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Steve Scott (born March 19, 1968) is an
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comic book creator developed specialized terminology. Several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, R. C. Harvey and Dylan Horrocks. Much of the terminology in English is under di ...
. Since 1994 he has been working for a wide variety of publishers, most notably
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and
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.


Career

Living in
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, Steve Scott started sending his artwork to comic publishers in the early 1990's until the independent publisher Malibu Comics gave him his first big break as a professional comic artist in 1994 with ''
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'', set in the
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. Meanwhile he kept his daytime job as a firefighter. In 1999 he got his first of many gigs at
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with ''
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'' and in 2000 the first of many at
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with ''
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''. In 2001, for DC Comics, he contributed to the publication of historical collection '' 9–11: The Worlds Finest Comic Book: Writers & Artists Tell Stories to Remember'' to commemorate public servants.
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- Issue nr.193 - November 2007 - article: ''A real American hero'' - p.98-102
His work was exhibited and archived at the
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. In 2007 Scott drew the panels for a five episodes tie-in animated on-screen comic book for
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of the television series ''
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'', called ''Smallville Legends: Justice & Doom''. In 2008
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gave his personal approval for Scott to draw the comic '' Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods''. Lucas bought some of Scott's artwork for the Indiana Jones comic to exhibit them at
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. That same year Scott drew a ten page adaptation of the prologue of the
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film ''
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'' that was offered with the Special
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Giftset edition of ''
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''. Film director
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oversaw and approved his artwork. Around 2010 for Cognito Comics Scott made the bulk of the covers of the interactive digital graphic novel ''CIA: Operation Ajax'' that tells the story of the
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. Around 2012 for Leviathan Games he provided artwork for the 3D digital comic editions of ''
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''. In 2015 he illustrated the first two parts of ''Dark Fathom'', the tie-in comic for the Hollywood film '' Independence Day: Resurgence''. In 2020 Scott worked for Cutaway Comics on the one-shot comic ''Eldrad Must Live'', a
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of the British sci-fi ''
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''.


Personal life

Steve Scott was captain of a team of firemen in 2005 when Biloxi was devastated by
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. His own house was destroyed by a drifting
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. While on duty he met with president
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who quoted him afterwards in a
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interview that his house and car were gone but that his family was safe and that's all that mattered.


Bibliography


Malibu

* ''
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'' #12 (1994) * '' Ultraverse Premiere'' #8,#10-11 (1994-1995) * ''The Night Man'' #16 (1995) * ''The Solution'' #16 (1995)


Millennium Publications

* ''Wicked'' #2-4 (1995)


Brainstorm Comics

* ''Vamperotica: Red Reign'' #15 (1995-1996) * ''Vamperotica: Dark Fiction'' #2 (2001)


London Night Studios

* '' Razor: Uncut'' #20-24 (1996) * ''Razor'' #2-3 (1997)


Avatar Press

* ''The Ravening'' #1 (1997) * ''Twilight Live Wire'' #1 (1997) * ''Pandora Pinup'' #1 (1997) * ''Pandora: Nudes'' #1 (1998) * ''Pandora's Chest'' #1 (1999)


Image

* ''The Tenth'' #1-2 (1998)


Marvel Comics

* ''
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: Crime and Punishment'' #132 (1999) * ''
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'' (2nd series) ** ''New Warriors'' #0 (1999) ** ''One Good Reason'' #1 (1999) ** ''Artificial Lives'' #2 (1999) ** ''Loyalties'' #3 (1999) * '' Mystic Arcana: Magik: Time Trial, Ritual of the Sphinx, Part 1'' #1 (2007) * ''
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: Where Dreams to Nightmares Grow'' #97 (2007) * '' Marvel Adventures: The Avengers'' #16 (2007) * ''Exiles: Starting Over'' #16 (2008) * ''Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four: Oh Captain, My Captain Marvel!'' #30 (2008) * ''Marvel Adventures: Hulk'' ** ''Analyze This'' #9 (2008) ** ''The Unstoppable Mr. Marko'' #10 (2008) ** ''Last Monster Standing'' #11 (2008) ** ''HulkFu Hustle'' #12 (2008) * ''
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'' ** ''Heroic Proportions, Part 1 (of 2)'' #37 (2009) ** ''Heroic Proportions, Part 2 (of 2)'' #38 (2009) * ''
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'' ** ''The Fury of the Howling Commando'' #7 (2009) ** ''...The Harder They Fall!'' #8 (2009) ** ''Welcome to the Jungle'' #9 (2009)


DC Comics

* ''
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One Million'' ** Part 2: ''Metron's Brain'' #12 (2000) ** Part 3: ''The Perfect Crime'' #13 (2000) * ''JLA Annual: On Call'' #4 (2000) * ''
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: Tower of Babel, Conclusion: Harsh Words'' #46 (2000-2001) * ''JLA 80-Page Giant: The Century War II'' #3 (2000) * ''JLA Secret Files'' #3 (2000) * ''
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'' ** ''Blue Devil: A Night in the Life'' #4 (2006) ** ''One Year Later'' #5 (2006) ** ''The Pentacle Plot'' #1 (2007) ** ''Cursed'' #1 (2008) * '' Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight: Chicks Dig the Bat'' #212 (2007) * '' The Creeper'' ** ''The Island of Misfit Souls'' #4 (2007) ** ''Welcome to Creepsville'' #5 (2007) * ''
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'' #11-12 (2007) ** ''Corvalho, Part One'' #11 (2007) ** ''Corvalho, Part Two'' #12 (2007) * ''Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen Special'' ** ''From A Cub To A Wolf'' #1 (2008) ** ''The Death of Jimmy Olsen'' #2 (2009) * ''
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'' - ''The Power of Green: Go Green, Save Some Green'' #1 (2010) * ''Batman (1940 series)'' ** ''Pieces, Part One: Lost'' #710 (2011) ** ''Pieces, Part Two: The Long Way Back'' #711 (2011) ** ''Pieces, Part Three: Gilded Lily'' #712 (2011) ** ''In Storybook Endings'' #713 (2011) * ''General Mills Presents: Justice League'' - ''Sinister Imitation'' #3 (2011) * ''Batman: Eye of the Beholder'' (2011) * ''Swamp Thing Giant'' #4-5 (2019)


ABDO Publishing

* ''The Avengers'' - ''Even A Hawkeye Can Cry'' #17 (2007)


Dark Horse

* '' Indiana Jones and the Tomb of the Gods'' (2008-2009)


Moonstone

* ''The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks'' ** ''Godfall - Part Three'' #10 (2010) ** ''Godfall - Part Four'' #11 (2010) * ''Captain Action Season Two'' #1-2 (2010)


Dynamite Entertainment

* '' Kirby: Genesis - Captain Victory'' - ''Galactic Commandos!'' #3 (2012) * ''The Shadow'' #100 (2015)


HarperCollins

* ''
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'' #1 (2014)


IDW Publishing

* ''Blue Nemesis'' (2014) * ''
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'' ** ''The American Way of Death Part One; Slammer'' #17 (2014) ** ''Black Light District Part 1'' #22 (2014) ** ''Mega-City Manhunt, Part 1: The Most Despised Face of the 22nd Century'' #25 (2014) ** ''Mega-City Manhunt, Part 2: Thief Justice'' #26 (2014) ** ''The American Way of Death'' #5 (2014) ** ''Mega-City Manhunt'' #7 (2014) * ''Rom: Earthfall'' #3 (2017)


Titan Comics

* '' Independence Day: Dark Fathom'' #1-2 (2016) * ''Triggerman'' #2,#4-5 (2016-2017) * ''The Assignment'' #1,#3 (2017) * ''Peepland'' #3 (2017) * ''Normandy Gold'' #1-5 (2017-2018) * ''Breakneck'' #2 (2019)


Cutaway Comics

* ''Eldrad Must Live'', a
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spin-off (2020)


Storm King Productions

* ''John Carpenter's Night Terrors: Graveyard Moon'' (2020)


Advent Comics

* ''Fist of the Dragon'' #1 (2022)


References


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Bibliography


Steve Scott (b. 1968)
at the
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Steve Scott on Comic vine

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Interviews


Interview with Steve Scott on NY Comic Con 2010

Podcast with Steve Scott on superherospeak.com
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