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As a writer, I have been known to produce best-selling fiction and non-fiction in various genres and in diverse forms of media.

As a consultant, I am a creative problem-solver with a bottom line mentally.

As an editor, I am a both a compassionate leader and a stern taskmaster who has worked with some of the most demanding licensees and tempermental creative people in the history of publishing.

Specialties:
With more than 30 years of publishing/wditing/writing/consultanting experience, I have faced almost every conceivable crisis and far too many inconceivable ones.

I have also created/developed dozens of characters that have been licensed for toys, comics and whatever!
Freelance writer

1994 – Present

Aside from the usual short stories, single issue comic book scripts and other odd writing jobs that are the lot of a freelance writer, I have produced the following material…
• The monthly comic book SPIDER-GIRL for MARVEL COMICS, a title I co-created and have written for over 10 years...which is currently being reprinted in a series of Digest Books that sell over 70,000 copies per issue.
• Comic Creators on Spider-Man (2004), Comic Creators on Fantastic Four (2005) and Comic Creators on X-Men (2006)...a series of non-fiction interview books for TITAN BOOKS.
• Pinocchio, The Pied Piper, Robin Hood, The Snow Queen and The Battle Unfolds...a series of childrens books for READER’S DIGEST.

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Editor in chief at Marvel Comics

1987 – 1994

• Grew net profits from publishing almost 500%
• Grew monthly output from an average of 60 profitable comic book titles per month to nearly 120 profitable comic book titles per month.
• Expanded and diversified Marvel’s publishing formats and price mix from $1.50 for the average comic book to $50 coffee table books.
• Supervised a team of three (3) Executive Editors, five (5) Group Editors and fifteen (15) Editorial Teams, who oversaw nearly 1,500 freelance creative people.
• Worked closely with both Domestic and International Licensing Divisions.
• Worked closely with West Coast Division on all animated and live action film projects.
• Worked closely with Sales, Marketing, Promotions, Legal and Accounting departments.
• Prepared and oversaw budget for the entire editorial and production departments.

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Executive Editor/Editor/Writer at Marvel Comics

January 1980 – April 1987 (7 years 4 months)

• Supervised the creation of a line of comic books that was marketed and aimed at younger readers and included well-known properties like BARBIE, CARE BEARS and various DISNEY titles.
• Was often lent to the West Coast Division where I worked on various animation projects and live action movies. (I consulted on every version of the Spider-Man Movie…except for the three that were actually made.)
• Worked closely with our UK Publishing Division and was even assigned there for four (4) months to teach the craft of creating comics to their editorial and freelance staff.
• Headed the creative team that helped HASBRO reintroduce the phenomenally successful GI JOE and TRANSFORMERS toy lines in both a comic books and animated television.

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Production Assistant/Editor/Writer at Archie Comics

July 1972 – July 1979

• Began in the Production/Editorial Department as a proofreader.
• Learned the craft of producing comics.
• Began to write scripts.
• Developed, designed and convinced the company to produce a line of Digest Comics, which eventually became and still is Archie’s most profitable publishing series.

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