Alex Saviuk (/ˈsævɪk/ born August 17, 1952) is an American comics artist primarily known for his work on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man.
Alex Saviuk grew up on Long Island, New York, graduating from Floral Park Memorial High School in 1970. He attended the School of Visual Arts, where he studied with (among others) Will Eisner, graduating in 1974 with a degree in Illustration. Saviuk also studied biology at Hofstra University and York College.
Saviuk's professional career began in 1977 at DC Comics, where he illustrated such titles as , , and . Saviuk's first work for DC was a one-page story titled "The Victim!" in #255 (Nov.-Dec. 1977). His first full work for the company, #100 (Jan. 1978), introduced an updated version of the Air Wave character.[9] Saviuk drew #275 (July 1979) wherein the title character's wife, Iris West Allen was killed.
In the early 1980s, Saviuk was the regular backup feature artist on , where he drew the exploits of Air Wave, Aquaman, and the Atom in collaboration with writer Bob Rozakis. Rozakis stated in a 2014 interview that "I don't recall how we ended up with the three of them. It may have simply been that all three had names that began with 'A' and it was a backup. Saviuk frequently drew the "Whatever Happened to...?" backup feature. He and writer E. Nelson Bridwell introduced the Global Guardians in #46 (June 1982).
Sunday strip from 2004. Pencils by Saviuk, inks by Joe Sinnott.
In 1986, Saviuk moved to Marvel Comics, where he eventually established himself as a key Spider-Man artist with a seven-year run on (issues #35–116). It was the longest run of a single artist on that series. In 1989, he drew graphic novel. From 1994 to 1997, Saviuk worked on the series (later retitled ). Beginning in 1997, Saviuk drew Sunday newspaper comic strip, written by Stan Lee and inked by Joe Sinnott. Starting in 2003, he inked the daily Spider-Man strip, pencilled by Lee's brother Larry Lieber. After Lieber retired from the daily strip in September 2018, Saviuk took over as penciller as well and stayed on until the cancellation of the strip in March 2019 He created variant covers for #1–5 (2019).
In 1997–1998, he spent a one-year stint at Topps Comics drawing until the end of its run.[15] For writer and filmmaker Robert Tinnell, Saviuk (alternating with Ed Piskor) did the artwork for the comic strip , first published online and, in 2005, as a collected print edition which has been nominated for an Eisner Award as "Best Graphic Album - Reprint" in 2006. In 2018, Tinnell adapted it for an eponymous movie.
In 2004, Alex Saviuk returned to The Phantom, a character he had already drawn in in 1987, this time for European publisher Egmont. He has drawn numerous comics since then. From 2018 to 2019, he pencilled and inked the first and fourth issue of the new anthology series.
Some of the characters Saviuk has co-created include Arkiss Chummuck and Malet Dasim of the Green Lantern Corps (with Bob Toomey), Sunburst (with Paul Kupperberg), Olympian (with E. Nelson Bridwell), Tombstone (with Gerry Conway), Nightwatch and the New Enforcers (both with Terry Kavanagh).
In addition to comics, Saviuk does storyboards for advertising agencies and, occasionally, film and animation studios. Among the films he storyboarded are and .
Saviuk lives in Florida with his wife. They have two children.