Overview
Benjamin R. Abernathy is a comic book professional. He has worked at DC Comics as an Executive Editor and Group Editor of the Batman books. He was Editor in chief and founder at Madefire, a company that creates motion books, and was previously an editor at Wildstorm, Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics. In 2024, he began working for Skybound Entertainment.
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| Born | Benjamin R. Abernathy 1975 (age 50–51) Bend, Oregon, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
Benjamin R. Abernathy[1][2] (born 1975) is a comic book professional. He has worked at DC Comics as an Executive Editor and Group Editor of the Batman books. He was Editor in chief and founder at Madefire, a company that creates motion books, and was previously an editor at Wildstorm, Dark Horse Comics and Marvel Comics. In 2024, he began working for Skybound Entertainment.
Early life and career
Born in Bend, Oregon in 1975,[1][3] Abernathy attended Redmond High School, graduating in 1993;[4] that year, he also appeared in the school's production of Arsenic and Old Lace. portraying Officer Brophy.[5] In 1998, he earned his Bachelor of Arts in history from Lewis & Clark College in Portland.[2]
Later that year, Abernathy broke into comics as an Assistant Editor at Dark Horse Comics in Portland, before jumping to New York City in 1999 to work as Creative Services Coordinator at DC Comics.[citation needed]
In 2000, he joined Marvel Comics in New York as Special Projects Manager for a year.[citation needed]
In 2002, he moved back to DC Comics as Group Editor of DC Comics Digital for an entire decade, from 2002 until 2012.[citation needed]
In 2012, he left DC to become co-founder and editor-in-chief of a new digital comics publisher, Madefire, with Liam Sharp, including writing the series The Heroes Club and bringing DC Comics to the platform.[6][7]
When that closed in 2015, he returned to DC Comics.[8] First as Director – Talent Relations in 2015, then as Batman Group Editor[9] in 2019, which began with his hiring of James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez to take over from Tom King on the main Batman book, as well as later hiring Chip Zdarsky to replace Tynion. As a result of such successes, Ben Abernathy was promoted to Executive Editor in late 2021,[10] still keeping his Bat duties.
In 2024, he left DC Comics[11] to move to Skybound Entertainment.[12]
References
- 1 2 Turnquist, Kristi (January 25, 2001). "Spider-Man: Uncle's a hippie, and Spidey's a Webhead for real". The Oregonian. p. E10. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
Edited by Ben Abernathy, a native of Bend and former Lewis and Clark college student, Ultimate Marvel Magazine taps into the hot interest in Marvel-inspired movies. [...] 'It's amazing how many celebrities love comics,' says Abernathy, citing filmmakers such as Kevin Smith, Spike Lee, John Singleton and Nicolas Cage, who replaced his famous surname (Coppola) with that of Marvel comics character Luke Cage.
- 1 2 "College Notes". The Bulletin. July 1, 1998. p. B2. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
PORTLAND - Bend resident Benjamin R. Abernathy completed his bachelor of arts degree in history at Lewis & Clark College.
- ↑ Dollar Bin Bandits (November 7, 2025). "Ben Abernathy". YouTube. Retrieved June 26, 2026. "DBB: How did you first discover comic books? Abernathy: I would have to say... when I was probably about 4 or 5 years old. I remember, my older brother and I. My mom had dropped us off at our grandmother's house; she was gonna watch us while my mom ran errands (This was ... '79, 1980, right around there) [...]"
- ↑ "RHSS seniors to graduate Friday evening". The Redmond Spokesman. June 2, 1993. p. 3. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
Following is the 1993 graduating class: Benjamin R. Abernathy, Linda A. Adauktusson, Megan J. Allard, Jade W. Ames-Jones, Joseph P. Anderson, Shawn Arney.
- ↑ "Students to perform 'Arsenic'". The Redmond Spokesman. May 5, 1993. p. 6. Retrieved June 26, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
Other actors and actresses are Shelly Swearingen, Officer Klein: Jefe Gulpin, Lt. Rooney; Nels Hesseldahl, Officer O'Hara; Ben Abernathy, Officer Brophy; Douglas P. Alexander, Mr. Gibbs; Marta Brockman, Dr. Witherspoon; Evan Firestone, Rev. Harper; and Reed Charles Palmer, Toddy.
- ↑ "Ben Abernathy Leaves DC Comics". 23 August 2012.
- ↑ "Ben Abernathy Joins Madefire". 28 August 2012.
- ↑ "Ben Abernathy is Now Director of Talent Relations for DC Comics". 25 February 2015.
- ↑ "Gossip: All Change at DC Comics - New Group Editors for Batman, Superman and DCU?". 29 October 2019.
- ↑ "Jobs for Michelle H. Nagler Ben Abernathy, Matt Hawkins & Kuo-yu Liang". 12 March 2022.
- ↑ "Scoop: Ben Abernathy, Batman Group Executive Editor, Quits DC Comics". 9 January 2024.
- ↑ "Ben Abernathy Quit DC and Batman for Robert Kirkman's Skybound?". 10 January 2024.
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