1 (writer: Greg Rucka), 2017

As a contributing illustrator

* '' Twilight Zone'' #7 and 11,

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(1992) * "An Edwardian Nursery" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in ''Dark Horse Presents'' #77, 1993 * '' G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero'' #141 "Sucker Punch" (writer:

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; additional art: various), Marvel Comics, 1993 * '' Hawkeye'' #7 (writer:

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; additional art: Jesse Alan Hamm), Marvel Comics, 2013 * ''

'' Annual 01 "Bad Blood", (writer:

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; additional art: various), DC Comics, 1993 * ''

'' #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 * ''

'' #5 "A Rage of Hawks", (writer:

; inker: Rick Magyar; colorists: Matt Webb; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman) DC Comics, 1994 * ''

'' #6 "War Cry", (writer:

; inker: Rick Magyar; colorists: Buzz Setzer; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman) DC Comics, 1994 * ''

'' #9-13 "Godspawn", (writers: William Messner-Loebs &

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; additional art: various), DC Comics, 1994 * ''

'' #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 * ''

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'' #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 ''

Special'', Dark Horse Comics, 1994 * "Sir John's Passing" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in ''Dark Horse Presents'' #88, 1994 * ''

'' #685-686 "War of the Dragons" (writer:

; inker:

; colorist: John Wellington; letterer:

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), DC Comics, 1995 * ''

'' #19 "Madness in Motown", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorists: Buzz Setzer)DC Comics, 1995 * ''

'' #20 "Clash of Wings", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorists: Buzz Setzer), DC Comics, 1995 * ''

'' #22 "Storm Over Thanagar: The Way of the Warrior Part 3", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995 * ''

'' #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 * ''

'' #24-25 "Hunting the Lion", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995 * ''

'' #26 "Fear Visits", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995 * ''

'' #27 "Hawkmad!", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995 * ''

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'' #17 "The Silk Dragons" (writer:

; 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:

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), 1996 * ''Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice'' #8-11 (writer: C.J. Henderson; colorists: Heroic Age & David Hillman; letterer:

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), Tekno Comics, 1996 * ''The Big Book of Losers'' (writers: Paul Kirchner, Nancy A. Collins,

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), 1997 * ''The Big Book of Martyrs'' (writer:

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), 1997 * ''The Big Book of Scandal'' (writer:

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), 1997 * ''The Big Book of the Unexplained'' (writer:

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), 1997 * "A brother to dragons" in ''Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon : an Illustrated Novel'' (writer:

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) (HarperPrism, ), 1997 * "Heavy Water" in ''Two-fisted Science'' (writer:

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) (General Tektronics Labs, ), 1997 ** Second edition G.T. Labs, , 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:

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'' #1 "Wild Blue" (writer: Joe Kelly, additional art: various), Marvel Comics, 2000 * pinup in '' Finder: Sin-Eater, Part 2'' by

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, Lightspeed Press, 2000, * '' Batman: Turning Points'' #1 (writer:

, pencil & ink: Steve Lieber, letters, colors and edits: Willie Schubert, Tom McCraw, Matt Idleson), DC Comics, 2001 * ''

'' #758 "Unknowing - Part 1" (writers:

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; additional art: Shawn Martinbrough), DC Comics, 2001 * "Death" in ''Fallout: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the Political Science of the Atomic Bomb'' (writer:

), 2001 * ''

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: Our Worlds at War'' #1 "Our Fighting Forces" (writer: Karl Kesel; additional art: various), DC Comics, 2001 * ''

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'' #8-9 (writer:

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; additional art: various), Lone Star Press, 2001 *

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#174 "Every Blade of Grass" (writer:

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; additional artists:

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, Richard Horie), DC Comics, 2001 * ''

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'' #9 "In the Air, on Land and Sea..." (writer: Brian K. Vaughan, additional art: various), Vertigo (DC Comics), 2001 * ''

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: Filth of the City'' (writer:

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), 2001 * "The Wake" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in ''Star Trek: Special'', (

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) 2001 * ''Xeno's Arrow'' #2, 2001 * "The Glittering World" (writer: David Fury); colorist:

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) in ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Tales of the Slayers'', Dark Horse Comics, 2001 * ''

'' #768-770 "Purity" and #771 "Access" (writer:

; additional art: various), DC Comics, 2002 ** Collected in ''Batman: Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Volume 2'', DC Comics, 2003 * ''

'' #773-774 "Atonement" (writer:

; 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 (cartoonist), Jeff Parker), 2003 * "Family Story" (writer:

, colorist: Jeff Parker (cartoonist), Jeff Parker) in ''Hellboy: Weird Tales #3'', 2003 ** Collected in ''Hellboy: Weird Tales 1'' (, Dark Horse), 2003 * "Prison Break" (writer: Kevin McCarthy (writer), Kevin McCarthy; colorist: Jeff Parker) in The Escapist (character), ''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 (editor), Gavin Grant and Kelly Link), (Small Beer Press), 2005 * '' Gotham Central'' #32 "Nature" (writer:

; 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:

; 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 , 2004

As interviewer

* "Another Survivors' Tale : The Harvey Pekar Interview". Interview conducted by

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

and Steve Lieber. p. 92-110 in ''The Comics Journal'', no. 189, Aug. 1996

References

External links

* *
Lieber's profile/portfolio on the Periscope Studio site
*Allass, Marcia
"My Concern Is Telling A Story: Steve Lieber"
Sequential Tart. 1999. *Wright, Brendan (September 2, 2009)
"Up North and Underground with Steve Lieber"
The Wright Opinion. {{DEFAULTSORT:Lieber, Steve 1967 births Living people American graphic novelists American comics artists The Kubert School alumni Artists from Portland, Oregon American male novelists Artists from Pittsburgh Inkpot Award winners Taylor Allderdice High School alumni