Author: Steve Lieber

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 010: A Cartoonist’s Library I get a lot of questions about whether or not it’s necessary to go to art school. The short answer is this: No. In more than 20 years as a working artist, none of my clients have shown the slightest interest in whether I had a diploma.…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 009: Forming A Studio I’m a founding member of Periscope Studio, a Portland, Oregon workspace shared by two dozen cartoonists and comic book makers, plus friends of the studio, interns, and visiting artists. As far as we know, we’re the biggest such group in the Englishspeaking world, though I’m not sure…

HOW ARTISTS SHOULD READ A SCRIPT! Dilettante 008: Reading a Script A few months back, I shared some notes for writers on writing for an artist. It’s about time I shared some suggestions for artists. Here are some thoughts on how to read a script. First, all of these tips are AS TIME PERMITS. In a…

KATIE’S FIRST DRAWING TUTORIAL! Dilettante 007: Navigating Artists’ Alley Comic-Con will be here soon. (For you guys, that is. Not for me. I’ll be at my drawing board in Portland at work on another issue of Superior Foes of Spider-Man, the first issue of which just arrived in stores.) I’ve been asked to write a bit more…

IT’S THAT TIME OF THE YEAR! Dilettante 006: Convention Season I’ve been attending conventions as a professional for over 20 years, and my first as a fan was over 35 years ago. That was Pittcon, or the Pittsburgh ComiCon, or something like that. The convention was held at a shopping mall in Monroeville, the same…