Derek G. Skinn (1951-02-04) 4 February 1951 (age 73) Yorkshire, England, UK
Nationality
British
Area(s)
Writer, Editor, Publisher
Notable works
Marvel UK Warrior Comics International
Awards
Eagle Awards, 1977, 1978, 1983, 1985 Society of Strip Illustration, 1982 National Comics Awards, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003
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Derek Graham "Dez" Skinn (born 4 February 1951)[1] is a British comic and magazine editor, and author of a number of books on comics. As head of Marvel Comics' operations in England in the late 1970s, Skinn reformatted existing titles, launched new ones, and acquired the BBC license for Doctor Who Weekly. After leaving Marvel UK, Skinn founded and edited Warrior, which featured key works by Alan Moore.
Called by some the "British Stan Lee,"[2] Skinn is one of British comics' most influential figures. He has also caused no small amount of controversy in his career, specifically related to legal issues regarding his publishing new adventures of the 1950s character Marvelman, as well as charges of plagiarism about Skinn's 2004 book Comix: The Underground Revolution.
^Miller, John Jackson. "Comics Industry Birthdays", Comics Buyer's Guide, 10 June 2005. Accessed 14 August 2010. WebCitation archive.
^Badham, Matthew. "Doctor Who: Adventures in Space, Time & Comics," Comic Book Resources (1 July 2010).
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first work was for Warren Publishing in the 1970s before working with DezSkinn at Marvel UK as well as work for 2000 AD. He later became editor-in-chief...
black-and-white Marvel UK comics anthology published under the editorship of DezSkinn starting in 1979. After starring for many years in the Marvel UK flagship...
Quality Communications was a British publishing company founded by DezSkinn that operated from 1982 to c. 2008. The company's most notable publications...
The strip was one of the least popular in that title; editor/publisher DezSkinn remarked, "If I'd have given each character their own title, the failures...
Night Raven first appeared in Hulk Comic #1 (March 7, 1979). Creator DezSkinn spoke on the creation of the character stating, "Chicago has gangsters...
Rider, Woodstock, Bob Dylan, and Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and according to DezSkinn, author of Comix: The Underground Revolution, the strip served as an inspiration...
in August 1978 Stan Lee headhunted DezSkinn. In what the specialist press called "the Marvel Revolution", Skinn insisted on funds being made available...
the rights to the character all along. When planning Warrior, editor DezSkinn planned a similar set of content to his work with Marvel UK, and identified...
emigrated to Australia in 1970 he handed the zine on to two contributors, DezSkinn and Paul McCartney, to continue. (Dodson, meanwhile, returned from Australia...
graphic novel, and has been called the first British graphic novel. In 1982 DezSkinn launched Warrior, possibly the most notable comic of the period, as it...
31 October 2011, aged 96. Quality Communications founder and publisher DezSkinn remembered the character fondly and enlisted writer Alan Moore to revive...
media, as well as producing its own comic strip. Its founding editor was DezSkinn, and the longest-serving editor was Tom Spilsbury who served from 2007...
instigation of DezSkinn of Quality Communications, for the anthology Warrior. There are conflicting accounts of how this was arranged; Skinn has claimed...
of a new monthly magazine called Warrior. The magazine was founded by DezSkinn, a former editor of both IPC (publishers of 2000 AD) and Marvel UK, and...
2003), pp. 5–8. Skinn, Dez. "Early days of UK comics conventions and marts," Archived February 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine DezSkinn.com. Accessed March...
The series was Bagge's first one-man comics anthology. Described by DezSkinn in Comix: The Underground Revolution as the work which "threw Peter Bagge...
several influential figures in the current British comics scene, including DezSkinn, Nick Landau, Richard Burton, Angus McKie and – crucially – Dave Gibbons...
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