Steve Fiorilla, 1961-2009

According to a blog post from the esteemed writer about comics Bhob Stewart and confirmed through the artist's own web presence, Steve Fiorilla died on July 29 in his adopted hometown of Buffalo, New York, in one of that area's hospitals. He was 48 years old.

Fiorilla worked in a variety of media, favoring an EC Comics-informed grotesque style for a lot of his higher-profile projects. He placed work in Heavy Metal, High Times and a variety of smaller and more specialty productions including mini-comics. He also worked for Ed Roth on a variety of illustrations and design projects. He may be best known for his film work, creating masks and creatures for a variety of projects. His "Guillotine" animated logo for MTV was one of the more popular and recognizable bumpers used by that network.

Fiorilla also wrote film reviews utilizing the Sam Fuller-flavored nom de plume Jacques Coredor.

The Stewart post linked-to at the start of this article provides any number of avenues by which one may see Fiorilla's work on-line. A number of images copyrighted to the late artist's estate may be found here, including the sketchbook image utilized in this post.
 
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