{{Short description|British Artist (1955-2008)}} {{for|the baseball player|Steve Whitaker (baseball)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{more citations needed|date=April 2015}} {{Infobox comics creator | image = Steve-whitaker-portrait-blue.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Steve Whitaker | alt = | birth_name = | birth_date = 26 June 1955 | birth_place = | death_place = | nationality = British | area = | cartoonist = | write = | art = | pencil = | ink = | edit = | publish = | letter = | color = y | alias = | signature = <!-- very optional --> | signature_alt = | notable works = ''V for Vendetta'' | awards = | website = http://stickismyfriend.livejournal.com | death_date={{Death date and age|2008|02|22|1955|6|26|df=yes}} }} '''Steve Whitaker''' (26 June 1955 – 22 February 2008) was a British artist best known as the colourist on the reprint of ''V for Vendetta''.
David Lloyd, the artist on ''V for Vendetta'', said Whitaker "was not only one of the finest colourists Britain has ever produced, but a great artist, a scholar of the comics medium, and a great teacher, too, who I worked with at The London Cartoon Centre in its various incarnations."<ref>[http://www.lforlloyd.com/news/2008_02.html#one_of_the_great_creators_of_v_for_vendetta_is_no_longer_with_us One Of The Great Creators Of V For Vendetta Is No Longer With Us], Dial L for Lloyd, February 24, 2008</ref>
==Biography== ''V for Vendetta'' was originally published in black and white in ''Warrior'', with colour added for the American reprint and continuation. He was also the author of ''The Encyclopedia of Cartooning Techniques''.<ref>''The Encyclopedia of Cartooning Techniques: A Unique A-Z Directory of Cartoon Techniques'' (Running Press, 1994) {{ISBN|978-1-56138-354-2}}</ref>
Whitaker had been an active member of the British Amateur Press Association until it was disbanded in 2004. Following his death, ex-member Tony Keen announced he would organise a one-off memorial mailing, as he had for fellow BAPAn Andy Roberts.<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/64731186@N00/40624111/ Steve Whitaker's cover illustration for Andy Roberts special]</ref><ref>[http://swisstone.livejournal.com/428652.html Tony Keen's LiveJournal announcement]</ref>
==Bibliography== *''V for Vendetta'' (colourist, with writer Alan Moore and artist David Lloyd, DC Comics, 1988) *''Saga of the Man-Elf'' #1-2 (with Michael Moorcock, Trident Comics, 1989) *''St. Swithin's Day'' (colourist, with writer Grant Morrison and artist Paul Grist, one-shot reprint, Trident Comics, 1990) * "The Last Party On Earth" (art, with writers Jean-Marc Lofficier/Randy Lofficier, ''A1'' #4, June 1990, {{ISBN|1-871878-56-X}}) *''The Encyclopedia of Cartooning Techniques: A Unique A-Z Directory of Cartoon Techniques'' (Running, 1994, {{ISBN|978-1-56138-354-2}}) * ''Street Fighter II: The Manga'' (colourist, Manga Publishing, 1995)
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==External links== *{{official website|http://stickismyfriend.livejournal.com}} *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/64731186@N00/ Steve Whitaker's Flickr gallery], including [https://www.flickr.com/photos/64731186@N00/91225077/ "Self-Portrait with Narrow Shoulders"] *[http://www.multiverse.org/fora/showthread.php?t=8000 Death of Steve Whitaker], Moorcock's Miscellany, February 24, 2008
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