Steve Dillon Passes Away
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Sad news this week as British veteran artist Steve Dillon passed away in New York City. The artist attended New York Comic Con earlier this month.
The news was confirmed by his brother Glyn on Twitter when he tweeted "Sad to confirm the death of Steve, my big brother and my hero He passed away in the city he loved (NYC). He will be sorely missed. Cheers x"
Steve Dillon is best known for his work on the DC/Vertigo series Preacher with writer (and long-time collaborator) Garth Ennis. The series ran from 1995 to 2000, and was recently adapted into a successful TV series on AMC. More recently, he was part of Marvel's relaunched The Punisher series with Becky Cloonan.
Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England in 1962, Steve Dillon entered the comic book industry in 1975 with a comic book done during high school titled Ultimate Sci Fi Adventures. His career led him to work with Marvel UK, several comic book magazines such as Warrior, Doctor Who and 2000 AD before co-founding the cult favourite magazine Deadline with Brett Ewins in 1988.
After early forays into North American comic books in the late 1980s, Dillon began working on DC/Vertigo's Hellblazer in 1992 with Ennis, eventually transitioning to their own book with the publisher, Preacher. After the conclusion of Preacher in 2000, Dillon (along with Ennis) transitioned to Marvel's The Punisher - beginning a long run on the character through various series and miniseries, and with various writers after Ennis including Cloonan and Jason Aaron.
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