Steven Jay Hughes (February 12, 1954 – February 18, 2000) was an American artist for the

Chaos! Comics Chaos! Comics was a comic book publisher that operated from 1993 until 2002, mostly focusing on horror comics. Their titles included ''Lady Death'', ''Purgatori'', '' Evil Ernie'', ''Chastity'', ''Jade'', '' Bad Kitty'', and ''Lady Demon''. Chaos! ...

company. Hughes provided the art for many of the company's comics, including ''

Lady Death Lady Death is a fictional goddess appearing in American comic books published by Coffin Comics. Created by Brian Pulido, Lady Death first appeared in Eternity Comics' '' Evil Ernie'' #1 in December 1991. Lady Death then reappeared in the '' ...

'', '' Evil Ernie'', and the short-lived superhero series ''Detonator'' . He also helped to create the signature look of these characters.

Biography

Inspired by EC comics such as '' Tales from the Crypt'', and especially EC artist

Wally Wood Wallace Allan Wood (June 17, 1927 – November 2, 1981) was an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as ''Weird Science (comic), Weird Science'', ''Weird Fantasy'', an ...

, Hughes began as an artist for various titles from Aircel Comics.

Death

Hughes died of

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on February 18, 2000, in

Scottsdale, Arizona Scottsdale is a city in eastern Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, and is part of the Phoenix metropolitan area. Named Scottsdale in 1894 after its founder Winfield Scott (chaplain), Winfield Scott, a retired Chaplain Corps (United States ...

.Spurgeon, Tom. "Chaos! Artist Steven Hughes Dies," ''The Comics Journal'' #222 (Apr. 2000), p. 31. He was survived by his wife Barbara Hughes and his children Amber, Chance, and Samantha.

References

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