Comic History Obituary

Steven Brower – RIP

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.

From Fantagraphics mini-bio:

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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