Steve Stiles
Stephen Willis Stiles (July 16, 1943 – January 11, 2020) was an American cartoonist and writer, coming out of the science fiction fanzine tradition. He won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist.
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Steve Stiles
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- Born
- 16 July 1943
- Died
- 11 January 2020
- Nationality
- American
- Awards
- Bill Rotsler Award, 1998 Fan Activity Achievement (FAAn) Award, 2001, 2003–2006 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist, 2016
- Occupation
- writer and cartoonist.
- Education
- High School of Music & Art and School of Visual Arts.
- Honours
- Rotsler Memorial Fanzine Artist Award.
- Languages
- English.
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Stephen Willis Stiles (July 16, 1943 – January 11, 2020) was an American cartoonist and writer, coming out of the science fiction fanzine tradition. He won the 2016 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist.
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Steve Stiles (1943–2020) was a cartoonist and writer, of American nationality. The cartoonist was educated at High School of Music & Art and School of Visual Arts.
Languages used include English. Honours include Rotsler Memorial Fanzine Artist Award.
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Key facts
• Born — 16 July 1943 • Died — 11 January 2020 • Nationality — American • Cartoonist — y • Write — y • Art — y • Awards — Bill Rotsler Award, 1998 Fan Activity Achievement (FAAn) Award, 2001, 2003–2006 Hugo Award for Best Fan Artist, 2016
Early life and education
Early life and education
Steven Willis Stiles was born to Norma and Irvin Stiles. He had two brothers, Randy and Jeff. Stiles studied at The High School of Music & Art and the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan and later wrote about this in his essay, "Art School":
Professional work
Professional work
His first professional sale was in 1961, which was a cartoon for Paul Krassner's The Realist. After a stint in the military as an illustrator, he worked in advertising before becoming a freelancer in 1975. He worked in genres ranging from underground comix to children's books to superhero comics. He designed a Peace and Humanitarian Achievements medal for the Samaritan community in Israel. The medal's first recipient was Shimon Peres.
Personal life and Death
Personal life and Death
Stiles was married to Elaine Stiles (née Mandell). On January 7, 2020, Stiles announced his most recent cancer diagnosis on Facebook, "So, the word is: I've got a few months, more or less." He died on January 11, 2020, of the aforementioned cancer.
Identity
Identity
Steve Stiles is recorded as writer and cartoonist.
Science fiction writer Steve Stiles
Dave Hogg from Royal Oak, MI, USA
Life and career
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Life and career
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1943
Steve Stiles born.
2020
Steve Stiles died.
Illustration and design
• Illustration — Steve Stiles, Falls Church, Virginia, Spring 1979. Kodachrome 25 by Jeff Schalles His first cartoon for a fanzine appeared in Cry of the Nameless, edited by F.M. Busby and Elinor Busby. A fanzine interlineation he coined ("Death is nature's way of telling you when to stop") became a national catchphrase after it was reprinted in Pageant in 1962. His work (art and text) has since appeared in leading fanzines (Xero, Void, Mimosa, Trap Door) as well as the more obscure (Vojo de Vivo). He publishes his own fanzine, SAM. There were nine years between SAM #14 and #15, the latter being published in 1983; and SAM #16 was published 31 years later, in 2014, in anticipation of the 2014 Corflu science fiction convention.
Awards
In 1968, Stiles was the Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund winner, attending Thirdmancon, the 1968 Eastercon in Buxton, Derbyshire. Harrison Country, a compilation of his writings and drawings about this trip, was published in 2007. Stiles won eleven Fan Activity Achievement (FAAn) Awards for best artist (2001, 2003–2006, 2010–2012, 2014–2016). In 1998, Stiles won the first Bill Rotsler Award, named after prolific fan artist Bill Rotsler. He was a Hugo Award nominee as Best Fan Artist in 1967, 1968, 2003 through 2008, and 2010 through 2016, winning in 2016.
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- 1.Sol Levinson & Bros., Inc. Service for Stephen Willis Stiles. sollevinson.com.
- 2.Mimosa 18 contents page. Jophan.org.
- 3.Pageant, 1962.
- 4.Stiles, Steve. 1/6/14. SAM #16: A Fanzine For Corflu.
- 5.Trans-Atlantic Fan Fund. All the TAFF Races: 1968. TAFF.org.uk.
- 6.The Locus Index to SF Awards: About the Hugo Awards. Locusmag.com.
- 7.The Locus Index to SF Awards: Index of Art Nominees. Locusmag.com.
- 8.The Hugo Awards. Renovationsf.org.
- 9.Stiles, Steve. Post on January 7, 2020. Facebook.com. January 7, 2020.
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