| Steve Gan | |
|---|---|
| Born | Santos S. Gan (1945-05-22)May 22, 1945 (age 80) |
| 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-creatingPanday withCarlo J. CaparasandMarvel Comics'Star-Lord[2] andSkull the Slayer.[3]
Steve Gan was born asSantos S. Gan but changed his first name to "Steve" in admiration ofSteve Ditko.[2] Gan studied architecture at theMapúa Institute of Technology[4] and later worked as an artist in theKomiks industry.
By the 1970s, Gan found work under veteran comic writerCarlo J. Caparas and became instrumental in designing the character that became known asPanday.[2][5]
It was as Steve Gan that he got a huge break drawing for American comic book publisherMarvel 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 theirline of black-and-white magazines includingSavage Tales[6] andDracula Lives.[7] He co-createdStar-Lord[2] andSkull the Slayer[3] with writersSteve Englehart andMarv Wolfman respectively. Gan was highly regarded for his artwork on both Conan titlesConan the Barbarian andSavage Sword of Conan from 1974 - 1979.
Gan briefly worked forWarren Publishing in the early 1980s.[8] After leaving the comics industry, he became a layout designer and storyboard artist in the animation field.[4] Upon the release of theGuardians of the Galaxy film in 2014, Gan was given both a credit in the movie and royalties for co-creating Star-Lord.[9]
Gan is married with three children.[1]He retired from drawing comics fulltime in 2002. He appeared at a convention in 2014 and spoke about leaving the industry 12 years earlier.[2]
| Preceded by | Conan the Barbarian inker 1976 | Succeeded by |
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