STEVE FASTNER (Airbrush artist) writes: "I was born in 1954 in St. Paul, Minnesota. In the 1960s I developed a liking for comic books, monsters and sci-fi movies." "In 1974, I attended St. Paul Vocational Technical School for Commercial Art, where I took an evening airbrush class. Then I went to the Minneapolis College of Art and Design for one-and-a-half years." "I got a job in a small advertising agency doing layouts, retouching and keylining. I went freelance in 1980, specializing in airbrush art." "I discovered Minneapolis comic-book fandom in 1973 when I picked up a fanzine called Morpheus, with artwork by Rich Larson. I met Rich at a ComicCon, and eventually we teamed up on paintings for Sal Quartuccio Publications like Hot Stuff, Pin-Up Portfolios, Rich Larson's Haunted House of Lingerie and the Demon Baby comic miniseries." "We've also done paperback covers for Byron Preiss Visual Publications, trading cards for Topps, album and CD covers for various metal bands, posters, t-shirts, etc..."