Steve Yeowell

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Steve Yeowell is a British comics artist, well-known for his work on the long-running science fiction and fantasy weekly comic 2000AD.

Having trained in 3D design (specialising in silversmithing and jewellery), Yeowell began drawing comics purely for pleasure, with no particular intention to become a professional artist. Having shown his portfolio to artist Bryan Talbot, he quickly found himself given work by Swiftsure (on the Lieutenant Fl'ff strip), Action Force, Thundercats and Zoids comics. This last put him in touch with writer Grant Morrison, who then picked Yeowell to be the sole artist on new superhero strip Zenith, to run in 2000 AD beginning in 1987.

Zenith was a popular success, running to four full-length series plus many one-offs. Yeowell was headhunted by American comics companies and has worked on Batman, The Fantastic Four, The Invisibles, JSA and Starman. He continued his association with Morrison, collaborating on Sebastian O and The New Adventures of Hitler.

Yeowell's work is noted for delicate penmanship and lifelike facial expressions, with a notable economy of style that means that his work suits both colour and monochrome treatment. He works with a dip pen (Gillot 404 nib) and a Windsor & Newton Series 7 No.3 sable brush, as well as Rotring and marker pens, on 220 g/m² Daler Rowney Heavyweight Cartridge Paper.

The concentration on human features means that Yeowell's work is held to suit superhero, sci-fi and historical genres equally. Recent work has included The Red Seas, an eighteenth-century pirate story scripted by Ian Edginton and sci-fi Triad tale Red Fang by Steve Moore.

[edit] Bibliography

Comics work includes:

• Zenith (with Grant Morrison)
  • "Phase One" (in 2000 AD #535-549, 1987)
  • "Interludes 1 & 2" (in 2000 AD #558-559, 1988)
  • "Phase Two" (in 2000 AD #89-606, 1988)
  • "Interlude 3" (in 2000 AD Winter Special #1, 1988)
  • "Phase Three" (in 2000 AD #626-634, 650-662 & 667-670, 1989-1990)
  • "Phase Four" (in 2000 AD #791-806, 1992)
  • "zzzzenith.com" (in 2000 AD prog 2001, 2000)

• Tharg's Future Shocks: "What's in a Name?" (with Neil Gaiman, in 2000 AD #538, 1987)

• Judge Dredd:
  • "Family Affair" (with Alan Grant, in 2000 AD #659, 1989)
  • "First Offence" (with John Wagner, in 2000 AD #716, 1991)
  • "Man Who Broke the Law" (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #968-969, 1995)
  • "Heist" (with Ian Edginton, in 2000 AD #1480-1481 2006)

• The New Adventures of Hitler (with Grant Morrison):
  • "What do you mean, ideologically unsound?" (in Crisis #46, 1990)
  • "Mad dogs and Englishmen" (in Crisis #47, 1990)

• Red Razors (with Mark Millar):
  • "Red Razors" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #1.8-1.15, 1991)
  • "The Secret Origin of Comrade Ed" (in Judge Dredd Mega-Special #5, 1992)
  • "Doctor's Orders" (in Judge Dredd 1993 Yearbook, 1992)

• Sebastian O (with Grant Morrison, 3 issues, DC/Vertigo, 1993)

• The Invisibles (with Grant Morrison, DC/Vertigo, vol 1 #1-4, 1994; #22-24, 1996)

• Maniac 5 (with Mark Millar, in 2000 AD #842-849, 1993; #956-963, 1995)

• Skrull Kill Krew (with Grant Morrison and Mark Millar, Marvel, 5-issue mini-series, 1995, tpb, 2006 ISBN 0-7851-2120-X)

• Vector 13: "Case Three: The Dream Factory" (with Kek-W, in 2000 AD #990, 1996)

• Black Light: "Pandora's Box" (with Dan Abnett/Steve White, in 2000 AD #1010-1013, 1996)

• A Life Less Ordinary (adaptation of the Danny Boyle film, with David Bishop, in 2000 AD #1063-1070, 1997)

• Sinister Dexter (with Dan Abnett):
  • "Taking the Mick" (in 2000 AD #1079-1082, 1998)
  • "Dead Man Whacking" (in 2000 AD #1108-1109, 1998)
  • "'Twas the Fight Before Christmas" (in 2000 AD #1124, 1998)
  • "Write from Wrong" (in 2000 AD #1345-1347, 2003)
  • "Life's A Beach" (in 2000 AD #1433-1435, 2003)

• Devlin Waugh (with John Smith):
  • "Chasing Herod" (in 2000 AD #1149-1167, 1999)
  • "Reign of Frogs" (in 2000 AD #1168-1173, 1999)

• Red Fang (with Steve Moore, in 2000 AD #200-1211, 2000)

• Armitage: "Bodies of Evidence" (with Dave Stone, in Judge Dredd Megazine #3.64-67, 2000)

• Nikolai Dante (with Robbie Morrison):
  • "The Beguiling" (in 2000 AD #1234-1235, 2001)
  • "Fiends" (in 2000 AD #1236-1239, 2001)

• Pussyfoot 5: "Alien Sex Fiend!" (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #1251-1256, 2001)

• DeMarco (by Robbie Morrison):
  • "Deep Blue Death" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.03-4.05, 2001)
  • "The Fierce and the Furious" (in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.06-4.08, 2002)

• The Red Seas (with Ian Edginton)
  • Under the Banner of King Death. The Red Seas Book I (in 2000 AD #1313-1321, 2002 ISBN 1-904265-68-5)
  • "Twilight of the Idols. The Red Seas Book II" (in 2000 AD prog 2004 & #1371-1379, 2003-2004 ISBN 1-904265-72-3)
  • "Meanwhile..." (in 2000 AD #1416-1419, 2004)
  • "Underworld. The Red Seas Book III" (in 2000 AD #1460-1468, 2005)
  • "The Hollow Land" (in 2000 AD #1491-1499, 2006)
  • "With a bound he was free..." (in 2000 AD #1513-ongoing, 2006)

• The Scarlet Apocrypha: "Semblance" (with Dan Abnett, in Judge Dredd Megazine #4.13, 2002)

• Tyranny Rex: "The Comeback" (with John Smith, in 2000 AD #1395-1399, 2004)

[edit] External links

• 2000 AD profile
• 2004 interview with 2000ADReview
• http://marvel.com/catalog/?artist=Steve%20Yeowell Steve Yeowell on Marvel.com]