Steve Ellis (comics)

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Steve Ellis
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Ellis at the 2011 New York Comic Con
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Artist, Inker
Notable works
High Moon
The Silencers
Crimson Dynamo
AwardsHarvey Award, 2009
Paper Screen Gem Award
Galerie d'art Yves Laroche: Street Camp Juried Show 2006
Best in Show: Gen Con Art Show 2005
http://www.hypersteve.com

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.

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Career

Ellis is the illustrator and co-creator behind The Silencers [1] (with Fred Van Lente) and High Moon (with David Gallaher).

Steve Ellis’ work has been featured on CD covers, computer games, trading cards, books, RPGs, magazines, toys and comics. Ellis worked for Marvel Comics, DC Comics, Wizards of the Coast, and Upper Deck, among other companies. 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, Ellis 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. [2] He has also done numerous cover illustrations for books and games. Steve Ellis took over artistic duties on Green Lantern Corps for DC Comics during their "Convergence" event in 2015. [3]

Affiliations

Ellis has been a Society of Illustrators member since 2000, and is a founding member of Drawbridge studio (Hypothetical Island/XOXO).

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

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