His most famous comic book work was with the 1960s superspy feature nick fury, agent of s. Steranko combined both a dynamic and surreal style that was rather unique and instantly identifiable. Jim steranko is an american artist of influential comic book art, most notably for marvel during the silver age of comics. Jim steranko marvel covers and art gallery comic book critic. Ive been fortunate to pick up a lot of items hes come out with over the years. Spyman, gladiator, sorcerer, spacewolf and future american. Jim steranko comic art community gallery of comic art.
He was kind enough to divert his attention away from his convention duties and chat with me a bit about his only romance story my heart broke in hollywood. This includes but is not necessarily limited to our database schema and data distribution format. What is the first published comic that jim steranko drew. Jim steranko s classic history of the early days of comics covers the early newspaper strips, the pulp heroes, superman, batman, captain america, the submariner, the human torch, green lantern, wonder woman, kid gangs, and more. During a relatively brief period at marvel comics in the late 1960s, he left a tremendous mark on the industry with his work on nick fury and captain america. Sep 23, 2011 while i was at the san diego comiccon a couple months ago, i had the good fortune of meeting jim steranko. Dc is home to the worlds greatest super heroes, including superman, batman, wonder woman, green lantern, the flash, aquaman and more. Steranko and the moment of silence sequart organization. From a design standard and from a story perspective, sterankos work was light years ahead of most of the industry.
Jim steranko is one of the most controversial figures in pop culture, with a dozen successful careers to his credit. In this video we talk about why jim steranko is the best comic book rockstar of all time. The eisner awardwinning creator skyrocketed beyond the marvel mentorship of jack king kirby and delivered an entire. Comics legend jim steranko shows us his early concept art.
Aug, 2011 jim steranko was one of the great comic book pop artists that enjoyed notoriety in the late 1960s. It is a brilliant summary of a large portion of the genres, formats, and marketing strategies that comprised the golden age of comics, which dated back to the 1930s and 1940s. If you find an issue in the database that is not shown here, please edit that issue adding jim steranko as one of the cover artists. My chat with jim steranko on his only romance comic book. All portions of the grand comics database, except where noted otherwise, are ed by the gcd and are licensed under a creative commons attributionsharealike 4. Jim steranko comic book art for sale heritage auctions. Heres a batman cover done by me alltime favorite comic book artist jim steranko. American writer and artist who cemented his legendary status in comics with a mere handful of issues, bringing in commercial and pop culture art. Jim starlin served as an aviation photographer in the us navy in vietnam. This week id like to feature the oversized magazine book entitled. Various comic book writers have said that they received inspiration from this issue.
Comic book legend jim steranko interviewed at dragoncon 2011. Voir plus didees sur le theme art americain, bandes dessinees marvel et couvertures comic. Artistwriter jim steranko talks about his early career. Jim steranko is one of the alltime great comic book creators. He began his career in 1970 working for texas trio on the title doctor weird. Happy birthday to superstar jim steranko from his friends at syfy wire. He fought to remobe the blocks of the standard traditional 9 pannel page. Jim steranko gave an intimate question and answer session this past sunday in the waning hours of dragoncon. Emphasis is on the quality and fawcett heroes in this volume, as well as flying heroes like airboy and captain midnight, and extralength coverage of will eisner and the spirit. That same year, he was hired by dc comics and published his first work on the. Jim steranko did more for the comics medium than any other single artist since windsor mccay, imho, and his book set is a must for anyone serious about the history of the comics. Links to other steranko sites the drawings of steranko. Finger has for years been largely ignored for his involvement in batmans creation due. Jim steranko at the comic book db archived from the original jim steranko at the internet speculative fiction database steranko bibliography by tony robertson.
Sterankos comic book character creations for harvey comics. His work in the 1960s brought the fantastic to life far more convincingly, i think, than any cg special effects in todays movies. New listing the steranko history of comics 2 fvf 7. Art blog golden age comic book stories features steranko s misc marvel covers from 19681974 monografico jim steranko fanstastic spanish blog that traces the highlights of steranko s comic art career jim steranko filmed in 1972 drawing a vision of new york in year 3000 jim steranko filmed in 1972 drawing a gallery of superheroes. In volume one of what was to be a planned six volume set, he covers the early forays into published comics, beginning with ancient times, through the newspaper strips, pulps. Steranko turned his talents toward painting paperback book covers as his gig at marvel comics was winding down in 1969. Steranko went out on a curious note in 1969, a cool horror story and a stylish short love story for a romance comic. Great news emerged today from new york comic con 20 idw publishing is planning on releasing not one, but two marvel artists editions by the great jim steranko. See more ideas about jim steranko, comic book artists and artist. Vic talks to jim in the halls of the san diego comic con and we see a little about the history of his career. James steranko is an american graphic artist, comic book writerartisthistorian, magician, publisher and film production illustrator who has work for decades till the present.
Captain america 110,111 and 1 were superspy masterworks, almost overwhelmingly exciting for us kids in the late 60s. May 08, 2014 comic book creator jim steranko was a good friend of the unsung hero behind batmans creation bill finger. Pencils jim steranko signed inks jim steranko signed colors jim steranko. You might know jim steranko best for his groundbreaking work in the 1960s on marvel comics books like strange tales and nick fury. Jul 20, 2010 the tv presenter and comic book obsessive on the extraordinary work of graphic storyteller jim steranko published. Jim steranko is my alltime favorite comic book artist. See more ideas about jim steranko, comic book artists and comic books art. Exploding onto the comics scene in the late 1960s and then quickly leaving the medium, he stands out as a master of page layout, design and motion. Marvel legend jim steranko picks his top 5 covers to. Artists edition, due to be released in may 2014, will feature sterankos nick fury run on strange tales from issue.
Jonathan ross meets jim steranko, his comicbook hero books. Jim steranko, famed comic book illustrator nick fury, captain america, chandler gives us a very concise history of the publishing medium known today as comic books. Blade runner or just blade runner is a comic book adaptation of the film blade runner, published by marvel comics in 1982. Jim steranko spoke about his life, career and far more, in our continuing coverage of the nycc. Jim steranko has established variegated careers in closeup and escape magic, rock n roll, graphic design, comic books, and illustration. In the universe of comic books, jim steranko is a superhero. By the way, if anyone could give me the source for this, id appreciate it i think it was jim steranko. Mar 25, 2020 my favorite comic book artist jim steranko artwork. It was written by archie goodwin with art by al williamson, carlos garzon with dan green and ralph reese. The names steranko, jim steranko cgc comic book collectors. Steranko into a family of ukrainian origins, he started drawing comics in 1965. Although he worked in the industry for a relatively short time, his impact on the style and design at the time was enormous.
Steranko s special the ages of comics which should give us comic veterans all pause, and food for thought is also published here for the first time. Two years later he was hired by marvel comics to work on titles as journey into mystery and the amazing spiderman. Comic books, paperback book covers, trade paperbacks, magazine covers and even a couple of hardback book covers. Sep 25, 20 jim steranko, one of the creators of the nick fury character, will be recapping agents of shield for thrs heat vision every week. Some of the drawings steranko contibuted to fanzines comic crusader and champion. See more ideas about jim steranko, comic book artists and comic art.
Jim also wrote the wonderful introduction to this book, the ten comics that rocked america. The comicbook art of jim steranko books the guardian. After that jim steranko struck out on his own with his supergraphics titles and left comics behind. The selfcreated man written by james romberger, a talented writer, graphic novelist, pastels artist, parsons school of design professor, publisher and longtime east. The infinitely incredible, impossible life of jim steranko. A living legend made his presence felt on the last day of the new york comic con, in one of the final panels of the day. Jul 20, 2010 jim steranko s cover of giant size hulk issue 1. The book is not truly a history of comics, as it just covers the beginning of the industry, and just covers early comics, but it still well worth owning, even today. Comic book legends dont always get along, as this particularly entertaining tale will prove. We also talk about the time when jim steranko slapped batman creator bob kane across the face. Jim steranko leads comic guests for northeast comic con 2020. Hama, for his part, in a 2001 introduction to a trade paperback compiling the s.
That time jim steranko slapped bob kane at san diego comiccon. He was inducted into the comic book industrys will eisner comic book hall of fame in 2006. Jim steranko pencils jim steranko colors jim steranko. Thanks to jim steranko, brian roche, john gandour, erkki rautio, ed rhodes jr, andy glaess, michael hawthorne, bill ayton, rich harvey, j. Jonathan ross meets jim steranko, his comicbook hero. This is our collection of comic issues where the cover was drawn by jim steranko. Long before cool was cool, steranko set the comic book industry ablaze with a late 60s style and confident swagger that is still reverberating within the business today. Interview with comic book legend jim steranko youtube. Oct 05, 2011 the man who designed indiana jones and redefined the classic nick fury and captain america comics for marvel speaks candidly about his feelings on comic movies like captain america. Comics legend jim steranko appears at southern california comics to sign autographs cgc witnessed and share stories of his life in comics on saturday, january. Jun 02, 2010 jim steranko, also an escape artist, was even the inspiration for jack kirbys mr. Comic art showcase 2 1974 comic art showcase 3 1975 comic art showcase winter supplement 1977 comic art gallery 1 1976 comic art gallery 2 1976 original art gallery 1978 roger mcclannen mailer 1979 russ cochrans comic art auction 1 1980 cartoon carnival 1982 original art gallery 1982 batman catalog 1989 comic art catalog. Agent of shield, took the wildly popular bond secretagent schtick and gave it a.
Steranko history of comics sc 19701972 supergraphics comic. Jim steranko was one of the great comic book pop artists that enjoyed notoriety in the late 1960s. Artist, writer, publisher, magician, film storyboard designerhe has done it all. James jim steranko is an american graphic artist, comic book writer and artist, historian, magician, publisher, and film production illustrator. Prior to this, he was an illusionist, magician and escape artist with several american circuses, carnivals and nightclubs. In this nineandahalfminute interview, jim discusses his work on nick fury.
In volume one of what was to be a planned six volume set, he covers the early forays into published comics, beginning with ancient times, through the newspaper strips, pulps, and then the beginnings of the comics. Steranko s comic book character creations for harvey comics. Jim steranko comic art for sale from comic art dealers. It peaked with the last few issues of strange tales, then a few early issues of nick furys own comic. Jim steranko was born on november 5, 1938 in reading, pennsylvania, usa as james steranko.
A cgccertified comic book god, hardboiled author and mod artist, steranko electrified the comics world in the sweet summer of 66, a cool cat from reading, pennsylvania who breezed into marvel. However it is a bit heavily slated towards the 1930s, with a lot of information about the pulps and little about developments in the late 60s and 70s. May 15, 2015 this week id like to feature the oversized magazine book entitled. Here jim steranko goes back to his first love and chronicles the epic story of comics golden age creators and superheroes. The soi disant bon viveur and stage magician jim steranko had an innovative and rightly acclaimed run on marvels nick fury, agent of s. Sterankos history of comics volume 2 buds art books. One of the most dynamic innovators of the silver age, steranko mixed the influences of the pulps, surrealism, op art, psychedelia,and high fashion and boldly integrated graphics with the comic book storytelling techniques of jack kirby, wally wood, will. The steranko history of comics i is a wellpresented volume that i would highly recommend for those interested in the history of pulp fiction and comic books. Unfortunately jim steranko is a name fading from the collective comic book memory, to its detriment. American writer and artist who cemented his legendary status in comics with a mere handful of issues, bringing in.