History Creator / JimSteranko

He started drawing as a child on the back of discarded envelopes in between working in bootleg coal mines with his father in Pennsylvania. He started his art career in advertising before entering the comics industry in 1966, where he earned his reputation working for Creator/MarvelComics at the birth of the "Marvel Age," after walking in and assuring Flo Steinberg (Marvel's secretary) that yes, Creator/StanLee would ''definitely'' want to see his work. His work is remembered for infusing the medium with a large dose of hallucinatory surrealism, op art and graphic design sensibilities, creating something he dubbed "Zap Art."

What's even more remarkable is [[ShortLivedBigImpact how little work his reputation rests on]]. His ''entire'' Marvel output includes his seminal run on ComicBook/NickFury, two issues of X-Men and three issues of ComicBook/CaptainAmerica, a single romance comic and a horror story, for a total of 29 issues. He also drew a bunch of covers that have been referenced so often, you'll recognize them instantly, and designed ''the'' classic X-Men logo.

Outside of his comics work, he worked as a production illustrator, and among other things, drew the original ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' ConceptArt. He also designed for Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. He wrote "The Ties That Bind", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', featuring [[ComicBook/NewGods Mister Miracle]], a character Kirby based on him.

* CoolOldGuy: Notably, he claims that he even slapped Bob Kane, right in the face, for screwing Creator/BillFinger at a convention.

He started drawing as a child on the back of discarded envelopes in between working in bootleg coal mines with his father in Pennsylvania. He started his art career in advertising before entering the comics industry in 1966, where he earned his reputation working for Creator/MarvelComics at the birth of the "Marvel Age," after walking in and assuring Flo Steinberg (Marvel's secretary) that yes, Stan would ''definitely'' want to see his work. His work is remembered for infusing the medium with a large dose of hallucinatory surrealism, op art and graphic design sensibilities, creating something he dubbed "Zap Art."

Outside of his comics work, he worked as a production illustrator, and among other things, drew the original ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' concept art. He also designed for Creator/FrancisFordCoppola's ''Film/BramStokersDracula''. He wrote "The Ties That Bind", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'', featuring [[ComicBook/NewGods Mister Miracle]], a character Kirby based on him.

* CoolOldGuy: Notably, he claims that he even slapped [[Creator/BillFinger Bob Kane, right in the face, for screwing Bill Finger]] at a convention.