Steve McNiven

Steve McNiven
McNiven at the October 10, 2010 New York Comic Con in Manhattan, New York
Born	Steven McNiven 1967 (age 48–49) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nationality	Canadian
Area(s)	Penciller
Notable works	Meridian Ultimate Secret New Avengers Civil War
www.stevemcniven.com

Steven "Steve" McNiven is a Canadian comic book artist. He first gained prominence on CrossGen's Meridian, before moving onto books such as Ultimate Secret, New Avengers and Civil War.

Career

McNiven first came into prominence after he took over as a penciller of CrossGen's Meridian title following the departure of Josh Middleton.

Later, he gained more fame working for Marvel Comics as the penciller of Marvel Knights 4, Ultimate Secret and New Avengers. McNiven was the penciller of the Marvel mini-series Civil War working with Mark Millar. He followed this by provided the art for the Wolverine storyline "Old Man Logan" and the Icon Comics mini-series Nemesis, both with Millar.^[1]

Bibliography

Marvel Knights 4 #2 cover art.

Interior work

CrossGen

• Meridian #6-7, 9-12, 14-17, 19-21, 23-26, 29-30, 33-36 (with Barbara Kesel, 2001–03)
• Mystic #7 (with Ron Marz, 2000)
• Archard's Agents: Deadly Dare (with Chuck Dixon, one-shot, 2004)
• Sigil #6 (with Barbara Kesel, 2000)

Marvel

• The Amazing Spider-Man #546-548: "Brand New Day" (with Dan Slott, 2008)
• AvX: VS #2: "Captain America vs. Gambit" (script and art, 2012)
• Avengers Finale (with Brian Michael Bendis, among other artists, one-shot, 2005)
• Captain America, vol 6, #1-5: "American Dreamers" (with Ed Brubaker, 2011)
• Civil War #1-7 (with Mark Millar, 2006–07)
• Death of Wolverine #1-4 (with Charles Soule, 2014)
• Marvel Knights 4 #1-7 (with Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, 2004)
• Guardians of The Galaxy, vol. 3, #0.1-3 (with Brian Michael Bendis, 2013)
• Nemesis, miniseries, #1-4 (with Mark Millar, Icon, 2010–11)
• New Avengers (with Brian Michael Bendis):
  • "The Sentry" (in #7-10, 2005)
  • "The Collective" (in #16, 2006)
  • "Dark Reign" (with Billy Tan and various artists, in #50, 2009)
• Ultimate Secret #1-2 (with Warren Ellis, Marvel, 2005)
• Uncanny Avengers #14-17 (with Rick Remender, 2013-2014)
• Uncanny Inhumans #0-4 (with Charles Soule, 2015–16)
• Wolverine #66-72 (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2008–09)
• Wolverine: Old Man Logan Giant-Size (with Mark Millar, Marvel, 2009)

Cover work

• Marvel Knights 4 #8-12, 15, 17, 19 (Marvel, 2004–2005)
• District X #1-6, 8 (Marvel, 2004–2005)
• Spider-Man Unlimited #3 (Marvel, 2004)
• New Avengers #1, 17-18 (Marvel, 2005–2006)
• Powerless #6 (Marvel, 2005)
• What If... Jessica Jones Had Joined the Avengers? (Marvel, 2005)
• Ultimate Secret #3-4 (Marvel, 2005)
• Marvel Knights Spider-Man #13-18 (Marvel, 2005)
• Witchblade #95 (Top Cow, 2006)
• Daredevil #82 (Marvel, 2006)
• Red Sonja #8, 15 (Dynamite, 2006)
• Battlestar Galactica #0 (Dynamite, 2006)
• The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger Born #4 (Marvel, 2007)
• The Order #1 (Marvel, 2007)
• Kick-Ass #1 (Icon, 2008)
• Wonderlost #2 (Image, 2008)
• The Last Defenders #1 (Marvel, 2008)
• Secret Invasion #1-4 (Marvel, 2008)
• Marvel Comics Presents #9 (Marvel, 2008)
• The Marvels Project #1-8 (Marvel, 2009–2010)
• Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Exodus #1 (Marvel, 2009)
• Wolverine vol 4 #1 (Marvel, 2010)
• Superior #2 (Icon, 2011)
• Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man #154, 158 (Marvel, 2011)
• Fear Itself #1-7 (Marvel, 2011)
• The Amazing Spider-Man Annual #38 (Marvel, 2011)
• Deadpool Annual #1 (Marvel, 2011)
• Incredible Hulks Annual #1 (Marvel, 2011)
• The Avengers v4 #24.1 (Marvel, 2012)
• Avenging Spider-Man #6 (Marvel, 2012)
• Wolverine vol 1, #305 (Marvel, 2012)
• Wolverine vol 6, #8-12 (Marvel, 2014)

Notes

1. Renaud, Jeffrey (December 4, 2009). ""Nemesis" Asks: What if Batman was The Joker?". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved December 6, 2009.

References

• Marvel Spotlight: Mark Millar/Steve McNiven (Marvel, 2006) includes an interview with McNiven
• Steve McNiven on Marvel.com

External links

• Official website
• CG Sneak Peek: Ruse: Archard's Agents - Deadly Dare, Comics Bulletin, March 8, 2004
• Steve McNiven at the Comic Book DB
• Steve McNiven Q&A, Comics Bulletin, March 18, 2004