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(; born September 3, 1974) is an American
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. He illustrated and drew covers for a number of superhero titles in the 2000s, primarily for
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, including ''
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'' and '' The Flash: Rebirth'', and '' New X-Men'' for
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. In the late 2010s, his "ComicArtistPro Secrets" channel on
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focused on right-wing social commentary, through which he became a central figure in
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.


Early life

Ethan Van Sciver was born September 3, 1974 in
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. He and his younger brother, alternative cartoonist Noah Van Sciver, grew up in Merchantville in southern New Jersey, and he graduated from
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in 1992. Van Sciver decided on a career in the comic-book field after seeing the 1978 movie ''
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'' as a child, but only began to read comics intently with John Byrne's '' The Man of Steel'' in 1986. He cites
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and
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's ''Fantastic Four vs. the X-Men'' (1987) as a strong influence.


Career

While in high school, Van Sciver did various art-related jobs, which included painting murals of Native Americans, drawing caricatures for mall customers, illustrating children's books, and airbrushing t-shirts. Van Sciver's first comics work was published in 1994, writing and drawing what he later called "a horrible little character called Cyberfrog", published by Hall of Heroes and later Harris Comics.


Mainstream publishers

His first work for
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was in 1998, which led to him being hired in 1999 as the artist on the series ''
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'', with writer Todd Dezago. This was followed in 2001 by the first of what would become several collaborations with writer
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, on the superhero-horror one-shot '' The Flash: Iron Heights''. Van Sciver was hired by Marvel Comics in 2001 to work on '' New X-Men'', a retitled and revamped series (beginning with #114) written by
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. The series' primary artist
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was not expected to illustrate the necessary twelve issues per year, so Van Sciver was scheduled to illustrate two issues per year, which expanded to more issues as Igor Kordey was also hired as a semi-regular artist. Van Sciver drew a total of four issues. In issue #133 of this series, Morrison and Van Sciver co-created the character
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, a
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who can transform into sand. Returning to work primarily for DC, Van Sciver worked with Johns on the six-issue miniseries '' Green Lantern: Rebirth'' (2004) which restored the
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character
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as the publisher's primary
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. They then worked together on an ongoing series featuring the character. During this time Van Sciver was one of the artists who contributed to a series of instructional books for amateur comics artists, published by '' Wizard'' magazine. In 2006, Van Sciver penciled the cover art for metal band Winger's fourth studio album. The cover art was also sold as a poster called "Guardian of Freedom". Johns, Van Sciver,
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,
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, and others produced "
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", a high-profile 11-issue story appearing in DC's two Green Lantern monthly series in 2007. Van Sciver and Johns produced the six-issue mini-series '' The Flash: Rebirth'' (2009) which – like the earlier Green Lantern mini-series – reintroduced the Silver Age character Barry Allen as the Flash. The same year, he drew variant covers for DC's crossover storyline ''
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''. In 2011, as part of DC's "
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" initiative, he was the artist – and co-writer with
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– of '' The Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men''. Starting in 2016, as part of the "
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" relaunch of DC's titles, Van Sciver drew issues of the '' Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps'' series. Van Sciver received a "special thanks" credit in the films ''
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'', ''
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'', and '' The Suicide Squad''.


Independent work

In 2017, Van Sciver penciled illustrations for '' 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos,'' a
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book by Canadian psychologist and social activist
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. No longer employed by DC, in 2018 Van Sciver announced that he would instead produce his own comics, and in 2019 he published ''Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney'' featuring his early character Cyberfrog, for which he had raised over $500,000 through crowdfunding. A campaign in 2020 raised over $1 million for a follow-up ''Cyberfrog: Rekt Planet'', promised to ship in 2021.


Political commentary

In 2017, Van Sciver began a
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called ''ComicArtistPro Secrets'', which originally featured demonstrations of illustration tools and techniques, but which later focused on commentary about comics, other comics creators, and fan culture. Through that channel, Van Sciver became a central figure in
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, a movement whose members oppose what they see as forced political themes and anti-consumer practices in current mainstream superhero comics, such as cultural diversity and progressive politics. The movement has been criticized for harassment tactics in online campaigns against those who produce these comics and work in the industry. Van Sciver faced criticism over an announced collaboration with cartoonist
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, whose views about women have been described by critics as misogynistic. Van Sciver initially defended Sim's past relationship with a 14-year-old girl, likening it to that of
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and
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, until he learned more details about Sim's relationship with her, and cancelled the project. Van Sciver has also been a prominent figure in the Fandom Menace, a ''
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'' fan movement with similar goals and methods to Comicsgate. In 2018, Van Sciver expressed his displeasure at the direction that the franchise had taken by producing a video of himself opening and destroying action figures of ''
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'' character Rose Tico. Following the
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, in which eight people, including six Asian women, were killed, Van Sciver referenced the incident during a livestream group discussion on film director
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, commenting, "He'll never stop me from killing Chinese people, ever. I don't care how many movies he makes. Give me a
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and line them up against the wall, as the great
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once said." In March 2023, Van Sciver publicly criticized actor
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for not having defended his ''
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'' co-star
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when
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fired her from that series in 2021 for comments that were interpreted as a comparison of treatment of American conservatives to Jews in Nazi Germany. During the March 12, 2023 telecast of the
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, Van Sciver reacted to the appearance of Pascal, who is Chilean-American, presenting an award with actress
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, by tweeting a screenshot of them with the caption "Oh, it’s this asshole. Thanks for standing behind Gina, you flabby coward." The tweet drew backlash from Chilean Twitter users, resulting in thousands of comments critical of Van Sciver's original tweet. Van Sciver responded to this by posting recipes and other phrases in Spanish, and tweeting the following day, "I seem to have pissed off Chile last night. Lmfao. My bad."


Personal life

As of August 2005, Van Sciver resided in
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, where he lived for several years. As of May 2015, he lived in
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, but was in the process of moving back to
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to be with his girlfriend Andrea, whom he met when he was 18. Van Sciver is a Republican and former Mormon.


Awards and recognition

* Inkwell Awards Ambassador (2010–2018) * 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards – nominee for Best Penciller/Inker for ''Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps''


Bibliography

As artist unless otherwise noted.


Non-fiction

* '' 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos'' by Jordan Peterson (2018), illustrations


Splatto Comics

* ''Jawbreakers: Lost Souls'' TPB (2019), cover art * ''Jawbreakers: GØD-K1NG'' TPB (2019), cover art


ALL CAPS Comics

* ''Cyberfrog: Bloodhoney'' (2019), artist and writer * ''Cyberfrog: The Diary of Heather Swain'' (2019), artist and writer * ''Cyberfrog: Unfrogettable Tales #1–2'' (2020), artist and writer * ''Reignbow The Brute'' (2025), artist and writer * ''Cyberfrog #2: Rekt Planet'' (2023), artist and writer * ''Salamandroid: Death's Sting'' (2023), artist and writer * ''Fearsome'' (2024), writer * ''Wrath of H3ll3phant'' (2024), writer * ''Cyberfrog: Red Extermination'' (2025), artist and writer


DC Comics

* '' 52'' #39, 43 (backup features) (2007–2008) * ''52 Aftermath:The Four Horsemen'' #1–6 (2008) * ''
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: Trail of the Gun'', miniseries, #1–2 (2004) * ''
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Annual'' #1 (2013) * ''
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Special'' #1 (2013) * '' Batman: The Dark Knight'' vol. 2 #16–18, 21, 28–29 (2013–2014) * ''Batman: The Dawnbreaker'', one-shot (2017) * ''
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'' #8 (2015) * ''
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'' #28 (backup feature) (2007) * ''DC Comics Presents: Impulse'' #1 (2011) * ''DC Universe: Rebirth'' #1 (2016) * ''DC Universe: Secret Origins'' #1 (2012) * '' The Flash 80-Page Giant'' (
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) #1 (1998) * ''
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: Iron Heights'' (2001) * '' The Flash: Rebirth'', miniseries, #1–6 (2009–2010) * '' Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men'' #7–8 (co-writer/artist); #1–6, 9–10 (co-writer only) (2012) * ''
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'' vol. 4 #1 (with
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); #4–5, 9 (full art); #25 (with
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) (2005–2008) * ''Green Lantern'' vol. 5 #20, 43, ''Annual'' #1 (2012) * ''Green Lantern/
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: Godhead'' #1 (2014) * '' Green Lantern: Rebirth'', miniseries, #1–6 (2004–2005) * ''Green Lantern: Secret Files & Origins'' (2005) * ''Green Lantern:
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Special'' #1 (2007) * ''Green Lantern Corps: Edge of Oblivion'', miniseries, #1–3 (2016) * ''Green Lanterns: Rebirth'', one-shot (2016) * ''
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and the
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: Rebirth'', one-shot (2016) * ''Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps'' #4–5, 8, 12, 15, 17, 22–25, 32, 38, 42, 45 (2016–2018) * ''
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'' vol. 4 #13 (2003) * ''
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'' #41, 50–52, 54–58, 62–63, 65–67 (1998–2000) * '' JLA Secret Files'' #3 (among other artists) (2000) * ''
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'' vol. 2 #0 (2012) * ''
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: JL?'', one-shot (2001) * ''
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'' vol. 2 #20 (2006) * ''
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'' #59–64 (2004) * '' The New 52: Futures End (
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)'' #0 (various artists) (2014) * ''
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'' #15–16 (2015) * ''
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'' #28–30 (2006) * ''
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80-Page Giant'' (
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) #1 (1998) * ''
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featuring
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'' #1 (2014) * ''Untold Tales of
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'' #1 (among other artists) (2010) * ''
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(
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)'' #0 (among other artists) (2010)


Hall of Heroes

* ''CyberFrog'' #1–2 (1994), writer/artist * ''Fuzzy Buzzard and Friends'' (April, 1995), writer/artist


Harris Comics

* ''CyberFrog'' Vol 2 #0–4 (1996), writer/artist ** ''CyberFrog : Censored'' #1 (1996) one-shot, writer/artist ** ''CyberFrog: Reservoir Frog'' #1–2 (1996) miniseries, writer/artist ** ''CyberFrog vs Creed'' #1 (1997); CyberFrog (co-writer/artist) ** ''CyberFrog: 3rd Anniversary'' #1–2 (1997) Special miniseries, writer/artist ** ''CyberFrog: The Origin - Ashcan Preview'' #1 (1997) one-shot, writer/artist ** ''CyberFrog: Amphibionix'' #1 (1999) one-shot, writer/artist * ''
Vampirella Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''E ...
: Crossover Gallery'' #1 (1997) * ''
Vampirella Vampirella () is a vampire superheroine created by Forrest J Ackerman and comic book artist Trina Robbins in Warren Publishing's black-and-white horror comics magazine ''Vampirella'' #1 (Sept. 1969), a sister publication of '' Creepy'' and ''E ...
/
Shadowhawk ShadowHawk is a superhero created by Jim Valentino for Image Comics. He was first advertised in the ''Malibu Sun'' free promotional magazine in May 1992. His official Image Comics debut was in the second issue of '' Youngblood'' series (June ...
: Creatures of the Night'' (1995) #1


Marvel Comics

* '' Heroes Reborn Remnants'' #1 (2000) * '' New X-Men'' #117–118, 123, 133 (2001–2002) * ''
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: The Draft – Wild Child'' (2002) * ''
Wolverine The wolverine ( , ; ''Gulo gulo''), also called the carcajou or quickhatch (from East Cree, ''kwiihkwahaacheew''), is the largest land-dwelling species, member of the family Mustelidae. It is a muscular carnivore and a solitary animal. The w ...
'' #179 (2002)


Cover work

* ''Heroes Reborn Remnants'' #1 * ''New X-Men'' TPB By Grant Morrison Ultimate Collection 2 * ''New X-Men'' #124–125, 128, 130–131, 134, 146 * ''Isom'' #2 Cover B by Rippaverse Comics


WildStorm

* ''Claw of the Conquered'' #1a, 1b (2006–2007) (cover artist)


Wizard

* (co-writer) * (co-writer) * (co-writer) * (co-writer)


References


External links

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Portfolio on Comicbookrealm.com * *
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Interviews


Interview with Comic Geek Speak Podcast (August 2009)

Ethan Van Sciver
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