Steve McNiven
Canadian comic artist
Steven McNiven is a Canadian comic book artist. He first gained prominence on CrossGen's Meridian, before moving onto books such as Ultimate Secret, Marvel Knights 4, New Avengers, and Civil War, illustrating storylines such as "Old Man Logan."
Early life
Steven McNiven is a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Career
McNiven first came into prominence after he took over as a penciller of CrossGen's Meridian title following the departure of Josh Middleton.
He subsequently gained worked for Marvel Comics as the penciller of Marvel Knights 4, Ultimate Secret and New Avengers.
In August 2005 he was named one of Marvel's "Young Guns", a group of artists that, according to Marvel Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada, have the qualities that make "a future superstar penciller". Other "Young Guns" include Olivier Coipel, David Finch, Trevor Hairsine, Adi Granov and Jim Cheung.
McNiven was the penciller of the Marvel mini-series Civil War working with Mark Millar. He followed this by provided the art for the Wolverine storyline "Old Man Logan" and the Icon Comics mini-series Nemesis, both with Millar.
In 2011 Marvel relaunched a new volume of Captain America, with McNiven as artist. In 2012 he provided the Marvel NOW!
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