Hans Steinbach

Hans Steinbach (Hanzo) is a German comic book artist, born in Damascus, Syria to a German father and a Syrian mother. He draws in a contemporary/gothic manga style. He has had no formal training as an artist, but has an elegant style that has been formed through being raised travelling around the world with his family. Hans has lived in Syria, Canada, Marseille, France, Bonn, Germany, Beirut, Lebanon, Ankara, Turkey, Montreal, Quebec and most recently Beverly Hills, California.

His art in his first published novel, A Midnight Opera stands out against other styles, due to his misshapen bodies and the style in which he deceits their movement. This has been frowned upon at times, but has won over the majority of his audience.

During the time he worked on Poison Candy he was described as:

still at the raw and awkward stage in terms of drawing for graphic storytelling. Hanzo has some kinks to work out in cartooning human anatomy, basic figure drawing, depicting figures in motion, and posing and placing characters in environments, especially when drawing more than one character in a panel or scene. Still, Hanzo is both stylish and strong on the substance of storytelling.

Hans' artistic talents have been influenced by Japanese artists, such as Go Nagai and Akira Toriyama and a passion for music such as heavy metal and goth, his musical idol being Yngwie Malmsteen.