Steve Gan

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Steve Gan
BornSantos S. Gan
(1945-05-22) May 22, 1945 (age 77)
Nationality Filipino
Area(s)penciller, inker
Notable works
Panday
Star-Lord
Skull the Slayer

Steve Gan (born May 22, 1945) is a Chinese-born Filipino [1] comics artist. He is best known for co-creating Panday with Carlo J. Caparas and Marvel Comics' Star-Lord [2] and Skull the Slayer. [3]

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Biography

Steve Gan was born as Santos S. Gan but changed his first name to "Steve" in admiration of Steve Ditko. [2] Gan studied architecture at the Mapúa Institute of Technology [4] and later worked as an artist in the Komiks industry.
It was as Steve Gan that he got a huge break drawing for American comic book publisher Marvel Comics, sending work through his United States-based agent, the Filipino comic book artist Tony DeZuñiga. [2] In 1974, Gan began drawing for Marvel Comics and contributed to their line of black-and-white magazines including Savage Tales [5] and Dracula Lives . [6] He co-created Star-Lord [2] and Skull the Slayer [3] with writers Steve Englehart and Marv Wolfman respectively. Gan was highly regarded for his artwork on both Conan titles Conan the Barbarian and Savage Sword of Conan from 1974 - 1979.

Gan briefly worked for Warren Publishing in the early 1980s. [7] After leaving the comics industry, he became a layout designer and storyboard artist in the animation field. [4] Upon the release of the Guardians of the Galaxy film in 2014, Gan was given both a credit in the movie and royalties for co-creating Star-Lord. [8]

Personal life

Gan is married with three children. [1] He retired from drawing comics fulltime in 2002,
speaking at a convention in 2014 he spoke about walking away from drawing in the medium 12 years ago. [9]

Bibliography

Marvel Comics

Warren Publishing

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References

  1. 1 2 Alanguilan, Gerry (n.d.). "Steve Gan". Alanguilan.com. Archived from the original on October 26, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 De Vera, Ruel S. (August 2, 2014). "Steve Gan finally in the spotlight". Philippine Daily Inquirer . Manila, Philippines. Archived from the original on February 20, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Christiansen, Jeff (April 23, 2004). "Jim Scully". Appendix to the Handbook of the Marvel Universe. Archived from the original on June 13, 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Steve Gan". Lambiek Comiclopedia. December 16, 2006. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016.
  5. Cotter, Robert Michael "Bobb" (2008). The Great Monster Magazines: A Critical Study of the Black and White Publications of the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 165–167. ISBN   978-0786433896.
  6. Steve Gan at the Grand Comics Database
  7. Bails, Jerry (n.d.). "Gan, Steve". Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999. Archived from the original on December 28, 2016.
  8. Olivares, Rick (December 30, 2014). "Hits, misses and breaks with Filipino comic book great Steve Gan". The Philippine Star . Manila, Philippines. Archived from the original on October 25, 2015.
  9. "Steve Gan finally in the spotlight". August 2014.
Preceded by Conan the Barbarian inker
1976
Succeeded by