Alex Saviuk is an American

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 comic book

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 artist primarily known for his work on the Marvel Comics

Marvel Comics

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 character Spider-Man

Spider-Man

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Biography

Saviuk was born on August 17, 1952 ( this is a correction by Alex Saviuk: it's not 1953 as stated above. That 1953 birth year was based on the article cited down below regarding "Where were you in June, 1962?" Since his birthday is in August he would have been 9 in June as stated in the article but turned 10 on his birthday in August thereby making his birth year 1952. ) Alex grew up on Long Island, New York, graduating from Floral Park Memorial High School

Floral Park Memorial High School

Floral Park Memorial High School is a coeducational, public high school in Floral Park, New York, United States. It is one of five schools in the Sewanhaka Central High School District...

 in 1970. He attended the School of Visual Arts

School of Visual Arts

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, where he studied with (among others) Will Eisner

Will Eisner

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, graduating in 1974 with a degree in Illustration. Saviuk also studied biology at Hofstra University

Hofstra University

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 and York College

York College, City University of New York

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Saviuk's professional career began in 1977 at DC Comics

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, where he illustrated such titles as Green Lantern, The Flash

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and Superman

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. In the early 1980s, Saviuk was the regular backup feature artist on Action Comics

Action Comics

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, where he drew the exploits of characters like the Atom, Air-Wave, and Aquaman

Aquaman

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In 1986, Saviuk moved to Marvel Comics

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, where he eventually established himself as a key Spider-Man

Spider-Man

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 artist with a seven-year run on Web of Spider-Man

Web of Spider-Man

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(issues #35-116). From 1994–1996, Saviuk worked on the series Spider-Man Adventures (later retitled The Adventures of Spider-Man). Since 1997, Saviuk has drawn The Amazing Spider-Man Sunday newspaper comic strip, written by Stan Lee

Stan Lee

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; since 2003, he has inked the daily Spider-Man strip, written by Lee's brother Larry Lieber

Larry Lieber

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In 1997–1998, he spent a one-year stint at Topps Comics

Topps Comics

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 drawing The X-Files

The X-Files (comics)

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until the end of its run.

Some of the characters Saviuk has co-created include Sunburst

Sunburst (comics)

Sunburst is the name of two fictional Japanese superheroes published by DC Comics.-Takeo Sato:This Sunburst first appeared in New Adventures of Superboy #45 , and was created by Paul Kupperberg and Alex Saviuk. Takeo Sato gained the ability to turn solar energy into light or heat after inhaling...

 (with Paul Kupperberg

Paul Kupperberg

Paul Kupperberg is a former editor for DC Comics, and a prolific writer of comic books and newspaper strips.-Biography:Kupperberg entered the comics field from comics fandom, as had his brother, writer/artist Alan Kupperberg...

), Olympian

Olympian (comics)

Olympian is a fictional character, a superhero published by DC Comics. Olympian first appeared in DC Comics Presents #46 , and was created by Nelson Bridwell and Alex Saviuk.-Fictional character biography:...

 (with E. Nelson Bridwell

E. Nelson Bridwell

Edward Nelson Bridwell was a writer for Mad magazine and various comic books published by DC Comics. One of the writers for the Batman comic strip and Super Friends, he also wrote The Inferior Five, among other comics...

), Tombstone

Tombstone (comics)

Tombstone is a supervillain in the fictional Marvel universe. The character was created by Gerry Conway and Alex Saviuk and first appeared in Web of Spider-Man #36 .-Fictional character biography:...

 (with Gerry Conway

Gerry Conway

Gerard F. "Gerry" Conway is an American writer of comic books and television shows. He is known for co-creating the Marvel Comics vigilante The Punisher and scripting the death of the character Gwen Stacy during his long run on The Amazing Spider-Man...

), and the New Enforcers

New Enforcers

The New Enforcers is a supervillain team in Marvel Comics.-Fictional team biography:After the fall of the Kingpin, the New Enforcers were one of the groups contesting for control of the remains of his empire. Their main adversary was Spider-Man, but they also contended with Blood Rose, a.k.a....

 (with Terry Kavanagh

Terry Kavanagh

Terrence "Terry" Kavanagh is an American comic book editor and writer.-Biography:Kavanagh was a Marvel Comics editor during the late 1980s and 1990s...

).

In addition to comics, Saviuk does storyboards for advertising agencies and, occasionally, film and animation studios.

Saviuk lives in Port Orange, Florida

Port Orange, Florida

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, with his wife Jodi and their two children, Daniel and Erica.