bio
The Beginning...
Steven Griffin was born wriggling, on the mudflats of Borneo, in an emu-skin hut. His mother peddled gluten-free chocolate-fried socks at roadsides, while his father would seduce wild pigs from the surrounding swamps using only his charm. He would do this for both pleasure and sale at market. A debonair character, it was from this tireless pig matrimony (and their consequential butchery and sale, when he was done with them) that his father raised the funds required to send young Steven abroad, to a better land. Or at least, one with a lower mud-to-air ratio.

But Steven received far more from his father than a simple ticket to Australia on board a passing tamagotchi-smuggling tuna trawler (it was the 90's). No, 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 December 2002, 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 suave gent, B. Clay Moore.

The awards-he-didn't-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 coffee is better.