Bernie Jaye

Last updated

Bernie Jaye (born Bernadette Jakowski) [1] is a British writer, editor, colorist, and letterer in the comic book industry. She was editor-in-chief of Marvel UK in the early 1980s, and is the co-creator of Dark Angel.

In the spring of 1980, Jaye was named editor-in-chief of Marvel UK, replacing Dez Skinn. [2] Under Jaye's supervision, Captain Britain got his own strip in the pages of the relaunched monthly title Marvel Superheroes (formerly The Mighty World of Marvel ), as written by Dave Thorpe and drawn by Alan Davis. (Thorpe left in 1982, to be replaced by Alan Moore in one of Moore's first major ongoing strips.) In October 1981, inspired by the success of its Doctor Who title, Marvel UK began publishing a monthly Blake's 7 title, initially edited by Stewart Wales (and later by Jaye). However, as the television series itself went off the air in late 1981, the magazine itself lasted less than two years. Despite initially launching a flurry of new weeklies, by 1982 the company moved mainly to monthly titles such as Jaye's The Daredevils . [3] The Daredevils featured Moore and Davis's Captain Britain; it subsequently won the 1984 Eagle Award for "Best New Title (UK)." However, many of Marvel UK's titles wouldn't last long before being combined or canceled outright due to poor sales. Jaye left the company in 1983. [4]

During the rest of the 1980s, Jaye freelanced as a writer, colorist, and letterer. For Marvel Comics, she colored Nick Fury vs. S.H.I.E.L.D. and then Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. . Returning to British comics in the early 1990s, she lettered stories for Revolver and Crisis , both published by Fleetway.

Reuniting with Marvel UK in 1992, Jaye co-created Dark Angel with artist Geoff Senior, and wrote the Hell's Angel /Dark Angel title from 1992 to 1993. She co-created the strip Mother Earth with Paul Neary and Cliff Robinson, which ran in 2000 AD in 1993. [5]

Jaye has not worked in the comics industry since the mid-1990s.

Bibliography

As writer.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Captain Britain</span> Marvel Comics fictional character

Captain Britain is a title used by various superheroes in comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with Excalibur. The moniker was first used in publication by Brian Braddock in Captain Britain #1 by writer Chris Claremont and artist Herb Trimpe, and is currently held by Brian's twin sister, Betsy Braddock.

<i>Warrior</i> (comics) British comics anthology

Warrior was a British comics anthology that ran for 26 issues between March 1982 and January 1985. It was edited by Dez Skinn and published by his company Quality Communications. It featured early work by numerous figures who would go on to successful careers in the industry, including Alan Moore, Alan Davis, David Lloyd, Steve Dillon, and Grant Morrison; it also included contributions by the likes of Brian Bolland and John Bolton, while many of the magazine's painted covers were by Mick Austin.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Marvel UK</span> Imprint of Marvel Comics that has become defunct since 1995

Marvel UK was an imprint of Marvel Comics formed in 1972 to reprint US-produced stories for the British weekly comic market. Marvel UK later produced original material by British creators such as Alan Moore, John Wagner, Dave Gibbons, Steve Dillon, and Grant Morrison.

<i>Deaths Head</i> Fictional character in Marvel Comics

Death's Head is a fictional comic book character, created by writer Simon Furman and Geoff Senior. Originally published by Marvel UK, he later appeared in comics produced by their parent company. Death's Head is a robotic bounty hunter and antihero. He has a characteristic habit of adding "yes?" to the end of his sentences.

Derek "Dez" Skinn is a British comic and magazine editor, and author of a number of books on comics. As head of Marvel Comics' operations in England in the late 1970s, Skinn reformatted existing titles, launched new ones, and acquired the BBC license for Doctor Who Weekly. After leaving Marvel UK, Skinn founded and edited Warrior, which featured key works by Alan Moore.

Steve Parkhouse is a writer, artist and letterer who has worked for many British comics, especially 2000 AD and Doctor Who Magazine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Night Raven</span> Comics character

Night Raven is a fictional superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears primarily in Marvel UK Comics, a division of Marvel Comics.

<i>Hulk Comic</i>

Hulk Comic was a black-and-white Marvel UK comics anthology published under the editorship of Dez Skinn starting in 1979.

<i>The Daredevils</i> Comic book series

The Daredevils was a comics magazine and anthology published by Marvel UK in 1983. Aimed for a more sophisticated audience than typical light superhero adventures, The Daredevils featured Captain Britain stories by Alan Moore and Alan Davis paired with reprints of Frank Miller's Daredevil stories. It has been speculated this was in response to Dez Skinn's new anthology Warrior.

<i>The Mighty World of Marvel</i> Comic book series

The Mighty World Of Marvel was a British comic book series published first by Marvel UK and then by Panini Comics. Debuting on 30 September 1972, it was the first title published by Marvel UK and ran until 1984. The series was revived in 2003 by Panini Comics, who are licensed to reprint Marvel US material in Europe, and was published monthly until November 2019.

Quality Communications was a British publishing company founded by Dez Skinn that operated from 1982 to c. 2008. The company's most notable publications were the monthly comics anthology Warrior, which featured early work by writer Alan Moore; and the comics trade magazine Comics International, which Skinn published and edited for 16 years. Quality was involved with comics in both the UK and the U.S., mainly with reprint material from Warrior and repackaging 2000 AD material for the U.S. market.

Paul Neary is a British comic book artist, writer and editor.

<i>Jaspers Warp</i> Comic book storyline

Jaspers' Warp, sometimes referred to as Crooked World, is a superhero comic book storyline from the British Captain Britain strip printed across several Marvel UK titles between 1981 and 1984.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Special Executive</span> Fictional comic book group

The Special Executive is a fictional group of time-traveling mercenaries appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The characters were decpicted in comic strips published by Marvel UK. The initial incarnation was created by Alan Moore and David Lloyd for Doctor Who Monthly; Alan Davis later expanded the line-up when they appeared in Captain Britain.

Richard Burton is a British comic publisher and editor who had a lengthy career at IPC Magazines. While an assistant editor at 2000 AD, he became known to readers as Tharg the Mighty's bumbling assistant Burt, who appeared in a number of strips with him. Earlier in his career, Burton published the popular fanzine Comic Media News, and was a co-founder of the Eagle Awards.

John Stokes is a British comics artist who has largely worked for IPC and Marvel UK and is best known for his work on Fishboy.

The Society of Strip Illustration (SSI), later known as the Comics Creators Guild, was a British network for all those involved in any stage of the creative process of comics production. The SSI, which was co-founded in 1977 by Denis Gifford, met monthly in London, published a newsletter, and distributed annual awards for achievement in the field. Despite the organization's name, most members were comic book creators, as opposed to those of comic strips like those found in The Beano and The Dandy.

The House of Hammer was a British black-and-white magazine featuring articles and comics related to the Hammer Film Productions series of horror and science fiction films. The brainchild of Dez Skinn, almost every issue of the magazine featured a comics adaptations of a Hammer film, as well as an original comics backup story, such as the long-running feature Van Helsing's Terror Tales.

The comic book character Marvelman has been the subject of several legal issues, even after being renamed as Miracleman in 1985. The character and its derivatives were created by Mick Anglo in 1954 at the request of publisher Len Miller. The copyright was retained by Anglo ever since. However a series of misconceptions and misunderstandings meant that, following the character's revival in 1982 and the collapse of publisher Eclipse Comics in 1994 the series spent 15 years out of print while various parties who believed they had portions of the rights attempted to claim ownership, a belief that greatly informed coverage of Miracleman during the interregnum. This was resolved by the confirmation of Anglo's ownership in 2009.

Captain Britain is a British comic feature published by Marvel UK - the British division of Marvel Comics between 1976 and 1985, in various anthology magazines.

References

  1. ↑ Jaye entry, Grand Comics Database. Retrieved Dec. 1, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Dez Skinn Leaves Marvel UK". The Comics Journal (54): 15. March 1980.
  3. ↑ "Lew Stringer interview". fractalmatter.com. 10 July 2006. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009.
  4. ↑ Marvel UK entry, Who's Who of American Comics, 1928–1999. Accessed May 29, 2011.
  5. ↑ Mother Earth profile at 2000 AD Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine .
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.