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American comic book editor, comic book colorist, and travel writer
| Marie Javins
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| Nationality
| American
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| Area(s)
| Writer, Editor,
Colourist
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Marie Javins
(
;
[1]
born April 22, 1966) is an
American
comic book
editor, comic book colorist, and travel writer known for her long association with
Marvel Comics
and the
Teshkeel Media Group
. As of 2020, Javins is editor-in-chief of
DC Comics
.
Career
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Javins attended
Antioch College
and interned at Marvel Comics and
Epic Comics
. After graduation, she was hired as an editorial assistant and secretary for
Mark Gruenwald
. Javins became a full editor at Marvel and Epic Comics in the early nineties,
[2]
editing projects such as
Akira
,
Groo
, and
Alex Ross
's
Earth X
. She also colored more than 2,000 pages.
In 2001 Javins left Marvel to launch an around-the-world online project called MariesWorldTour.com.
[3]
She circumnavigated the globe twice, documenting her journeys extensively.
She subsequently worked with the Teshkeel Media Group as the series editor of
The 99
.
[4]
After a shakeup at Warner Media in August 2020, she became the co-editor-in-chief, with
Michele R. Wells
, for
DC Comics
.
[5]
In November 2020, Javins was named sole editor-in-chief of DC Comics.
[6]
Notes
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- ^
"Scott Snyder & James Tynion IV ? DC in Conversation"
- ^
Messer, Kate X. (May 12, 1995).
"Crossing the Lines"
.
Austin Chronicle
. Retrieved
April 22,
2012
.
- ^
Edelstein, David Adam (March 7, 2007).
"Marie Javins, "Stalking the Wild Dik-Dik"
"
.
The WELL
. Retrieved
June 7,
2012
.
- ^
Al Garf, Mohammed (May 10, 2010).
"Bahrain's first superhero"
.
Gulf Daily News
. Retrieved
June 7,
2012
.
- ^
"DC's new "eSports" publisher, Pam Lifford's plans and more fallout from Bloodbath Monday"
. 11 August 2020.
- ^
"DC Comics Promotes Marie Javins to Editor-in-Chief"
. 9 November 2020.
References
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| Preceded by
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Editor-in-Chief of DC Comics
2020?present
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Succeeded by
current
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