Steve Lieber

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 028: Things I Learned from Benjamin Dewey’s “The Tragedy Series” In earlier entries for this blog, I’ve written appreciations of artists like Will Eisner and Al Wiseman, who did…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 026: The Importance of Sketchbooks Telling stories with comics requires that an artist keep things consistent. Characters, settings and props generally need to look the same…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE! Dilettante 025: New Year’s Resolutions for a Comics Artist There’s a new year on the calendar. A week of double shifts at the drawing board has helped…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 024: Tips on Mentoring Way back in my 2nd column here on Toucan (click here to read it!), I called for a revival of mentorship via…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 023: Influences Last weekend I was riding Amtrak back from a convention when my train was delayed by a freight train. Stuck there in a comfortable…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 021: Ten Ways to Add Life to a Page Telling stories with comics is a long haul. A painter or a songwriter can sometimes go from…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 020: The Art of Self-Promotion There’s been a lot of chatter online the last week or so about an artist who is having trouble finding an…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILLETANTE Dilettante 019: What Makes an Artist Say Yes to a Script? What I describe here are choices made in ideal situations. The truth is that sometimes artists…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 018: Make No Mistake Last month I published a Dilettante column on creative advice that my peers and I wish we could give to our younger…

STEVE LIEBER’S DILETTANTE Dilettante 017: Mistakes Were Made I try to approach my career as a work in progress. I know I’m going to make any number of bad choices…