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{{short description|American comic artist}}
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'''Steve Leialoha''' (born January 27, 1952)<ref name="CBG">{{cite web|last=Miller|first= John Jackson| url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays|work= [[Comics Buyer's Guide]]| date=June 10, 2005|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5trAbNQWw|archivedate=October 29, 2010}}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[comic book]] [[artist]] whose work first came to prominence in the 1970s. He has worked primarily as an [[inker]], though occasionally as a [[penciller]], for several publishers, including [[Marvel Comics]] and later [[DC Comics]].
'''Steve Leialoha''' (born January 27, 1952)<ref name="CBG">{{cite web|last=Miller|first=John Jackson| url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|title=Comics Industry Birthdays|work=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]|date=June 10, 2005|=://..org/|= , }}</ref> is an [[Americans|American]] [[ artist]] whose work first came to prominence in the 1970s. He has worked primarily as an [[inker]], though occasionally as a [[penciller]], for several publishers, including [[Marvel Comics]] and later [[DC Comics]].


==Biography==
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[[Image:Spwm108.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Cover for ''Spider-Woman'' #8 (November 1978). Art by [[Carmine Infantino]] and Steve Leialoha.]]
[[Image:Spwm108.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Cover for ''Spider-Woman'' #8 (November 1978). Art by [[Carmine Infantino]] and Steve Leialoha.]]
Steve Leialoha was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a [[Native Hawaiians|Native Hawaiian]] father. He began reading comics as a child, explaining, "My dad would always give me comics. I mean, he would like to read all sorts of stuff, and he would pass everything along to me. Harvey comics and that kind of thing, when I was six or seven. As I got older, the Marvel Age, which I think of starting like in 1962, I was ten, which is certainly a good age for reading that stuff."<ref name="Munson">{{cite web|url= http://comicsalternative.com/interview-leialoha/|title= Interview: Steve Leialoha|first= Kim|last= Munson|date= August 29, 2014|publisher= Comics Alternative|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161127094029/http://comicsalternative.com/interview-leialoha/|archive-date= November 27, 2016|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
Leialoha's professional career began in 1975 with the early independent comic book ''[[Star*Reach]]'',<ref name="Lambiek">{{cite web |url= http://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leialoha_steve.htm|title= Steve Leialoha|year= 2007|publisher= [[Lambiek|Lambiek Comiclopedia]]|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20121013005242/http://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leialoha_steve.htm|archivedate= October 13, 2012|deadurl= no}}</ref> drawing the five-page story "Wooden Ships on the Water", adapted by writer [[Mike Friedrich]] from the [[Wooden Ships|song]] by [[Crosby, Stills & Nash (and Young)|Crosby, Stills]], and [[Paul Kantner|Kantner]], in issue #3 (Sept. 1975).<ref name="GCD">[http://www.comics.org/search/advanced/process/?target=sequence&method=icontains&logic=True&keywords=&order1=date&order2=series&order3=&start_date=&end_date=&title=&feature=&job_number=&pages=&script=&pencils=Steve+Leialoha&inks=Steve+Leialoha&colors=&letters=&story_editing=&genre=&characters=&synopsis=&reprint_notes=&story_reprinted=None&notes=&pub_name=&country=us&pub_notes=&brand=&brand_notes=&indicia_publisher=&is_surrogate=None&ind_pub_notes=&series=&series_year_began=&series_notes=&tracking_notes=&issue_count=&is_comics=None&format=&color=&dimensions=&paper_stock=&binding=&publishing_format=&issues=&volume=&issue_title=&variant_name=&issue_date=&indicia_frequency=&price=&issue_pages=&issue_editing=&isbn=&barcode=&issue_notes=&issue_reprinted=None&is_indexed=None Steve Leialoha] at the [[Grand Comics Database]]</ref> He continued to contribute to ''Star*Reach'' and the same publisher's ''Quack'' for four years.


==Career==
Leialoha freelanced as a regular contributor to Marvel from 1976 to 1988,<ref name="Lambiek" /> working on such series as ''[[Adam Warlock|Warlock]]'', ''[[Star Wars]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last = Sanderson|first = Peter|authorlink = Peter Sanderson|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|page = 180|isbn =978-0756641238}}</ref> ''[[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]]'', the [[Spider-Man]] title ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'', the ''[[Firestar]]'' [[limited series]], ''[[New Mutants]]'' and ''[[Howard the Duck]]''.<ref name="GCD" /> He and writer [[J. M. DeMatteis]] co-created "Greenberg the Vampire" in ''[[Marvel Preview|Bizarre Adventures]]'' #29 (Dec. 1981).<ref>[[Tom DeFalco|DeFalco, Tom]] "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 202: "Writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Steve Leialoha eplored a new take on the vampire myth with Greenberg."</ref>
Steve Leialoha's career began in 1975 with the early independent comic book ''[[Star*Reach]]'',<ref name="Lambiek">{{cite web |url= http://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leialoha_steve.htm|title= Steve Leialoha|year= 2007|publisher= [[Lambiek|Lambiek Comiclopedia]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121013005242/http://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/leialoha_steve.htm|archive-date= October 13, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> drawing the five-page story "Wooden Ships on the Water", adapted by writer [[Mike Friedrich]] from the [[Wooden Ships|song]] by [[David Crosby]], [[Stephen Stills]], and [[Paul Kantner]], in issue #3 (Sept. 1975).<ref name="GCD">{{gcdb|type=credit|search= Steve+Leialoha|title= Steve Leialoha}}</ref> He continued to contribute to ''Star*Reach'' and the same publisher's ''Quack'' for four years.


Leialoha freelanced as a regular contributor to Marvel from 1976 to 1988,<ref name="Lambiek" /> working on such series as ''[[Adam Warlock|Warlock]]'', ''[[Star Wars (1977 comic book)|Star Wars]]'',<ref>{{cite book|last1 = Sanderson|first1 = Peter|authorlink = Peter Sanderson|last2= Gilbert|first2= Laura, ed.|chapter= 1970s|title = Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|page = 180|isbn =978-0756641238}}</ref> ''[[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]]'', the [[Spider-Man]] title ''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'', the ''[[Firestar (limited series)|Firestar]]'' [[Limited series (comics)|limited series]], ''[[New Mutants]]'' and ''[[Howard the Duck]]''.<ref name="GCD" /> He and writer [[J. M. DeMatteis]] co-created "Greenberg the Vampire" in ''[[Bizarre Adventures]]'' #29 (Dec. 1981).<ref>[[Tom DeFalco|DeFalco, Tom]] "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 202: "Writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Steve Leialoha explored a new take on the vampire myth with Greenberg."</ref>
In the 1990s, Leialoha began working at DC on [[Batman]] and other characters; at [[Harris Publications|Harris Comics]] on [[Vampirella]]; and at [[Claypool Comics]] on ''Soulsearchers and Company''. <!--He also drew one of [[Neil Gaiman]]'s acclaimed [[Sandman (Vertigo)|Sandman]] books, ''World's End''. [SL only inked 2 pages of The Sandman #56, an issue also inked by Mark Buckingham, Dick Giordano and Tony Harris--> The following decade, he became the regular inker on most of the issues (through 2013) of the DC/[[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]] series ''[[Fables (comic)|Fables]]'', penciled by [[Mark Buckingham]], for which they won the [[Eisner Award]] for "Best Penciller/Inker Team" in 2007.<ref name="vert-fabl">{{Citation|last = Irvine|first = Alex|author-link = Alexander C. Irvine|contribution = Fables|editor-last = Dougall|editor-first = Alastair|title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia| pages = 72–81|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|ISBN = 0-7566-4122-5|oclc = 213309015}}</ref><ref name="Eisner2007" />


Leialoha was one of the artists on ''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #400 (Oct. 1986)<ref>{{cite journal|last = Trumbull|first = John|title = A New Beginning...And a Probable End ''Batman'' #300 and #400|journal = Back Issue!|issue = 69|page= 51|publisher = TwoMorrows Publishing|date = December 2013|location= Raleigh, North Carolina}}</ref> and in the 1990s, he began working at DC Comics on [[Batman]] and other characters; at [[Harris Publications|Harris Comics]] on [[Vampirella]]; and at [[Claypool Comics]] on ''Soulsearchers and Company''. He inked part of the ''[[The Sandman: Worlds' End|World's End]]'' story arc in [[Neil Gaiman]]'s ''[[The Sandman (Vertigo)|The Sandman]]'' series.<ref>{{cite book|last = Bender|first = Hy|title = The Sandman Companion|publisher = DC Comics|year = 1999|location= New York, New York|page = 269|isbn = 978-1563894657}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/01/07/comics-you-should-own-sandman/|title= Comics You Should Own – ''Sandman''|first= Greg|last= Burgas|date= January 7, 2013|publisher= [[Comic Book Resources]]|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140410022316/http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/2013/01/07/comics-you-should-own-sandman/|archive-date= April 10, 2014|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref> The following decade, he became the regular inker on most of the issues of the DC/[[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo]] series ''[[Fables (comic)|Fables]]'', penciled by [[Mark Buckingham (comic book artist)|Mark Buckingham]], for which they won the [[Eisner Award]] for "Best Penciller/Inker Team" in 2007.<ref name="vert-fabl">{{Citation|last = Irvine|first = Alex|author-link = Alexander C. Irvine|contribution = Fables|editor-last = Dougall|editor-first = Alastair|title = The Vertigo Encyclopedia| pages = 72–81|publisher = [[Dorling Kindersley]]|year = 2008|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn = 978-0-7566-4122-1|oclc = 213309015}}</ref><ref name="Eisner2007" />
He lives in San Francisco with his partner, comics artist [[Trina Robbins]].


==Personal life and tributes==
Writer [[Larry Hama]] named [[G.I. Joe]] character Edward Leialoha (code name [[Torpedo (G.I. Joe)|Torpedo]]) after Steve Leialoha.<ref>{{cite book|last = Bellomo|first = Mark|title = The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe 1982-1994: Identification and Price Guide|publisher = [[Krause Publications]]|year = 2009|page = 34|url = http://books.google.com/books?id=8WIQXYILD2kC&pg=PA34&lpg=PA34&dq=Steve+Leialoha+G.I.+Joe+Torpedo&source=bl&ots=34zv78P77Z&sig=sWiyh5LyuD-9dSg_ESILDwU7o3E&hl=en&sa=X&ei=00E-UuP0DeGqyAH4nIGQAg&ved=0CEoQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=Steve%20Leialoha%20G.I.%20Joe%20Torpedo&f=false|isbn = 978-0896899223}}</ref>
Graduated in 1969, Oceana High School, Pacifica, CA.

Leialoha lives in San Francisco. He was partnered with comics artist [[Trina Robbins]] until her death in 2024.<ref name="Munson" />

Writer [[Larry Hama]] named the [[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero|G.I. Joe]] character Edward Leialoha (code name [[Torpedo (G.I. Joe)|Torpedo]]) after Steve Leialoha.<ref>{{cite book|last = Bellomo|first = Mark|title = The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe 1982–1994: Identification and Price Guide|publisher = [[Krause Publications]]|year = 2009|location= Iola, Wisconsin|page = 34|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=8WIQXYILD2kC&q=Steve+Leialoha+G.I.+Joe+Torpedo&pg=PA34|isbn = 978-0896899223}}</ref>


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===Claypool Comics===
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===Comico===
===Comico===
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===Dark Horse Comics===
===Dark Horse Comics===
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===DC Comics===
===DC Comics===
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*''[[Armageddon 2001|Armageddon: The Alien Agenda]]'' #1 (1991)
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*''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #400, Annual #15 (1986-1991)
*''[[Batman (comic book)|Batman]]'' #400, Annual #15 ()
*''[[Chronos (comics)#Walker Gabriel|Chronos]]'' #1–4, 6–7, 9–11 (1998–1999)
*''DCU Heroes [[Secret Files and Origins|Secret Files]]'' #1 (1999)
*''[[Detective Comics]]'' #629 (1991)
*''[[Fly (Impact Comics)|Fly Annual]]'' #1 (1992)
*''[[Heroes Against Hunger]]'' #1 (1986)
*''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Comic books|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' #1–3 (1993)
*''[[Justice League|Justice League International]]'' #13–15 (1988)
*''[['Mazing Man]] Special'' #2 (1988)
*''Restaurant At The End Of The Universe '' #1–3 (1994)
*''[[The Shadow#Comic strip|Shadow Strikes]]'' #28 (1992)
*''[[Tom Strong|Tom Strong's Terrific Tales]]'' #9 (2004)
*''[[Who's Who in the DC Universe|Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe]]'' #4, 11, 19 (1985–1986)
*''Who's Who Update '88'' #2 (1988)

====Paradox Press====
*''[[The Big Book Of|Big Book of Death]]'' (1995)
*''[[The Big Book Of|Big Book of Death]]'' (1995)
*''Big Book of Grimm'' (1999)
*''Big Book of Grimm'' (1999)
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*''Big Book of the Unexplained'' (1997)
*''Big Book of the Unexplained'' (1997)
*''Big Book of Weirdos'' (1995)
*''Big Book of Weirdos'' (1995)

*''[[Chronos (comics)#Walker Gabriel|Chronos]]'' #1-4, 6-7, 9-11 (1998-1999)
====Vertigo====
*''DCU Heroes Secret Files'' #1 (1999)
*''[[The Dreaming (comics)|The Dreaming]]'' #24, 47, 56 (1998–2001)
*''[[Detective Comics]]'' #629 (1991)
*''[[Fables (comics)|Fables]]'' #1–3, 5–10, 14–17, 19–21, 23–27, 30–33, 36–38, 40–45, 48–50, 52–56, 60–61, 63, 65–69, 71–75, 88–91, 94–98, 100, 102–106, 108–112, 114–121, 125–129, 131–135, 139–150 (2002–2015)
*''[[The Dreaming (comics)|The Dreaming]]'' #24, 47, 56 (1998-2001)
*''[[Fables (comics)|Fables]]'' #1-3, 5-10, 14-17, 19-21, 23-27, 30-33, 36-38, 40-45, 48-50, 52-56, 60-61, 63, 65-69, 71-75, 88-91, 94-96 (2002-2010)
*''[[ Fables]]'' #, , , , , 38 ()
*''[[Fly (Impact Comics)|Fly Annual]]'' #1 (1992)
*''[[ ()|]]'' # ()
*''[[Dead Boy Detectives|Sandman Presents: Deadboy Detectives]]'' #1–4 (2001)
*''Heroes Against Hunger'' #1 (1986)
*''[[Sandman Presents: Petrefax]]'' #1–4 (2000)
*''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy#Comic books|Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' #1-3 (1993)
*''[[Jack of Fables]]'' #6, 11, 20, 22, 25, 38 (2007-2009)
*''[[ ]]'' # ()
*''[[Justice League|Justice League International]]'' #13-15 (1988)
*''[['Mazing Man]] Special'' #2 (1988)
*''[[Nevada (comics)|Nevada]]'' #1-6 (1998)
*''Restaurant At The End Of The Universe '' #1-3 (1994)
*''[[List of The Sandman spinoffs|Sandman Presents: Deadboy Detectives]]'' #1-4 (2001)
*''Sandman Presents: Petrefax'' #1-4 (2000)
*''[[The Shadow#Comic strip, comic books, and graphic novels|Shadow Strikes]]'' #28 (1992)
*''[[Tom Strong|Tom Strong's Terrific Tales]]'' #9 (2004)
*''Vertigo Secret Files & Origins: Swamp Thing'' #1 (2000)
*''Vertigo Secret Files & Origins: Swamp Thing'' #1 (2000)
*''Vertigo: First Offenses'' #1 (2005)
*''Vertigo: First Offenses'' #1 (2005)
*''Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #1 (1998)
*''Vertigo: Winter's Edge'' #1 (1998)
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*''[[Who's Who in the DC Universe|Who's Who: The Definitive Directory of the DC Universe]]'' #4, 11, 19 (1985-1986)
*''Who's Who Update '88'' #2 (1988)


===Marvel Comics===
===Marvel Comics===
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*''[[Alpha Flight]]'' #48 (1987)
*''Amazing High Adventure'' #1 (1984)
*'' '' # ()
*''[[Amazing Adventures|Amazing High Adventure]]'' #1 (1984)
*''[[Marvel Preview|Bizarre Adventures]]'' #29 (1981)
*''[[Marvel Preview|Bizarre Adventures]]'' #29 (1981)
*''[[Captain America]]'' #221, 290 (1978-1984)
*''[[Captain America]]'' #221, 290 ()
*''Captain Justice'' #1-2 (1988)
*''Captain Justice'' # (1988)
*''[[Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)|Captain Marvel]]'' #49 (1977)
*''[[Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell)|Captain Marvel]]'' #49 (1977)
*''[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' #155 (1984)
*''[[Conan the Barbarian (comics)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' #155 (1984)
*''[[Coyote (comics)|Coyote]]'' #1-2, 7-8 (1983-1984)
*''[[Coyote (comics)|Coyote]]'' #, ()
*''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics)|Daredevil]]'' #154, 238 (1978-1987)
*''[[Daredevil (Marvel Comics)|Daredevil]]'' #154, 238 ()
*''[[Doctor Strange]]'' vol. 2 #62, 67 (1983-1984)
*''[[Doctor Strange]]'' vol. 2 #62, 67 ()
*''[[Fantastic Four]]'' #296 (1986)
*''[[Fantastic Four]]'' #296 (1986)
*''Fantastic Four Roast'' #1 (1982)
*''Fantastic Four Roast'' #1 (1982)
*''[[Firestar]]'' #1-4 (1986)
*''[[Firestar]]'' # (1986)
*''[[Indiana Jones (comics)|Further Adventures of Indiana Jones]]'' #21 (1984)
*''[[Indiana Jones (comics)|Further Adventures of Indiana Jones]]'' #21 (1984)
*''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' #21, 26 (1984)
*''[[G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero (Marvel Comics)|G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero]]'' #21, 26 (1984)
*''[[Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)|Ghost Rider]]'' #35, 56 (1979-1981)
*''[[Ghost Rider (Johnny Blaze)|Ghost Rider]]'' #35, 56 ()
*''[[Heroes for Hope]]'' #1 (1985)
*''[[Heroes for Hope]]'' #1 (1985)
*''[[Howard the Duck]]'' #1-13 (1976-1977)
*''[[Howard the Duck]]'' # ()
*''[[Marvel Comics Presents]]'' #82 (1991)
*''[[Marvel Comics Presents]]'' #82 (1991)
*''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'' #45 (1989)
*''[[Marvel Fanfare]]'' #45 (1989)
*''[[Marvel Super-Heroes (comics)#Other iterations|Marvel Super-Heroes]]'' vol. 2 #7 (1991)
*''[[Marvel Super-Heroes (comics)#Other iterations|Marvel Super-Heroes]]'' vol. 2 #7 (1991)
*''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' #81-85 (1979)
*''[[Marvel Team-Up]]'' # (1979)
*''[[Marvel Treasury Edition]]'' #28 ([[Superman and Spider-Man]]) (1981, background inker)
*''[[Marvel Treasury Edition]]'' #28 ([[Superman and Spider-Man]]) (1981, background inker)
*''[[Ms. Marvel]]'' #14 (1978)
*''[[Ms. Marvel]]'' #14 (1978)
*''[[New Mutants]]'' #32-34
*''[[New Mutants]]'' #
*''[[Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)|Night Thrasher]]'' #17 (1994)
*''[[Night Thrasher (Dwayne Taylor)|Night Thrasher]]'' #17 (1994)
*''[[Nova (Richard Rider)|Nova]]'' #22-23 (1978-1979)
*''[[Nova (Richard Rider)|Nova]]'' # ()
*''[[Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe]]'' #2, 5, 10 (1983)
*''[[Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe]]'' #2, 5, 10 (1983)
*''Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #6, 12 (1986)
*''Official Handbook Of The Marvel Universe Deluxe Edition'' #6, 12 (1986)
*''[[Power Man and Iron Fist]]'' #60 (1979)
*''[[Power Man and Iron Fist]]'' #60 (1979)
*''[[Rom (comics)|Rom]]'' #66 (1985)
*''[[Rom (comics)|Rom]]'' #66 (1985)
*''[[Secret Wars II]]'' #1-9(1985-1986)
*''[[Secret Wars II]]'' #()
*''[[She-Hulk|Sensational She-Hulk]]'' #12 (1990)
*''[[She-Hulk|Sensational She-Hulk]]'' #12 (1990)
*''[[Sergio Aragonés]] Massacres Marvel'' #1 (1996)
*''[[Sergio Aragonés]] Massacres Marvel'' #1 (1996)
*''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' #44 (1980)
*''[[The Spectacular Spider-Man]]'' #44 (1980)
*''[[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]]'' #7, 25-26, 28, 30-46 (1978-1982)
*''[[Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)|Spider-Woman]]'' #7, , 28, ()
*''[[Star Wars (comics)|Star Wars]]'' #2-5, 95, 105 (1977-1986)
*''[[Star Wars ()|Star Wars]]'' #, 95, 105 ()
*''[[Steeltown Rockers]]'' #3, 5 (1990)
*''[[Steeltown Rockers]]'' #3, 5 (1990)
*''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #189, 192, 194, 217, 250, 253-255, Annual #7-8 (1983-1989)
*''[[Uncanny X-Men]]'' #189, 192, 194, 217, 250, , Annual # ()
*''[[Untold Tales of Spider-Man]]: Strange Encounters'' #1 (1998)
*''[[Untold Tales of Spider-Man]]: Strange Encounters'' #1 (1998)
*''[[Adam Warlock|Warlock]]'' #9-14 (1975-1976)
*''[[Adam Warlock|Warlock]]'' # ()
*''[[Web of Spider-Man]]'' #33 (1987)
*''[[Web of Spider-Man]]'' #33 (1987)
*''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'' #200 (2010
*''[[X-Factor (comics)|X-Factor]]'' #200 (2010
{{div col end}}


==Awards==
==Awards==
*2003: Won [[Eisner Award]] for "Best New Series" and "Best Serialized Story" for ''Fables'' #1-5: "Legends in Exile" with [[Bill Willingham]] and Lan Medina.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner03.php|title= 2003 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20120725155953/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner03.php|archivedate= July 25, 2012|deadurl= no}}</ref>
*: Won [[ Award]]<ref>{{cite web|url= ://www../awards/|title= |publisher= |= ://web.archive.org/web//http://www../awards/|= , |= }}</ref>
*2005: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for ''Fables'' #19–27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers" with Willingham and Mark Buckingham.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner05.php|title= 2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20120725155958/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner05.php|archivedate= July 25, 2012|deadurl= no}}</ref>
*: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story" for ''Fables'' #: " " with Willingham and .<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/.php|title= Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|= ://web.archive.org/web//http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/.php|= July 25, 2012|= }}</ref>
*2006: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for ''Fables'' #36–38, 40–41: "Return to the Homelands" with Willingham and Buckingham.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner06.php|title= 2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20120825075643/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner06.php|archivedate= August 25, 2012|deadurl= no}}</ref>
*: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for ''Fables'' #: " the " with Willingham and Buckingham.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/.php|title= Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|= ://web.archive.org/web//http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/.php|= 25, 2012|= }}</ref>
*2007: Won Eisner Award for "Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team", for ''Fables'' with Buckingham.<ref name="Eisner2007">{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner07.php|title= 2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20120824135658/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner07.php|archivedate= August 24, 2012|deadurl= no}}</ref>
*: Won Eisner Award for "Best ", for ''Fables'' with Buckingham.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/.php|title= Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|publisher= Comic Book Awards Almanac|= ://web.archive.org/web//http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/.php|= August , 2012|= }}</ref>
*2007: Won Eisner Award for "Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team", for ''Fables'' with Buckingham.<ref name="Eisner2007">{{cite web |url= http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner07.php|title= 2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards|publisher= Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120824135658/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/eisner07.php|archive-date= August 24, 2012|url-status= live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://www.dcindexes.com/features/database.php?site=&pagetype=creator&id=632 Steve Leialoha] at Mike's Amazing World of Comics
* =creatorid= Steve Leialoha
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/naml13.htm#N444 Steve Leialoha] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators
* [http://www..//. Steve Leialoha] at of Comics
* [http://www.maelmill-insi.de/UHBMCC/naml20.htm#N444 Steve Leialoha] at the Unofficial Handbook of Marvel Comics Creators

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Latest revision as of 03:55, 11 April 2024

Steve Leialoha
Leialoha at the 2023 WonderCon
Born (1952-01-27) January 27, 1952 (age 72)
San Francisco, California, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Penciller, Inker
Notable works
Fables
Spider-Woman
AwardsInkpot Award 1986
Eisner Awards 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007

Steve Leialoha (born January 27, 1952)[1] is an American comics artist whose work first came to prominence in the 1970s. He has worked primarily as an inker, though occasionally as a penciller, for several publishers, including Marvel Comics and later DC Comics.

Early life

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Cover for Spider-Woman #8 (November 1978). Art by Carmine Infantino and Steve Leialoha.

Steve Leialoha was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a Native Hawaiian father. He began reading comics as a child, explaining, "My dad would always give me comics. I mean, he would like to read all sorts of stuff, and he would pass everything along to me. Harvey comics and that kind of thing, when I was six or seven. As I got older, the Marvel Age, which I think of starting like in 1962, I was ten, which is certainly a good age for reading that stuff."[2]

Career

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Steve Leialoha's career began in 1975 with the early independent comic book Star*Reach,[3] drawing the five-page story "Wooden Ships on the Water", adapted by writer Mike Friedrich from the song by David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Paul Kantner, in issue #3 (Sept. 1975).[4] He continued to contribute to Star*Reach and the same publisher's Quack for four years.

Leialoha freelanced as a regular contributor to Marvel from 1976 to 1988,[3] working on such series as Warlock, Star Wars,[5] Spider-Woman, the Spider-Man title Marvel Team-Up, the Firestar limited series, New Mutants and Howard the Duck.[4] He and writer J. M. DeMatteis co-created "Greenberg the Vampire" in Bizarre Adventures #29 (Dec. 1981).[6]

Leialoha was one of the artists on Batman #400 (Oct. 1986)[7] and in the 1990s, he began working at DC Comics on Batman and other characters; at Harris Comics on Vampirella; and at Claypool Comics on Soulsearchers and Company. He inked part of the World's End story arc in Neil Gaiman's The Sandman series.[8][9] The following decade, he became the regular inker on most of the issues of the DC/Vertigo series Fables, penciled by Mark Buckingham, for which they won the Eisner Award for "Best Penciller/Inker Team" in 2007.[10][11]

Personal life and tributes

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Graduated in 1969, Oceana High School, Pacifica, CA.

Leialoha lives in San Francisco. He was partnered with comics artist Trina Robbins until her death in 2024.[2]

Writer Larry Hama named the G.I. Joe character Edward Leialoha (code name Torpedo) after Steve Leialoha.[12]

Bibliography

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Claypool Comics

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Comico

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Dark Horse Comics

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DC Comics

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Paradox Press

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  • Big Book of Death (1995)
  • Big Book of Grimm (1999)
  • Big Book of Little Criminals (1996)
  • Big Book of Losers (1997)
  • Big Book of the Unexplained (1997)
  • Big Book of Weirdos (1995)

Vertigo

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  • The Dreaming #24, 47, 56 (1998–2001)
  • Fables #1–3, 5–10, 14–17, 19–21, 23–27, 30–33, 36–38, 40–45, 48–50, 52–56, 60–61, 63, 65–69, 71–75, 88–91, 94–98, 100, 102–106, 108–112, 114–121, 125–129, 131–135, 139–150 (2002–2015)
  • Jack of Fables #6, 11, 20, 22, 25, 38 (2007–2009)
  • Nevada #1–6 (1998)
  • Sandman Presents: Deadboy Detectives #1–4 (2001)
  • Sandman Presents: Petrefax #1–4 (2000)
  • The Unwritten #50 (2013)
  • Vertigo Secret Files & Origins: Swamp Thing #1 (2000)
  • Vertigo: First Offenses #1 (2005)
  • Vertigo: Winter's Edge #1 (1998)

Marvel Comics

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Awards

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  • 1986: Won Inkpot Award[13]
  • 2003: Won Eisner Award for "Best New Series" and "Best Serialized Story" for Fables #1–5: "Legends in Exile" with Bill Willingham and Lan Medina.[14]
  • 2005: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for Fables #19–27: "March of the Wooden Soldiers" with Willingham and Mark Buckingham.[15]
  • 2006: Won Eisner Award for "Best Serialized Story", for Fables #36–38, 40–41: "Return to the Homelands" with Willingham and Buckingham.[16]
  • 2007: Won Eisner Award for "Best Artist/Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team", for Fables with Buckingham.[11]

References

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  1. ^ Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Iola, Wisconsin. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Munson, Kim (August 29, 2014). "Interview: Steve Leialoha". Comics Alternative. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Steve Leialoha". Lambiek Comiclopedia. 2007. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012.
  4. ^ a b Steve Leialoha at the Grand Comics Database
  5. ^ Sanderson, Peter; Gilbert, Laura, ed. (2008). "1970s". Marvel Chronicle A Year by Year History. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 180. ISBN 978-0756641238. {{cite book}}: |first2= has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ DeFalco, Tom "1980s" in Gilbert (2008), p. 202: "Writer J. M. DeMatteis and artist Steve Leialoha explored a new take on the vampire myth with Greenberg."
  7. ^ Trumbull, John (December 2013). "A New Beginning...And a Probable End Batman #300 and #400". Back Issue! (69). Raleigh, North Carolina: TwoMorrows Publishing: 51.
  8. ^ Bender, Hy (1999). The Sandman Companion. New York, New York: DC Comics. p. 269. ISBN 978-1563894657.
  9. ^ Burgas, Greg (January 7, 2013). "Comics You Should Own – Sandman". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on April 10, 2014.
  10. ^ Irvine, Alex (2008), "Fables", in Dougall, Alastair (ed.), The Vertigo Encyclopedia, London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley, pp. 72–81, ISBN 978-0-7566-4122-1, OCLC 213309015
  11. ^ a b "2007 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 24, 2012.
  12. ^ Bellomo, Mark (2009). The Ultimate Guide to G.I. Joe 1982–1994: Identification and Price Guide. Iola, Wisconsin: Krause Publications. p. 34. ISBN 978-0896899223.
  13. ^ "Inkpot Award". San Diego Comic-Con. 2016. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017.
  14. ^ "2003 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012.
  15. ^ "2005 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on July 25, 2012.
  16. ^ "2006 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards". Hahn Library Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on August 25, 2012.
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Preceded by
n/a
 Howard the Duck inker
1976–1977 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Star Wars inker
1977 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Spider-Woman artist
1980–1982 		Succeeded by
Brian Postman
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