| Birth Place: | Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality: | German |
| Write: | y |
| Art: | y |
| Alias: | Hanzo |
| Nonus: | y |
Hans Steinbach (Hanzo) is a German comic book artist, born in Damascus, Syria to a German father and a Syrian mother.He draws in a contemporary/gothic manga style.He has had no formal training as an artist, but has an elegant style that has been formed through being raised travelling around the world with his family.Hans has lived in Syria, Canada, Marseille, France, Bonn, Germany, Beirut, Lebanon, Ankara, Turkey, Montreal, Quebec and most recently Beverly Hills, California.
His art in his first published novel, A Midnight Opera stands out against other styles, due to his misshapen bodies and the style in which he deceits their movement. This has been frowned upon at times, but has won over the majority of his audience.
During the time he worked on Poison Candy he was described as:[1]
Also, he is the cover artist of the Ghostbusters novel, Ghost Busted (2008), the graphic novel released after the film.
Hans' artistic talents have been influenced by Japanese artists, such as Go Nagai and Akira Toriyama and a passion for music such as heavy metal and goth, his musical idol being Yngwie Malmsteen.