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Stephen Hickman
Born(1949-04-09)April 9, 1949
Washington, D.C., United States
DiedJuly 16, 2021(2021-07-16) (aged 72)
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Writer, Artist
Awards
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Stephen Hickman (April 9, 1949 – July 16, 2021[1]) was an American artist, illustrator, sculptor, and author.

Biography

Hickman's professional career was launched in 1972 when he got a job creating T-shirt designs for Shirt Explosion in Lanham, Maryland. Hickman was given virtually unlimited artistic freedom. His entry into book illustration came in 1974, when Neal Adams of Continuity Studios introduced Hickman to Charles Volpe, art editor at Ace Books. Volpe bought the printing rights of items from Hickman's portfolio, and later commissioned paintings which were used for reprints of Ace Doubles in the Classics of Science-Fiction series. Hickman then became a full-time artist.[1] His most prominent work is Space Fantasy Stamps, a series of science fiction and fantasy postage stamps made for the United States Postal Service.[1] These stamps are a series of five scenes that depict space travel.[2]

Awards

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Stephen Hickman, Award-Winning Sci-Fi/Fantasy Painter, Passed Away". CBR. July 17, 2021. Archived from the original on July 18, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Hughs, Larry (1993-03-05). "Universal Illustrator". Poughkeepsie Journal. pp. 1E. Archived from the original on 2021-07-18. Retrieved 2021-07-18.
  3. ^ "1994 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Archived from the original on 2011-05-07. Retrieved 2010-04-19.
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