Steve Orlando

Steve Orlando
Born	(1985-08-14) August 14, 1985 Syracuse, New York
Nationality	American
Area(s)	Writer Editor
Notable works	Midnighter Batman and Robin Eternal Supergirl
http://thesteveorlando.com/

Steve Orlando (born August 14, 1985) is an American comic book writer. He is best known for his work for DC Comics writing characters such as Batman, Supergirl, and the Justice League, and two series starring Midnighter, which were nominated for a GLAAD Media Award.^[1]

Early life

Steve Orlando was born August 14, 1985, and grew up in Syracuse, New York. While attending Hamilton College in Clinton, he studied under Kamila Shamsie, as well as studying the comics industry with Steven T. Seagle and Joe Kelly of Man of Action, beginning in 2000. While at Hamilton, he produced an adaptation of John Milton's Paradise Lost for use by the English Department, before completing his degree in Russian Studies along with a senior fellowship in graphic novels, during which time he wrote, illustrated, and produced the graphic novel Folkloric. While at Hamilton, he lived abroad in Vladimir, Russia in 2007, studying at Tsentr Rusistiki Kora.^[2][3]

Career

Beginning in the year 2000, Orlando began attending conventions to make headway into the comics industry. Between 2000 and 2014, with the release of his first longform work, Undertow,^[4] he created and revised comics under the mentorship of Man of Action Studios and Vertigo editor Will Dennis, as well as publishing with 215 Ink, Poseur Ink, and working as a submissions editor for Leagues of Talent.

In 2009 and 2014, Orlando was part of the Outlaw Territory Anthology series at Image Comics, Volume 3 of which was nominated for Eisner and Harvey Awards. After releasing shorts for DC/Vertigo's Mystery in Space^[5] and CMYK:Yellow^[6] Anthologies, he released Undertow at Image Comics in 2014, followed by the original graphic novel Virgil in 2015.^[7]

In 2015, Orlando launched Midnighter for DC Entertainment as part of the DC You publishing initiative, with art by ACO. Midnighter named by io9 as one of the "20 Best Comics of 2015" and "The Best Portrayal of a Gay Superhero in Mainstream Comics."^[8][9] This series was followed by Midnighter and Apollo,^[10] celebrated for "...Just [having] the Realest Romantic Relationship in Superhero Comics..^[11] Both series were nominated for GLAAD Media Awards. Following Midnighter, Orlando was part of the Batman and Robin Eternal weekly event series, before launching both Supergirl and Justice League of America as part of the Rebirth publishing initiative.

In 2017 Orlando co-wrote the Batman/Shadow crossover event for DC Entertainment, followed by writing the sequel Shadow/Batman himself for Dynamite Entertainment. He was part of both the Kamandi Challenge, and Kirby 100 publishing events celebrating the 100th birthday of Jack Kirby.^{[12][13][14][15]}

In 2018, he worked with Gerard Way on the Milk Wars series, a crossover between the DC Universe and the DC Young Animal characters.^[16] In June 2018, he and Ryan Sook began writing The Unexpected, as part of the New Age of DC Heroes Publishing initiative.^[17][18]

Orlando has written for Hello Mr, with a short story illustrated by Sina Grace, in the magazine's first release in comic book format.

Personal life

Orlando is of Jewish, Russian, and Italian heritage. He was raised in Upstate New York. He is bisexual.^[19]

Selected bibliography

Awards and nominations

References