Death and Legacy
Before his untimely death in 2008 from leukemia, Stevens was working on a career retrospective collection of his work to be titled Brush with Passion – The Life and Art of Dave Stevens from Spectrum Publishing. That book was published by Underwood Books in 2008.
His work has had a significant influence on comic book and fantasy illustrators, among them Adam Hughes.
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