Calvin Reid
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Calvin Reid is an American
artist, journalist, writer and editor. He is a Lower East Side
pioneer whose art has had very little exposure, and whose writing career has overshadowed his graphic arts career.
Reid is a contributing editor for Publishers Weekly
and is also the head of its comics department. He heads the magazine's annual African American issue, and co-edits its online comics newsletter, PW Comics Week, with Heidi MacDonald.
Reid was also an editor of graphic novels for Reed Graphica, an imprint of Reed Press. He edited the graphic novels Comanche Moon by Jack Jackson
and David Chelsea in Love by David Chelsea.
Originally from Washington, DC, Reid has a degree in art education from Howard University
and a masters degree in printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University
. He moved to New York City in 1981 to be an artist, and took a part-time job as a typist for Library Journal before joining Publishers Weekly as a news editor in 1986.
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artist, journalist, writer and editor. He is a Lower East Side
Lower East Side
The Lower East Side, LES, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. It is roughly bounded by Allen Street, East Houston Street, Essex Street, Canal Street, Eldridge Street, East Broadway, and Grand Street....
pioneer whose art has had very little exposure, and whose writing career has overshadowed his graphic arts career.
Reid is a contributing editor for Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly
Publishers Weekly, aka PW, is an American weekly trade news magazine targeted at publishers, librarians, booksellers and literary agents...
and is also the head of its comics department. He heads the magazine's annual African American issue, and co-edits its online comics newsletter, PW Comics Week, with Heidi MacDonald.
Reid was also an editor of graphic novels for Reed Graphica, an imprint of Reed Press. He edited the graphic novels Comanche Moon by Jack Jackson
Jaxon
Jaxon was the pen name of Jack Jackson , an American cartoonist. Many consider him the first underground comix artist. He co-founded the seminal Rip Off Press.-Career:Jack Jackson was born in 1941 in Pandora, Texas...
and David Chelsea in Love by David Chelsea.
Originally from Washington, DC, Reid has a degree in art education from Howard University
Howard University
Howard University is a federally chartered, non-profit, private, coeducational, nonsectarian, historically black university located in Washington, D.C., United States...
and a masters degree in printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University
Virginia Commonwealth University is a public university located in Richmond, Virginia. It comprises two campuses in the Downtown Richmond area, the product of a merger between the Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College of Virginia in 1968...
. He moved to New York City in 1981 to be an artist, and took a part-time job as a typist for Library Journal before joining Publishers Weekly as a news editor in 1986.