| Steve Rude | |
 Steve Rude at the New York Comiccon 2008 |
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| Born | December 31, 1956 Madison, Wisconsin |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker, Writer |
| Notable works | Nexus |
Steve Rude (born December 31, 1956) is an American comic book artist. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Nexus is an American Comic book series created by Writer Mike Baron and Penciler Steve Rude in 1981. Events 406 – Vandals, Alans and Suebians cross the Rhine, beginning an invasion of Gallia. Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A comic book (often shortened to simply comic and sometimes called a comic paper or comic magazine) is a Magazine or Book of narrative He was born in Madison, Wisconsin. Madison is the capital of the US state of Wisconsin and the County seat of Dane County.
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Biography
In 1982, Rude became widely known in the comics world when he and writer Mike Baron created Nexus, an independent science fiction comic book with a large supporting cast. Events Year overall Steve Gerber sues Marvel over rights to his character Howard the Duck, and brings out his own Destroyer Duck Mike Baron is the creator of comic books Badger and (along with Steve Rude) Nexus. Nexus is an American Comic book series created by Writer Mike Baron and Penciler Steve Rude in 1981. For the Nexus series, Rude designed a dozen or so distinctive alien races, including the Thunes, the Amphibs, the Quattros, the Giz, the Demons, and others. The stories were complex and thought-provoking because of their treatment of difficult themes related to justice, guilt and addiction.
Baron and Rude's Nexus stories garnered a large fan following and ran for eighty issues (although Rude did not pencil them all) and seven short almost-yearly mini-series after the initial series ended.
Rude has won four Eisner Awards and one Kirby Award, as well as a Russ Manning Award. The Will Eisner Comic Industry Award is a prize given for creative achievement in American Comic books It is named in honor of the pioneering writer and artist Will Eisner The Jack Kirby Award for achievement in Comic books was presented from 1985-1987 by Amazing Heroes magazine and managed by Dave Olbrich The Russ Manning Most Promising Newcomer Award is an award presented to a Comic book artist whose first professional work appeared within the previous two years
Rude more recently co-created and penciled The Moth (with writer/inker Gary Martin) in 2004, while continuing to teach art classes and do commissioned work. The Moth (real name Jack Mahoney) is a fictional superhero published by Dark Horse Comics. Events February February 6: Marvel Enterprises and Electronic Arts announce a multi-year agreement in which EA
Announced on November 15, 2006 is Rude's own "Rude Dude Productions", a new publishing entity that will release new issues of Nexus and The Moth in 2007 as well as an anthology series. Events January January 1 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons The new Nexus series will mark Rude's first work with Baron since the last issue published by Dark Horse Comics. Dark Horse Comics is one of the largest independent American Comic book publishers behind dominant publishers Marvel Comics and DC Comics The new issue will be counted as #99 and is scheduled for a July 2007 release. Events January January 10: Superman & Batman vs Aliens & Predator released
Style
Rude's style is a mixture of 1960s smooth lines and square jaws (reminiscent of Jack Kirby) and more modern work with thick lines and complex compositions. Jack Kirby (born Jacob Kurtzberg, August 28, 1917 &ndash February 6, 1994) was an American Comic book He is also a master of page design, many of his comic book panels changing and merging with each other into new shapes allowing for panel progression that often has a strong sense of the passage of time.
Rude has credited comic book and animator Alex Toth as a major influence, and in 1987, Rude drew a Space Ghost comic special for Comico Comics, based on the Alex Toth designed Hanna-Barbera 1960's science-fiction action cartoon. Alex Toth ( June 25, 1928 &ndash May 27, 2006) pronounced with a long "o" was an acclaimed professional Cartoonist Space Ghost is a character created by Hanna-Barbera Productions and designed by Alex Toth. Comico - The Comic Company was an American Comic book company headquartered in Norristown Pennsylvania.
Rude is also a devotee of the illustrator Andrew Loomis, an influence that is evident in his style and particularly in his sketchbooks. William Andrew Loomis (1892-1959 was an Illustrator from the United States.
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External links
- Steve Rude official website
- RudeDude Productions official website
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