User:Ixat totep
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This is the account and user page for Henry Andrews. I mostly make occasional edits to comic-book related pages.
Comics Research Work
[edit]Since I work primarily on comic-book related articles, the following is provided to establish my areas of expertise (and lack of expertise) and to disclose potential conflicts of interest. If anyone feels that it is too self-promotional, please comment on my talk page and we'll work it out by condensing sections, removing details, or whatever.
Online
[edit]- I have been affiliated with the Grand Comics Database for several years, with contributions focusing on publication data from the U.S. Golden Age. Currently, I am simply a member, indexer and technical contributor, but I have held the following positions in the past:
- Editor, Early 2008 - Late 2010, subsequently Editor Emeritus
- Lead Programmer, Late 2008 - May 2011 :)
- Member of the Board of Directors, December 2008 - May 2011
- Rules/Policy Coordinator, June 2010 - May 2011
- I have uploaded scans of several of my public-domain comic collection to the Digital Comic Museum
Print (published)
[edit]- Comics Through Time: An Historical Encyclopedia of Comics. Edited by M. Keith Booker. Greenwood. (four volumes)
- Nominated for the 2015 Eisner Awards in the "Best Comics-Related Book" category
- Volume 1: pre-1960
- 26 entries totaling c. 20,000 words
- Publishers (c. 500 words each): Atlas Comics, Centaur Comics, Charlton Comics, Dell, Fawcett, Fiction House, Fox Feature Syndicate, DC / National Allied, Quality Comics, Timely Publications
- Comics Packaging Studios (Overview, c. 750 words), Eisner & Iger (c. 500 words)
- Titles (c. 1000 words each): Adventure Comics, All-American Comics, All Star Comics, Big Shot Comics, Detective Comics, Feature Comics, Famous Funnies, Marvel Mystery Comics, More Fun Comics, Star Spangled Comics
- Characters (c. 1000 words each): Blue Beetle, Manhunter, Marvel Boy (Martin Burns and Bob Grayson), Sandman (Wesley Dodds)
- Volume 2: 1960-1980
- Entry: Detective Comics (c. 1000 words)
- Volume 3: 1980-1995
- Entry: Detective Comics (c. 1000 words)
- Entry: New Mutants (c. 1000 words)
- Volume 4: 1995-present
- Characters (c. 1000 words each): Manhunter, X-Men
- Titles (c. 1000 words each): Detective Comics (c. 750 words), Identity Crisis, The Invisibles, Runaways, Seven Soldiers of Victory
- Greenwood Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels. Edited by M. Keith Booker. Santa Barbara, CA: Greenwood, 2010. (two volumes)
- Member of the Editorial Board
- Entry: More Fun Comics (c. 500 words)
- Entry: "Sandman, The (Golden Age)" (c. 500 words)
- Entry: Star Spangled Comics (c. 500 words)
Other
[edit]- Marvel Masterworks Golden Age Mystic Comics, Vol. 1 Collection Editor, Cory Sedlmeier. New York, NY: Marvel Worldwide 2011.
- Acknowledgements (in the company of others who contributed much more than I did, I must confess):
- "Special Thanks" on the title page
- "Grateful acknowledgement" on Will Murray's introduction
- Acknowledgements (in the company of others who contributed much more than I did, I must confess):
- Contributed scans from my collection to numerous issues of Alter Ego