Drawing history from the front row, in marker, ink, and nerve.
Courtroom · Storyboards · Sequential Art · Los Angeles · Since 1975
As Seen On
Five decades of work carried by the national press, drawn at landmark trials, and storyboarded for the major studios.
The Courtroom
Originals drawn from life at the biggest trials of the era, in color marker and ink. Each is one of a kind and available to acquire.
Original trial art from Steve’s private collection
One-of-a-kind courtroom originals, available July 15 to August 1, 2026. Collectors get the first chance to own a piece of history.
O.J. Simpson Civil Trial
O.J. Simpson
“If It Doesn’t Fit” · The Glove
Michael Jackson in Court
Marion “Suge” Knight
Closing to the Jury
More courtroom originals available, just ask.
Film & Storyboards
Before the cameras roll, someone has to draw the movie. Steve has storyboarded for major motion pictures, blocking out the action shot by shot.
Stigmata
1999 · Dir. Rupert Wainwright · heavy ink
The Day After Tomorrow
2004 · Dir. Roland Emmerich · 20th Century Fox / Centropolis · pencil
Storyboard Credits
- A Little Bit of Heaven2011
- The Day After Tomorrow2004
- Along Came Polly2004
- Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights2004
- Equilibrium2002
- Stigmata1999
How a movie gets seen before it is shot
Steve speaks on storyboarding for the movies: what it takes to be the first person to put a director's vision on paper, and the craft of blocking out blockbuster films shot by shot. The storyboard artist is often the first to help a director see the picture. Available for talks, panels, and seminars.
Personal Work
When he isn't in a courtroom, Steve draws what he loves most: music. This is where his style runs free.
Little Richard
A pen-and-ink tribute to the architect of rock and roll, his crown of hair packed with the songs that built it: Good Golly Miss Molly, Long Tall Sally, Tutti Frutti, Rip It Up. Steve’s love of music runs through everything he draws.
Steve Werblun · 2020 · original available
Fantasy Art
Ballpoint pen · originals available
Strange Stories for Strange People
A graphic-novel anthology of five standalone tales in the spirit of The Twilight Zone and Tales from the Crypt, published by Strangely Studios.
Cook and the Pusher
Steve illustrated this seven-page story in full: pencils, inks, and hand lettering, all his. Sequential art is where he does what comes most naturally, telling a story in pictures.
Written by Dirk Strangely, underground artist and founder of Artifactism™. Illustrated by Steve Werblun. Strangely Studios.
About Steve
At the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences.In 1975, on his way to Hollywood, Steve borrowed a press pass to watch the Liberty Bell get moved. The weather killed the photographers’ shots. The artist in the room got it instead.
That accident started a career. For nearly thirty years he covered the country’s biggest trials for every major news outlet, drawing fast in color marker from a folding chair. His drawing of Judge Ito and the cast of the O.J. Simpson trial still hangs above the juror box in Ito’s courtroom.
He made it to Hollywood too, drawing storyboards for the movies. And away from all of it he draws what he loves most: music, characters, and full stories in pictures.
Everything here was drawn by hand. Originals are available, and Steve takes commissions.
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To buy an original or commission a piece, reach Steve directly.
steve.werblun@gmail.com