Scott Dunbier is an American

comic book A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...

editor, best known as the Special Projects Editor at

IDW Publishing IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic ...

Career

Dunbier rose to prominence in the comic book industry as executive editor of the

Wildstorm Wildstorm Productions (stylized as WildStorm) is an American comic book imprint. Originally founded as an independent company established by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi to publish through Image Comics, Wildstorm became a publishing imprint of DC C ...

comic book line. After several years as a dealer in original comic book artwork during the 1980s and 1990s, Dunbier began with Wildstorm in 1995 as Special Projects Editor. Two years later, he was named Editor-in-Chief, a title which was changed to Group Editor when Wildstorm became a part of

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. Among the many projects Dunbier edited for Wildstorm were

Alan Moore Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including ''Watchmen'', ''V for Vendetta'', ''The Ballad of Halo Jones'', Swamp Thing (comic book), ''Swamp Thing'', ''Batman: The Killing Joke' ...

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line ( including ''

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'', '' Tom Strong'', ''

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'' & '' Top 10''), '' Arrowsmith'' and '' Challengers of the Unknown''. At Wildstorm, he also created the

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line of hardcover reprints, beginning with ''Absolute Authority vol. 1'' in 2002. Dunbier joined IDW Publishing as Special Projects Editor on April 1, 2008. He is responsible for creating IDW's award-winning '' Artist's Edition'' line of hardcover reprint books. In 2023, Scott Dunbier received the Bob Clampett Humanitarian Award at San Diego Comic Con for his work on ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds''. In 2024, ''Comics for Ukraine: Sunflower Seeds'' received the Eisner Award for Best Anthology.https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/newsbrief/index.html?record=4833 In 2024, Dunbier left his position at IDW to start his own publishing company, Act 4.

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Scott Dunbier's Blog
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Heidi MacDonald's 2002 interview with Scott Dunbier
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