Dan Steffan is an American cartoonist and writer who has contributed to both mainstream and underground publications for several decades.

Biography

During the 1970s, Steffan drew for such underground titles as ''Bizarre Sex'' and ''Grateful Dead Comix'', both published by

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. In the early 1980s, his cartoons and comic strips appeared frequently in '' Heavy Metal''. He co-founded the science fiction magazine ''Eye'' in 1986, and he contributed extensively to

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s. In 1982, Steffan and Ted White teamed to launch the fanzine ''Pong''. His work for

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during the 1990s includes inks on ''

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'' #64 and cartoon art for licensed products associated with '' Batman: The Animated Series''. His artwork was reprinted in ''Kitchen Sink Press: The First 25 Years'' by Dave Schreiner (Kitchen Sink Press, 1994). Schreiner and co-editor Philip Amara also included art by Steffan in ''All-American Hippie Comix'' (Kitchen Sink Press, 1995) along with work by

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and

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. In 2008, he completed his research on the artist Ronald Clyne, and his survey of Clyne's life and career was published in

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's ezine, ''e.I'' (December 2008). Other ezines, such as ''Chunga'', have published cartoon illustrations by Steffan. Steffan lived for many years in

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and currently resides in

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Awards

In 1994, Steffan won two FAAn Awards for Best Fan Artist and Best Fanzine, ''Blat!'', which he co-edited with Ted White. Receiving the most votes in the 1995

TransAtlantic Fan Fund The Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund, often known as ''TAFF'', is a crowdfunding project created in 1953 for the purpose of providing funds to bring well-known and popular members of science fiction fandom familiar to fans on both sides of the ocean, acro ...

competition, Steffan won a trip to the UK, and he wrote detailed humorous reports of his travels.Steffan, Dan. "Riding the TAFF Rails," ''Apparatchik'' 53, 1996.
/ref> He also received the 2009 Rotsler Award in recognition of his contributions to fan art.

References

External links

official website
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