Saviuk's professional career began in 1977 atDC Comics, where he illustrated such titles asGreen Lantern,The Flash, andSuperman.[7] Saviuk's first work for DC was a one-page story titled "The Victim!" inHouse of Mystery #255 (Nov.-Dec. 1977).[8] His first full work for the company,Green Lantern #100 (Jan. 1978), introduced an updated version of theAir Wave character.[9] Saviuk drewThe Flash #275 (July 1979) wherein the title character's wife,Iris West Allen was killed.[10]
In the early 1980s, Saviuk was the regular backup feature artist onAction Comics, where he drew the exploits of Air Wave,Aquaman, and theAtom in collaboration with writerBob Rozakis. Rozakis stated in a 2014 interview that "I don't recall how we ended up with the three of them. It may have simply been that all three had names that began with 'A' and it was a backup inAction Comics".[11] Saviuk frequently drew the "Whatever Happened to...?" backup feature inDC Comics Presents.[12] He and writerE. Nelson Bridwell introduced theGlobal Guardians inDC Comics Presents #46 (June 1982).[13]
In 1986, Saviuk moved toMarvel Comics, where he eventually established himself as a keySpider-Man artist with a seven-year run onWeb of Spider-Man (issues #35–116). It was the longest run of a single artist on that series.[5] In 1989, he drewThe Amazing Spider-Man: Parallel Lives graphic novel.[14] From 1994 to 1997, Saviuk worked on the seriesSpider-Man Adventures (later retitledThe Adventures of Spider-Man).[15] Beginning in 1997, Saviuk drewThe Amazing Spider-Man Sunday newspaper comic strip,[15] written byStan Lee and inked byJoe Sinnott. Starting in 2003, he inked the daily Spider-Man strip, pencilled by Lee's brotherLarry Lieber.[4][16] After Lieber retired from the daily strip in September 2018, Saviuk took over as penciller as well[17] and stayed on until the cancellation of the strip in March 2019.[18] He created variant covers forSymbiote Spider-Man #1–5 (2019).
In 1997–1998, he spent a one-year stint atTopps Comics drawingThe X-Files until the end of its run.[15] For writer and filmmakerRobert Tinnell, Saviuk (alternating withEd Piskor) did the artwork for the comic stripFeast of the Seven Fishes, first published online and, in 2005, as a collected print edition which has been nominated for anEisner Award as "Best Graphic Album - Reprint" in 2006.[19] In 2018, Tinnell adapted it for aneponymous movie.
In 2004, Alex Saviuk returned toThe Phantom, a character he had already drawn inDefenders of the Earth in 1987, this time for European publisherEgmont. He has drawn numerousFantomen (The Phantom) comics since then. From 2018 to 2019, he pencilled and inked the first and fourth issue of the new anthology seriesThe Phantom Strikes.[20]
In addition to comics, Saviuk does storyboards for advertising agencies and, occasionally, film and animation studios.[15] Among the films he storyboarded areHoot andNever Back Down.[21]
Saviuk lives in Florida[3] with his wife.[22] They have two children.[16]
^abBest, Daniel (December 1, 2006)."Alex Saviuk Speaks". 20th Century Danny Boy.Archived from the original on January 25, 2012. RetrievedSeptember 28, 2013.
^Bails, Jerry (2006)."Saviuk, Alex".Who's Who of American Comic Books 1928-1999.Archived from the original on February 19, 2012. RetrievedSeptember 28, 2013.
^McAvennie, Michael (2010). "1970s". In Dolan, Hannah (ed.).DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 176.ISBN978-0-7566-6742-9.Writer Denny O'Neil and artist Alex Saviuk introduced Hal Jordan, Green Lantern, to another Hal Jordan, son of the elder Hal's late uncle Larry and successor to the mantle of Air Wave.
^McAvennie "1970s" in Dolan, p. 182: "Life for the Fastest Man Alive screeched to a halt after writer Cary Bates and artist Alex Saviuk played 'The Last Dance' for the Flash's wife, Iris West Allen."
^Trumbull, John (October 2014). "Shrinking Roles and Shorter Features: The Atom in the Bronze Age".Back Issue! (76). Raleigh, North Carolina:TwoMorrows Publishing:27–28.
^Wells, John (May 2013). "Flashback: Whatever Happened to...?".Back Issue! (64). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing:51–61.
^Manning, Matthew K. "1980s" in Dolan, p. 197: "The DCU's newest superhero team, the Global Guardians, was formed in this Superman tale by writer E. Nelson Bridwell and penciler Alex Saviuk."
^Manning, Matthew K. (2012). "1980s". In Gilbert, Laura (ed.).Spider-Man Chronicle Celebrating 50 Years of Web-Slinging. London, United Kingdom:Dorling Kindersley. p. 176.ISBN978-0756692360.The lives of both Spider-Man and Mary Jane Watson were recounted in this graphic novel by writer [Gerry] Conway and penciler Alex Saviuk.
