bio
The Beginning...
Steven Griffin was born wriggling on the mudflats of Borneo in an emu-skin hut. His mother peddled emu-bladder socks at roadsides, in exchange for emu-eyelid tea cosies, and spoons fashioned from emu legs. There weren't a lot of resources in this village. For variety of diet, and other uses, his father would seduce wild pigs from the surrounding swamps using only his charm. A debonair character, it was from this tireless pig charming (and subsequent butchery and sale at market of excess piggies) that his father raised the funds required to send young Steven abroad. He wanted his son to know a better land. Or at least, one with a lower mud-to-oxygen ratio.

But Steven was to receive a far greater gift from his father than a simple ticket to Australia on board a passing tamagotchi-smuggling trawler (it was the 90's). For what he also inherited was a vast helping of the kind of unwavering optimism and sun-eclipsing charisma necessary for day-to-day survival in the comic book industry; a world notorious for it's smooth operators, players, hustlers and roguish vagabonds.

Modern Life...
Breaking into the comics scene in 2003, Steven was soon nominated for the Russ Manning Award for Best Newcomer for his work on Hawaiian Dick, a series he created with writer, and fellow dangerous opportunist, B. Clay Moore.

The awards-he-didn't-quite-win continued for Steven Griffin, receiving Eisner nominations for Best Colorist the next 3 years running; a rare achievement indeed for someone who colours only his own infrequently-released book. A universally praised series, Hawaiian Dick has also been optioned by New Line Cinema, where it is being developed as a feature film.

Steven has also contributed stories to the anthologies Put The Book Back On The Shelf: A Belle & Sebastian Anthology, and 4 Letter Worlds, both of which are pretty neat.

Right now he resides in Sydney, Australia, which is only slightly more polluted than his home town of Perth, but closer to nice places like Melbourne where the cafés are better.