Steve Buccellato (born May 1968) is a freelance artist and

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who has worked in the comics industry as a

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, writer,

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, and editor.

Biography

Buccellato's work has been published by

Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

,A list of Steve Buccellato's work on the Marvel Comics web site
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DC Comics DC Comics, Inc. (doing business as DC) is an American comic book publisher and the flagship unit of DC Entertainment, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Discovery. DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...

, Image Comics,

Tokyopop Tokyopop (styled TOKYOPOP; formerly known as Mixx Entertainment) is an American distributor, licensor and publisher of anime, manga, manhwa and Western manga-style works. The German publishing division produces German translations of licensed ...

"Battle of the Bands" on the TokyoPop web site
and

Tibet House US Tibet House US (THUS) is a Tibetan cultural preservation and education 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded in 1987 in New York City by a group of Westerners after the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, expressed his wish to establish a cultural insti ...

, among others. He has also published his own work in the magazine ''Comiculture''. His creations include '' Weasel Guy'', which was published by Image Comics in 1999 and ''

Joey Berserk and Claire Joey may refer to: People *Joey (name) Animals * Joey (marsupial), an infant marsupial * Joey, a Blue-fronted Amazon parrot who was one of the Blue Peter pets Film and television * ''Joey'' (1977 film), an American film directed by Horac ...

,'' which was featured in Comiculture. He is one of the founding members of

Mad Science Media Mad, mad, or MAD may refer to: Geography * Mad (village), a village in the Dunajská Streda District of Slovakia * Mád, a village in Hungary * Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, by IATA airport code * Mad River (disambiguation), several ...

, a collective of comic book professionals.

Selected bibliography

Comics work includes: * '' Car Warriors'' 4-issue mini series (colorist) * ''

New Mutants The New Mutants are a group of fictional mutant superheroes appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, generally in association with the X-Men. Originally depicted as the teenaged junior class at the Xavier Institute, subs ...

'' vol. 1 #96 97 98 (colors) * ''

Annual'' #5 (colors) * ''Man of Peace: The Illustrated Life Story of the Dalai Lama of Tibet'', graphic novel, William Meyers,

Robert Thurman Robert Alexander Farrar Thurman (born August 3, 1941) is an American Buddhist author and academic who has written, edited, and translated several books on Tibetan Buddhism. He was the Je Tsongkhapa Professor of Indo-Tibetan Buddhist Studies at ...

, Michael G. Burbank, initiated artistically by Rabkar Wangchuk, art a team effort of five artists coordinated by Steve Buccellato and Michael Burbank, Tibet House US,

Awards

He won the Wizard Fan Award for favorite colorist in 1995 (with the firm

Electric Crayon Electric Crayon was a digital coloring company founded by Steve Buccellato, Marc Siry and Douglas Rosen in 1992. Based in Santa Monica, California, Electric Crayon mainly served the US comic book industry, providing digital color separations for m ...

).
''Wizard Awards recipients'' (1995)

References

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External links

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Comiculture

Mad Science Media website

Stuff Said podcast interview with Steve Buccellato 1:21
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