Derek Graham "Dez" Skinn was born on 4 February 1951 and is a British comic and magazine editor, and author of a number of books on comics.
11 Facts About Dez Skinn
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Dez Skinn has caused controversy in his career, specifically related to legal issues regarding his publishing new adventures of the 1950s character Marvelman, as well as charges of plagiarism about Skinn's 2004 book Comix: The Underground Revolution.
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Dez Skinn first came to prominence in the world of British comics fandom.
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Dez Skinn returned in 1981 to produce the final incarnation of Comicon, co-organized with Frank Dobson.
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Dez Skinn was promoted to be an editor on the Buster Book of Spooky Stories in 1975 and 1976.
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Dez Skinn left IPC in 1976 to expand the comics arm of Warner Communications' publishing arm, Williams Publishing.
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In 2010 Dez Skinn received a Guinness World Records certificate and credit for creating the world's longest-lasting TV tie-in magazine for Doctor Who Weekly.
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In 1990, Quality Communications launched the comics trade magazine Comics International, which Dez Skinn published and edited for the following 16 years.
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Dez Skinn contacted me and he wanted to revive it and I said go ahead and do what you like.
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When [Eclipse] learned that Dez Skinn had not sent any royalty money to the creators, [they] cut him out of the loop and paid later reprint royalties directly [to the creators].
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Dez Skinn e-mailed me with a request to contribute a chapter on women in the underground.