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December 01, 2004

It's not my Fault

I was delighted to see that Rosen Publishing was smart enough to solicit their Library of Graphic Novelists via Diamond. The first wave of six titles are featured on page 310 of the December Diamond Previews catalogue.

I was also pleased to see that Diamond threw their spotlight on the books featuring Neil Gaiman and my own Will Eisner book.

Then I read the description.

Buried about halfway down it reads, “The author of this engaging book, a former Editor-in-Chief at Marvel and DC comics…”

Uh, no. I’ve been a Director, a Manager and currently a Senior Editor but have never been an Editor-in-Chief. Someone wasn’t reading my About the Author notes very carefully.

I immediately fired off an apologetic e-mail to Joe Quesada on the off chance he might think I was inflating my credentials. Next, I’m going upstairs to make it cool with Mike Carlin and Dan DiDio.

Sheesh. OK, I think the book is engaging but it’s not up to me.

Posted by Bob Greenberger at December 1, 2004 03:54 PM

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Of course, it would be kinda cool if you were Editor-in-Chief at either of those places...

Posted by: Michael A. Burstein [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 1, 2004 04:55 PM

Michael echoes my own thoughts. I'd especially love to see you in charge at DC. Maybe we could get Ostrander's SUICIDE SQUAD back. Or collected, at least.

Posted by: Julio Diaz at December 4, 2004 12:45 PM

Speaking of press coverage, I noticed that this week's edition of the Globe and Mail Books supplement that shows up along with its host newspaper every Saturday gave a positive mention to the DC Encyclopedia. If you want a scan of the paragraph in question, feel free to e-mail me directly. I think I've still got my copy in the house.

Yours,

Dwight

Posted by: Dwight Williams at December 5, 2004 05:56 PM

Bob,

Just be happy I don't proofread the catalog anymore. I would have promoted you to President & Publisher. Then you'd really have some 'splainin' to do.

And, for the record, I've always found you engaging, so why not your book?

-- L.

PS: Speaking of books by you, I just received my copy of the DC Encyclopedia last week. Well done!

Posted by: Lance Woods [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 6, 2004 08:58 PM