Ethan Van Sciver (b. September 3, 1974) is an American comic book artist, best known for illustrating a number of titles including Green Lantern, Superman/Batman, New X-Men, and currently, The Flash: Rebirth. He is known for having consistently detailed rendering in his work.
Van Sciver was born in Utah, and grew up in South New Jersey. He decided on a career in the comic book field after seeing "Superman: The Movie as a child," but read comics "...
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Ethan Van Sciver (b. September 3, 1974) is an American comic book artist, best known for illustrating a number of titles including Green Lantern, Superman/Batman, New X-Men, and currently, The Flash: Rebirth. He is known for having consistently detailed rendering in his work.
Van Sciver was born in Utah, and grew up in South New Jersey. He decided on a career in the comic book field after seeing "Superman: The Movie as a child," but read comics "mostly just... for the pictures, until John Byrne's "Man of Steel" in 1986, the first time he really started reading the books."
He was involved in art in various forms before his comics work, speaking in 2005, he said:
Van Sciver cites Chris Claremont and Jon Bogdanove's "Fantastic Four vs. X-Men" as a strong influence, telling a group of fans at Comic-Con International that:
Van Sciver's entry into the comics industry came when he was 19 years old, and created, "a horrible little character called Cyberfrog." Cyberfrog was written and drawn...
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