Steve Lieber (born May 19, 1967) is a comic-book illustrator. His best known work includes runs on Detective Comics and Hawkman, the graphic novel Whiteout and its Eisner Award-winning sequel, Melt. He is also the co-author (with Nat Gertler) of The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel.
Lieber was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a 1990 graduate of the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and cites Kubert as a significant influence. He also cites comic artists David Mazzucchelli, Alberto and Enrique Breccia, Milton Caniff, Alex Toth, Howard Chaykin, Alex Raymond, and Jaime Hernandez as major influences. Outside of comics, he cites other painters and illustrators: Hieronymus Bosch, Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Joseph Clement Coll, Norman Rockwell, Edgar Degas, Edward Hopper, The Ashcan School painters, Andrew Loomis, Robert Fawcett, and Charles Dana Gibson.
"The Mermaid's Necklace" (adapted from the story by Ruth Plumly Thompson; adaptation, Eric Shanower) p. 154-159 in Oz-Story, no. 6, Hungry Tiger Press, Sept. 2000
Melt (writer: Greg Rucka), 2000
Winner of the 2000 Eisner Award for Best Limited Series
Detective Comics #767 "Timeless" (writer: Greg Rucka), DC Comics, 2002
Collected in Bruce Wayne: Murderer? (writers: Ed Brubaker, Greg Rucka, Devin Grayson, Chuck Dixon, Kelley Puckett), 2002
Me and Edith Head (writer: Sara Ryan) in Cricket v.4 no. 1 (Carus Publishing), 2002
Nominated for 2002 Eisner Award for Best Short Story
reprinted as a standalone, self-published volume, 2002
Family Reunion (writer: Sean Stewart), 2004
On the Road to Perdition, two issues:
#2 of 3 "Sanctuary" (writer: Max Allan Collins), 2003
#3 of 3 "Detour" (writer: Max Allan Collins, penciller: José Luis García-López), 2004
Collected in Road to Perdition 2: On the Road (ISBN 1-4012-0357-4, DC Comics), 2004
Flytrap - Episode One: Juggling Act (writer: Sara Ryan), 2005
Gotham Central #37 (writer: Greg Rucka), 2005
Frontline #1-10 (writer: Paul Jenkins, additional art: Ramon Bachs), 2006—2007
Thunderbolts: Desperate Measures #1 (writer: Paul Jenkins, color: June Chung), 2007
Underground #1-5 (complete limited series) (writer: Jeff Parker, color: Ron Chan), Image Comics, 2009—2010
As a contributing illustrator
Twilight Zone #7 and 11, NOW Comics (1992)
"An Edwardian Nursery" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in Dark Horse Presents #77, 1993
A Real American Hero #141 "Sucker Punch" (writer: Larry Hama; additional art: various), Marvel Comics, 1993
Hawkman Annual 01 "Bad Blood", (writer: John Ostrander; additional art: various), DC Comics, 1993
Hawkman #0 "Eyes of the Hawk, Prologue: Old Scores", (Writer: William Messner-Loebs, inker: Curt Shoultz; colorist: Buzz Setzer; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman), DC Comics, 1994
Hawkman #5 "A Rage of Hawks", (writer: John Ostrander; inker: Rick Magyar; colorists: Matt Webb; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman) DC Comics, 1994
Hawkman #6 "War Cry", (writer: John Ostrander; inker: Rick Magyar; colorists: Buzz Setzer; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman) DC Comics, 1994
Hawkman #9-13 "Godspawn", (writers: William Messner-Loebs & Steven T. Seagle; additional art: various), DC Comics, 1994
Hawkman #14-17 "Eyes of the Hawk", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorists: Buzz Setzer; letterer: Albert T. DeGuzman), DC Comics, 1994—1995
Medal of Honor #2 (writer: Doug Murray; various artists), Dark Horse, 1994
"Roadways" (writer: Jeffrey Lang; inked by Steve Lieber; additional artists: Ted Slampyak, John Drury, Tommy Berg; edited by Katherine Fritz), Cult Press, 1994.
"Sgt. Desmond Doss: The Bible Tells Me So" (writer: Doug Murray) in Medal of Honor Special, Dark Horse Comics, 1994
"Sir John's Passing" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in Dark Horse Presents #88, 1994
Detective Comics #685-686 "War of the Dragons" (writer: Chuck Dixon; inker: Klaus Janson; colorist: John Wellington; letterer: John Costanza), DC Comics, 1995
Hawkman #19 "Madness in Motown", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorists: Buzz Setzer)DC Comics, 1995
Hawkman #20 "Clash of Wings", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorists: Buzz Setzer), DC Comics, 1995
Hawkman #22 "Storm Over Thanagar: The Way of the Warrior Part 3", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
Hawkman #23 "Essential Warfare: The Way of the Warrior Part 6", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; colorist: Trish Mulvihill, letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
Hawkman #24-25 "Hunting the Lion", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
Hawkman #26 "Fear Visits", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; inker: Curt Shoultz; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
Hawkman #27 "Hawkmad!", (writer: William Messner-Loebs; letterer: Bob Pinaha), DC Comics, 1995
Robin #17 "The Silk Dragons" (writer: Chuck Dixon; additional art: (Enrique Villagran, John Wellington, Tim Harkins), DC Comics, 1995
Species #2 (of 4) (writer: Dennis Feldman; additional artists: various), (Dark Horse), 1995
The Big Book of Hoaxes (writers: Various), 1996
The Big Book of Thugs (writer: Joel Rose), 1996
Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice #8-11 (writer: C.J. Henderson; colorists: Heroic Age & David Hillman; letterer: Ken Bruzenak), Tekno Comics, 1996
The Big Book of Losers (writers: Paul Kirchner, Nancy A. Collins, Irwin Chusid), 1997
The Big Book of Martyrs (writer: John Wagner), 1997
The Big Book of Scandal (writer: Jonathan Vankin), 1997
The Big Book of the Unexplained (writer: Doug Moench), 1997
"A brother to dragons" in Margaret Weis' Testament of the Dragon : an Illustrated Novel (writer: Margaret Weis) (HarperPrism, ISBN 0-06-105543-3), 1997
"Heavy Water" in Two-fisted Science (writer: Jim Ottaviani) (General Tektronics Labs, ISBN 0-9660106-0-4), 1997
Second edition G.T. Labs, ISBN 0-9660106-2-0, 2001
The Big Book of the Weird Wild West (writers: John Whalen, Deb Picker, Richard Klaw, Ben Ostrander), 1998
"A Great Metropolitan Newspaper" in Superman Secret Files & Origins (writer: Roger Stern; additional art: Joes Marzan, Jr., Tom McCraw), DC Comics, 1998
pinup in Finder: Sin-Eater, Part 2 by Carla Speed McNeil, Lightspeed Press, 2000, ISBN 0-9673691-1-8
Turning Points #1 (writer: Greg Rucka, pencil & ink: Steve Lieber, letters, colors and edits: Willie Schubert, Tom McCraw, Matt Idleson), DC Comics, 2001
Detective Comics #758 "Unknowing - Part 1" (writers: Ed Brubaker & Greg Rucka; additional art: Shawn Martinbrough), DC Comics, 2001
"Death" in Fallout: J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leo Szilard, and the Political Science of the Atomic Bomb (writer: Jim Ottaviani), 2001
Harley Quinn: Our Worlds at War #1 "Our Fighting Forces" (writer: Karl Kesel; additional art: various), DC Comics, 2001
Pantheon #8-9 (writer: Bill Willingham; additional art: various), Lone Star Press, 2001
Superman #174 "Every Blade of Grass" (writer: Jeph Loeb; additional artists: Tanya Horie, Richard Horie), DC Comics, 2001
Swamp Thing #9 "In the Air, on Land and Sea..." (writer: Brian K. Vaughan, additional art: various), Vertigo (DC Comics), 2001
Transmetropolitan: Filth of the City (writer: Warren Ellis), 2001
"The Wake" (writer: Jeffrey Lang) in Star Trek: Special, (Wildstorm) 2001
Xeno's Arrow #2, 2001
"The Glittering World" (writer: David Fury; colorist: Matt Hollingsworth) in Tales of the Slayers, Dark Horse Comics, 2001
Detective Comics #768-770 "Purity" and #771 "Access" (writer: Greg Rucka; additional art: various), DC Comics, 2002
Collected in Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Volume 2, DC Comics, 2003
Detective Comics #773-774 "Atonement" (writer: Greg Rucka; inker: Mark McKenna; colorist: Jason Wright; letterer: Todd Klein), DC Comics, 2002
Collected in Bruce Wayne: Fugitive Volume 3, DC Comics, 2003
Batman: Family #7-8 (writer: John Francis Moore; additional art: various), DC Comics, 2003
The Interman 1 (writer: Jeff Parker), 2003
"Family Story" (writer: Sara Ryan, colorist: Jeff Parker) in Weird Tales #3, 2003
Collected in Hellboy: Weird Tales 1 (ISBN 1-56971-622-6, Dark Horse), 2003
"Prison Break" (writer: Kevin McCarthy; colorist: Jeff Parker) in The Amazing Adventures of the Escapist 1, Dark Horse Comics, 2004
cover art for Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, no. 15 , (ed. by Gavin Grant and Kelly Link), (Small Beer Press), 2005
Gotham Central #32 "Nature" (writer: Greg Rucka; colorist: Lee Loughridge; letterer: Clem Robins), DC Comics, 2005
""Thoughts on a Winter Morning"" in Negative Burn: Winter 2005 (writer: Kurt Busiek), Desperado Publishing (Image Comics) 2005
pinup in The Surrogates #3 "Revelations" (writer: Robert Venditti; additional art: various), Top Shelf Productions, 2005
Gotham Central #37 "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (writer: Greg Rucka; colorist: Lee Loughridge; letterer: Clem Robins), DC Comics, 2006
METHo.d. (writer: Clifford Meth; various artists) Aardwolf Publishing, 2006
Bat Lash #6 #32 “Nature” (writer: Sergio Aragones), DC Comics, 2008
As co-author
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Creating a Graphic Novel, with Nat Gertler, Alpha Books ISBN 1-59257-233-2, 2004
As interviewer
"Another Survivors' Tale : The Harvey Pekar Interview". Interview conducted by Jim Ottaviani and Steve Lieber. p. 117-125 in Hogan's Alley, v. 1, no. 4, 1997
"The Authoritative Frank Stack, or, Foolbert Sturgeon on Jesus, Crumb, and Cancer". Interview conducted by Jim Ottaviani and Steve Lieber. p. 92-110 in The Comics Journal, no. 189, Aug. 1996
