Editing Vertigo Comics (section)

===Editors===
[[Image:Vertigo panel.jpg|thumb|300x300px|Panel of Vertigo comics creators at San Diego [[ComicCon]] 2007.|alt=]]In addition to Berger, several other editors have become linked to the imprint:

'''Art Young''' started out as [[Karen Berger]]'s assistant<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shannon |first=Hannah Means |date=2013-12-09 |title=Unsung Masterpieces - Enigma With Peter Milligan, Duncan Fegredo, And Art Young |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/unsung-masterpieces-milligan-fegredos-enigma/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en}}</ref> and worked on pre-Vertigo issues of ''[[Animal Man (comic book)|Animal Man]]'', ''[[Hellblazer]]'', ''[[Swamp Thing (comic book)|Swamp Thing]]'', ''[[The Sandman (comic book)|The Sandman]]'', ''[[Doom Patrol]]'', ''[[The Books of Magic]]'', ''[[Skreemer]]'', and ''[[Kid Eternity]]''. He then left DC in 1991 to work for Disney in setting up Touchmark, before returning with those projects to Vertigo in early 1993, when he edited debut title ''[[Enigma (Vertigo)|Enigma]]'',<ref name="Touchstone Legend" /> and later miniseries and one-shots such as ''[[Sebastian O]]'', ''[[The Extremist (comics)|The Extremist]]'',<ref name="TCJ Milligan interview">{{Cite web |last=Frisch |first=Marc-Oliver |date=2023-01-02 |title=The Past Does Not Exist: An Interview with Peter Milligan |url=https://www.tcj.com/the-past-does-not-exist-an-interview-with-peter-milligan/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The Comics Journal |language=en-US}}</ref> ''Mercy'', ''[[Rogan Gosh (comics)|Rogan Gosh]]'', ''[[The Mystery Play]]'', and ''[[Tank Girl]]: The Moovy''. He edited all four of the "Vertigo Voices" titles in 1995, as well as ''Shadows Fall'', ''Ghostdancing'', ''[[Egypt (comics)|Egypt]]'', ''Millennium Fever'' and both ''Tank Girl'' miniseries. Young's last editorial credit for Vertigo was ''[[Flex Mentallo]]'' #1 (June 1996).

'''[[Shelly Bond]]''' was Vertigo's executive editor until 2016. Berger hired her as an assistant editor in the winter of 1992, making her the last of the original Vertigo team to join.<ref name="PW podcast interview">{{cite podcast |title=More To Come 335: Shelly Bond Interview |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=14 September 2008 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=908|time=10:48 |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref> Bond worked on many of Vertigo's top titles over the course of her tenure, including ''The Sandman'', ''[[Shade, the Changing Man (Vertigo)|Shade, the Changing Man]]'', ''[[Sandman Mystery Theatre]]'', ''[[iZombie (comic book)|iZombie]]'', [[Paul Pope]]'s ''[[Heavy Liquid (comics)|Heavy Liquid]]'', ''[[Fables (comics)|Fables]]'', [[Ed Brubaker]]'s ''[[Deadenders]]'', [[David Lapham]]'s ''[[Young Liars (comics)|Young Liars]]'', [[Mike Carey (writer)|Mike Carey]]'s ''[[Lucifer (DC Comics)|Lucifer]]'', and ''[[The Invisibles]]''.<ref name="PW podcast interview" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=MacNamee |first=Olly |date=2022-08-15 |title=Kickstarting Comics: Talking With Shelly Bond About 'Fast Times In Comic Book Editing' |url=https://www.comicon.com/2022/08/15/kickstarting-comics-talking-with-shelly-bond-about-fast-times-in-comic-book-editing/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=COMICON |language=en-US}}</ref> She was promoted to executive editor and vice president of Vertigo Comics in 2013, taking the place of Berger.<ref>{{cite web |first=Calvin |last=Reid |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/55197-dc-comics-names-shelly-bond-to-head-vertigo.html |title=DC Comics Names Shelly Bond to Head Vertigo |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] |date=December 19, 2012 |accessdate=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011112610/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/55197-dc-comics-names-shelly-bond-to-head-vertigo.html |archive-date=October 11, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42740 |title=Shelly Bond Promoted to Executive Editor of Vertigo |publisher=Comic Book Resources |date= 19 December 2012|accessdate=2016-04-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shivener |first=Rich |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/61834-shelly-bond-leads-dc-s-vertigo-line-into-a-new-era.html |title=Shelly Bond Leads DC's Vertigo Line Into a New Era |website=Publishersweekly.com |date=2014-04-11 |accessdate=2016-04-21}}</ref> In April 2016, Bond was fired by DC Comics after restructuring.<ref>{{cite web |first=Albert |last=Ching |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dc-comics-reastructuring-vertigo-imprint-announces-shelly-bonds-departure |title=DC Comics 'Restructuring' Vertigo Imprint, Announces Shelly Bond's Departure |work=Comic Book Resources |date=April 21, 2016 |accessdate=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422142320/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dc-comics-restructuring-vertigo-imprint-announces-shelly-bonds-departure |archive-date=April 22, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> "Shelly will never get full credit for all of the amazing things she did at Vertigo", [[Mike Allred]] wrote in 2016 in a tribute to Bond that featured many of the creators she worked with over the years.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Heidi |date=2016-04-29 |title=A tribute to Shelly Bond: the most mod editor of them all |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-tribute-to-shelly-bond-the-most-mod-editor-of-them-all/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''[[Tom Peyer]]''' was a founding editor of Vertigo.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnston |first=Rich |date=2018-01-10 |title=The Wrong Earth, by Tom Peyer and Jamal Igle, From Ahoy Comics in August |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/wrong-earth-tom-peyer-jamal-igle-ahoy-comics-august/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=bleedingcool.com |language=en}}</ref> Tom was editor in 1990 with Karen Berger what would become the pillars of Vertigo: ''Hellblazer'', ''Sandman'' (taking over from Art Young), ''Swamp Thing'' and ''Shade, the Changing Man''. He later edited ''Doom Patrol'', ''Animal Man'', ''Kid Eternity'', and ''[[Black Orchid (comics)|Black Orchid]]'', as well as two "Vertigo Visions" one-shots. Peyer left editing behind in 1994, returning to DC as a writer.{{Citation needed|date=June 2023}}

'''[[Stuart Moore]]''' edited a wide range of Vertigo titles between 1991 and 2000, including ''Swamp Thing'', ''Books of Magic'', ''Hellblazer'', ''The Invisibles'', ''[[Preacher (comics)|Preacher]]'' and ''[[Transmetropolitan]]''. One of his most important contributions to the line was hiring Garth Ennis to write ''Hellblazer''. He helped start the DC imprint [[Helix (comics)|Helix]], and brought ''Transmetropolitan'' to Vertigo after Helix's demise.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-08-23 |title=Talking Comics with Tim {{!}} Stuart Moore, Part I |url=https://www.cbr.com/talking-comics-with-tim-stuart-moore-part-i/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref>

'''[[Axel Alonso]]''' began his editorial career at Vertigo editing titles like ''Hellblazer'', [[Brian Azzarello]] and [[Eduardo Risso]]'s ''[[100 Bullets]]'', and [[Garth Ennis]] and [[Steve Dillon]]'s ''Preacher''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-01-04 |title=Alonso Named Marvel Editor-in-Chief |url=https://www.cbr.com/alonso-named-marvel-editor-in-chief/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> He left Vertigo for [[Marvel Comics]] in 2000 and eventually ascended to the role of editor-in-chief, a title he held until 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Heidi |date=2017-11-17 |title=Marvel "wishes Axel Alonso the best" |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/marvel-wishes-axel-alonso-the-best/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref>

'''Will Dennis''' attended film school with Bond, who later recruited him as an assistant editor. He was promoted to editor a few months after Alonso departured for Marvel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Contributor |first=Kevin Sharp, Fanbase Press |title=Fanbase Press - Between the Panels: Editor Will Dennis on Cursed Comics, His Big Pay Cut, and One Very Bad Day on the Job |url=https://fanbasepress.com/index.php/press/interviews/between-the-panels/item/12812-between-the-panels-editor-will-dennis-on-cursed-comics-his-big-pay-cut-and-one-very-bad-day-on-the-job |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=fanbasepress.com|date=5 October 2022}}</ref> Dennis took over the editing of ''100 Bullets'' and later edited [[Brian K. Vaughan]] and [[Pia Guerra]]'s ''[[Y: The Last Man]]''  and Vaughan's ''[[Pride of Baghdad]]'' graphic novel.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Will Dennis Editor - Previous works |url=https://www.bespokecomics.com/back-catalogue |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=bespoke comics + graphic novels |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Shelly Bond and Will Dennis Talk Vertigo, Part 1 |url=https://www.dc.com/blog/2013/10/08/shelly-bond-and-will-dennis-talk-vertigo-part-1 |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=DC |language=en}}</ref> Dennis was responsible for bringing writers [[Brian Wood (illustrator)|Brian Wood]] (''[[DMZ (comics)|DMZ]]'') and [[Jason Aaron]] (''[[Scalped (comics)|Scalped]]'') to Vertigo and teamed writer [[Andy Diggle]] and artist [[Jock (artist)|Jock]] on their breakout series ''[[The Losers (Vertigo)|The Losers]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-02-15 |title=WILL DENNIS INTERVIEW {{!}} Live From The DMZ - by Justin Giampaoli |url=http://dmzthecomic.com/post/11869499644/will-dennis-interview |access-date=2023-06-17 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120215015146/http://dmzthecomic.com/post/11869499644/will-dennis-interview |archive-date=2012-02-15}} {{Cite web |last=Aaron |first=Jason |date=2019-10-11 |title=Hello From My Face |url=https://jasonaaron.substack.com/p/newsletter-1-hello-from-my-face |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=Jason Aaron's Beard Missives}} {{Cite web |date=2003-06-16 |title=The Vertigo Bloke: Jock talks 'The Losers' |url=https://www.cbr.com/the-vertigo-bloke-jock-talks-the-losers/ |access-date=2023-06-17 |website=CBR |language=en}}</ref> He was the editor who presided over the Vertigo Crime line of graphic novels.

'''[[Jonathan Vankin]]''' was hired as an editor at Vertigo in 2004 after previously writing two of the line's Vertigo Pop miniseries and several entries in the [[Paradox Press]] "Big Book" series as well as several other non-comics works. He edited [[Harvey Pekar]]'s Vertigo work: ''The Quitter'' hardcover and eight issues of Pekar's ''[[American Splendor]]'' autobiographical series. His other Vertigo editing credits include ''[[The Exterminators (comics)|The Exterminators]]'', [[Douglas Rushkoff]]'s ''[[Testament (comics)|Testament]]'', novelist [[Denise Mina]]'s run on ''Hellblazer'', ''[[Incognegro (comics)|Incognegro]]'' by [[Mat Johnson]], and ''The Alcoholic'' by novelist and essayist [[Jonathan Ames]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dallas |first1=Keith |title=Editing on the Ledge: Vertigo's Jonathan Vankin |url=http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/114713500422964.htm |website=Comics Bulletin |access-date=1 June 2023 |date=2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407084015/http://www.comicsbulletin.com/features/114713500422964.htm |archive-date=2010-04-07}}</ref>