Bronwyn Carlton is an American
comic book
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author
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,
editor
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, and radio
DJ. She has written a number of
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
titles, including ''
Catwoman
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'' and ''
The Books of Faerie
''The Books of Faerie'' was a series of three mini-series spun off from Vertigo Comics' series ''The Books of Magic'' written by Bronwyn Carlton (two series) and John Ney Rieber (one series). It featured characters used predominantly in the paren ...
'', as well as the
Paradox Press
Paradox Press was a division of DC Comics formed in 1993 after editor Mark Nevelow departed from Piranha Press. Under the initial editorship of Andrew Helfer and Bronwyn Carlton the imprint was renamed. It is best known for graphic novels like '' ...
imprint title, ''
The Big Book of Death. ''
She has worked as an editor for both DC and Marvel. At DC, she worked on both the
Paradox Press
Paradox Press was a division of DC Comics formed in 1993 after editor Mark Nevelow departed from Piranha Press. Under the initial editorship of Andrew Helfer and Bronwyn Carlton the imprint was renamed. It is best known for graphic novels like '' ...
and
Piranha Press
Piranha Press, an imprint of DC Comics from 1989 to 1994, was a response by DC to the growing interest in alternative comics. The imprint was edited by Mark Nevelow, who instead of developing comics with the established names in the alternative co ...
imprints. At Marvel, she worked on the Marvel Knights line.
In 2008, she was featured in the documentary film ''Guest of Cindy Sherman''.
She is also a DJ for
WFMU
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, a free-form radio station in New Jersey. She has hosted various shows since late 1988. These include "Truck Stop Tea Party" and hosted "Sportsy Talk with Bronwyn C. & Jim the Poet."
Carlton has spoken publicly about her experience with "prosopagnosia" ("face blindness"), and is an advocate for recognition of that condition as a disability.
Personal life
Ms. Carlton attended
Reed College
Reed College is a private liberal arts college in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus in the Eastmoreland neighborhood, with Tudor-Gothic style architecture, and a forested canyon nature preserve at ...
in Portland, Oregon, where she earned a Bachelor's degree in psychology/animal behavior. She is married to illustrator
Sean Taggart (since 1991).
Bronwyn Carlton Wed in Brooklyn
at the New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
; published March 18, 1991; retrieved August 13, 2013
References
External links
Carlton's playlist page at WFMU 91.1 fm
Interview with John Figueroa praising Carlton (mentioned by her married name, Taggart) as an editor on Marvel Knights
Living people
American comics writers
American radio DJs
Year of birth missing (living people)
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