Steven Hughes
Stephen Hughes (disambiguation)
Also recorded as Steven Jay Hughes
Steven Hughes
- Birth Name
- Steven Jay Hughes
- Born
- February 12, 1954
- Birthplace
- Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
- Died
- 18 February 2000
- Place of death
- Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S.
- Nationality
- American
- Occupation
- comics artist
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Steven Hughes (1954–2000) was an American comics artist. Born in Boston, the comics artist died in Scottsdale.
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• Birth Name — Steven Jay Hughes • Born — February 12, 1954 • Birthplace — Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. • Died — 18 February 2000 • Place of death — Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. • Nationality — American • Art — y Steven Jay Hughes (February 12, 1954 – February 18, 2000) was an American artist for the Chaos! Comics company. Hughes provided the art for many of the company's comics, including Lady Death, Evil Ernie, and the short-lived superhero series Detonator. He also helped to create the signature look of these characters.
Biography
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Inspired by EC comics such as Tales from the Crypt, and especially EC artist Wally Wood, Hughes began as an artist for various titles from Aircel Comics.
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Hughes died of cancer on February 18, 2000, in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was survived by his wife Barbara Hughes and his children Amber, Chance, and Samantha.
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- 1."United States Social Security Death Index," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JKFC-42V : accessed 01 Mar 2013), Steven J Hughes, 18 February 2000.
- 2.Spurgeon, Tom. "Chaos! Artist Steven Hughes Dies," The Comics Journal #222 (Apr. 2000), p. 31.
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