Steven Brower – RIP
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Graphic designer, author, and comic book historian Steven Brower has passed away.
Steven Ian Brower
June 23, 1952 – July 24, 2026
Steven’s wife Kati announced to the public of his passing.
Steven Brower is an award-winning former Creative Director for Print, a former art director at the New York Times and The Nation, co-author and designer of Woody Guthrie Artworks (Rizzoli, 2005), and author of Satchmo: The Wonderful Art and World of Louis Armstrong (Abrams, 2009). He is on the faculty of Kean University in Union, NJ, Marywood University in Scranton, PA, and The School of Visual Arts in New York City.
Steven Brower created cover designs for a multitude of books. For the past twenty years that included covers for his own authored biographies and art books including comic book histories.
Amazon has a page of Steven Brower books which includes comic related histories:
From Shadow to Light: The Life and Art of Mort Meskin
Mort Meskin: Out of The Shadows
Comics Ad Men
Crime Comics Confidential
Golden Age Western Comics
Astounding, Mysterious, Weird and True: The Pulp Art of Comic Book Artists
Fatal Femme Fatales: Women in Crime Golden Age Comic Book Stories
Wikipedia has a brief profile of Steven.
Steven’s art is on display at the Steven Brower Design Facebook page and the Steven Brower Instagram page.
Print has an archive of a few dozen Brower articles about art, design and comics.
Also at Print: Steven Heller says goodbye to friend and colleague Steven Brower.
We have a fine record of his words and works, but his person will be inconsolably missed.
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