About the Author

Andy is a senior editor at IDW Publishing, overseeing G.I. Joe and Star Trek comics, among others. Andy is also the owner and operator of Comics Experience (www.comicsexperience.com), an education-based business dedicated to helping comic book writer and artist hopefuls fulfill their dreams. Most of his classes meet in New York or California. There is a distance-learning option for the writing course. Check out the website above to see if any of the courses or consulting are right for you. Andy’s freelance writing has been published by Marvel Comics, Th3rd World Studios, Markosia and BOOM! Studios.

Andy has been editing comics since 2002 when he started as an assistant editor under Tom Brevoort in the “Marvel Heroes” line of books for Marvel Entertainment. There, he lent his talents to everything from The Fantastic Four to The Avengers. He developed Madrox and later X-Factor with writer Peter David and artist Pablo Raimondi. Andy spearheaded the twenty-five-part, galaxy spanning space saga called Annihilation with a wealth of writers and artists. When he decided to leave Marvel, he was an integral part of the X-Men editorial team. His favorite projects there were Secret War, Madrox, Alias, Civil War, The New Avengers, Young Avengers, Ms. Marvel, Annihilation, The Pulse, Defenders, Union Jack, X-Factor and X-Men.

Before coming to comics, Andy designed and taught two college courses for Webster University in St. Louis on comic book storytelling. Much of what is contained in this book has been tried and tested out on his oh-so-unlucky guinea pigs—ahem—students.

Andy is happy to have the good fortune to work in such a creative and fun industry, and to call many of his collaborators friends as well as colleagues. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Alix, and their son, Cale.