Ben Abernathy is the senior editor at WildStorm Productions

Wildstorm

WildStorm Productions, or simply WildStorm, published American comic books. Originally an independent company established by Jim Lee and further expanded upon in subsequent years by other creators, WildStorm became a publishing imprint of DC Comics in 1999...

 a comic book

Comic book

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 company that also acts as an imprint

Imprint

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 of DC Comics

DC Comics

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Biography

Abernathy has held editorial positions at both Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics

Dark Horse Comics is the largest independent American comic book and manga publisher.Dark Horse Comics was founded in 1986 by Mike Richardson in Milwaukie, Oregon, with the concept of establishing an ideal atmosphere for creative professionals. Richardson started out by opening his first comic book...

 and Marvel Enterprises before moving to WildStorm.

Duties include editing books in three main categories of the publishing line: Wildstorm Universe

Wildstorm Universe

The Wildstorm Universe is a fictional shared universe where the comic books published by Wildstorm take place. It represents an alternate history of the real world where ideas such as interstellar travel and superhuman abilities are commonplace...

, creator-driven titles and licensed properties. In addition he edited the CMX

CMX (comics)

CMX was a division of Wildstorm Productions, an imprint of DC Comics which in turn is owned by Time Warner. It was DC's line of manga translations....

 imprint for a time.

At the moment he is working on Wildstorm: World's End, which will see a new direction for a number of titles.

Awards

He was nominated for the Squiddy Award

Squiddy Awards

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 for Best Editor in 2003

2003 in comics

-January:* January 2: Kid Colt artist Jack Keller dies at age 80.- April :* Action Comics #800: Double-sized anniversary issue, "A Hero's Journey," by Joe Kelly, Pascual Ferry, and Duncan Rouleau...

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