Steve Lieber

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 040: Decorate, Decorate In this space, I’ve frequently made the case for a utilitarian approach to drawing comics. “Tell the story.” “Eliminate frills.” “Let your pictures…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 039: A Marathon Not a Sprint A couple of weeks ago, novelist Mettie Ivie Harrison wrote a short essay on her Tumblr account about writing emotions. She was…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 038: Paying It Forward I’m lucky. My comics career is in a great place right now. My studio is prospering. I’ve found a good workflow that…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 037: Appreciating Jaime Hernandez I’ve written before about Jaime Hernandez. About a year ago I noted: “… his razor sharp eye for human behavior, his wit,…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 036: Launching a New Creator-owned Series If you keep up with the North American comic book market, you might have seen the most recent edition of Previews, the…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 035: Holiday Gift Suggestions for Comics People The holidays are barreling down on us, and I’ll bet you’re as terrified as I am. You don’t know…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 034: Gratitude The culture of comics sometimes seems to be built on complaints. We spend so much time griping about our problems that it can be…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 033: Getting It Right I owe a lot of good things in my career to research. I don’t say this to boast, but from conversations I’ve…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 032: Revisiting Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home Fun Home, Alison Bechdel’s autobiographical graphic novel, first appeared in 2006, but it’s been in the news a lot over the…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 031: More Advice on Writing for an Artist I’ve been talking to a lot of Dilettante readers recently. (And thanks, by the way, to all of…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 030: Comics Convention Memories With cartoonists everywhere finding ourselves deep in the Spring-Summer convention season, and the big one Comic-Con International getting closer ever day, I…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 029: Sustaining Career Momentum Breaking into comics is tough; no one will disagree with that. But if you’re an artist getting ready for your first job,…