Chip Zdarsky

Chip Zdarsky
Zdarsky at Lucca Comics & Games 2015
BornSteven Murray
(1975-12-21) December 21, 1975 (age 48)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Area(s)Artist
Notable works
Sex Criminals
Batman
Spider-Man: Life Story
Peter Parker, The Spectacular Spider-Man
Daredevil
Howard the Duck
Jughead

Steve Murray (born December 21, 1975[1]), known by the pen-name Chip Zdarsky (/zəˈdɑːrski/[2]), is a Canadian comic book artist and writer, journalist, illustrator, and designer. Murray worked for National Post for over a decade, until 2014, as an illustrator and humorist, writing and illustrating the "Extremely Bad Advice" column as well as The Ampersand, the online edition of the newspaper's pop culture section.

He uses the Zdarsky pseudonym for comics-related work, including Prison Funnies, Monster Cops, and as artist and co-creator of Sex Criminals with writer Matt Fraction.[1] He has contributed to comics such as Howard the Duck, Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man, Daredevil, Spider-Man: Life Story, and Spider-Man: Spider's Shadow for Marvel Comics, Batman for DC Comics, and Jughead for Archie Comics.

He has also used the pseudonym Todd Diamond.[3]

  1. ^ a b Medley, Mark (28 November 2014). "A dream invite from Marvel to resurrect Howard the Duck". The Globe and Mail.
  2. ^ Chip Zdarsky spills Daredevil Secrets – Ask Marvel
  3. ^ Bayon, Arthur (3 June 2023). "Chip Zdarsky: «Je ne surprends personne avec mes "révélations" sur l'industrie des comics!»". Le Figaro.