PREISS, BYRON |
| Source (some data) |
| | Additions provided by Jim Steranko | NULL |
| Name and vital stats |
| | PREISS, BYRON CARY [1953-2005] (editor; writer; publisher) | NULL |
| Education |
| | B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Stanford University Graduate School of Communication | NULL |
| Print Media (non-comics) |
| | Editor: Books: The Time Machine series 1984 | > 84 |
| | Publisher, Editor & Writer: Byron Preiss Visual Publications 1974-99- Books; CD-ROMs, electronic games and other projects. See list of clients | > 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- Are We Alone in the Cosmos? '99; Not in Webster's Dictionary '83; The Ultimate Frankenstein 2003 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- Best Children's Books in the World, THe '96; The Rhino History of Rock 'N Roll: the '70s with Eric Lefcowitz '97 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence-with Ben Bova '90; The Ultimate Werewolf '91; The Planets '85 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- Son of Sherlock Holmes '77; The Beach Boys '79; The Art of Leo and Diane Dillon '81; The Dinosaurs '81 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The First Crazy Word Book '82; The Bat Family '84; Paul Revere & the Boston Tea Party '87 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The New Dinosaurs 2000; The Little Blue Brontosaurus 2003; The Ultimate Dragon 2003 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The Silent E's from Outer Space '73; The Electric Company Joke Book '73; One Year Affair '76; Dragonworld '79 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The Ultimate Frankenstein '91; The Ultimate Dracula '91;The Vampire State Building '92; The Universe '87 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The Ultimate Zombie '93; The Ultimate Witch '93; Instant American History '94; The Ultimate Alien '95 | > 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| | Publisher: Weird Heroes (several volumes of pulp-related stories illustrated by top comics artists) 1977 | > 77 |
| | Writer: Magazines: Fiction Illustrated 1976 | > 76 |
| | Writer: Many of the books he published | NULL |
| Other career notes |
| | Editor & Developer: DC's Edugraphic program of educational comics 1970 | > 70 |
| | Packager: Clients: HarperCollins, Penguin, Putnam, Simon & Schuster, Random House | NULL |
| | Packager: Clients: Microsoft, Forbes/American Heritage, Fox Interactive, Comedy Central | NULL |
| | Packager: Clients: MSNBC, Imax, Scientific American, the Grand Ole Opry, Yahoo! | NULL |
| | Packager: Clients: Rizzoli, Scholastic, and Oxford University Press | NULL |
| Honors |
| | Harvey Award Best American Edition of Foreign Material 2005 [for BLACKSAD 2] | NULL |
| | Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1977 | > 77 |
| Promotional comics |
| | BLOCK, THE (prod/) 1970 anti-drug comic produced with JIM STERANKO | > 70 |
| BYRON PREISS VISUAL PUBLICATIONS |
| | Support (packag/publ/ed/) 1975-99- graphic albums and prestige books for other publishers | > 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 |
| Fan & trade zines |
| | Collector's Dream (contrib/) 1978 | > 78 |
| BANTAM BOOKS |
| | SCHLOMO RAVEN (wr/) 1976 | > 76 |
| | SON OF SHERLOCK HOLMES~ (wr/) 1977 graphic album | > 77 |
| | STAR FAWN~ (wr/) 1976 graphic album | > 76 |
| DC COMICS |
| | ROBIN (wr/) 1992 | > 92 |
| | ROBIN 3000 (ed/wr/) 1992 | > 92 |
| | YOUNG LOVE~ (wr/) 1971 | > 71 |
| HEAVY METAL |
| | HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE~ (wr/) 1979 | > 79 |
| | Text (wr/) 1979-82 | > 79 80 81 82 |
| MARVEL COMICS |
| | SPIDEY (wr/) 1972-76 | > 72 73 74 75 76 |
| NATIONAL LAMPOON |
| | NATIONAL LAMPOON~ (wr/) 1973+ | > 73 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 |
| PYRAMID BOOKS |
| | Support (ed/) early-1970s | > 70 71 72 73 |