PREISS, BYRON
 Source (some data)
  Additions provided by Jim SterankoNULL
 Name and vital stats
  PREISS, BYRON CARY [1953-2005] (editor; writer; publisher)NULL
 Education
  B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Stanford University Graduate School of CommunicationNULL
 Print Media (non-comics)
  Editor: Books: The Time Machine series 1984> 84
  Publisher, Editor & Writer: Byron Preiss Visual Publications 1974-99- Books; CD-ROMs, electronic games and other projects. See list of clients> 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- Are We Alone in the Cosmos? '99; Not in Webster's Dictionary '83; The Ultimate Frankenstein 2003> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- Best Children's Books in the World, THe '96; The Rhino History of Rock 'N Roll: the '70s with Eric Lefcowitz '97> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- First Contact: The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence-with Ben Bova '90; The Ultimate Werewolf '91; The Planets '85> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- Son of Sherlock Holmes '77; The Beach Boys '79; The Art of Leo and Diane Dillon '81; The Dinosaurs '81> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The First Crazy Word Book '82; The Bat Family '84; Paul Revere & the Boston Tea Party '87> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The New Dinosaurs 2000; The Little Blue Brontosaurus 2003; The Ultimate Dragon 2003> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The Silent E's from Outer Space '73; The Electric Company Joke Book '73; One Year Affair '76; Dragonworld '79> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The Ultimate Frankenstein '91; The Ultimate Dracula '91;The Vampire State Building '92; The Universe '87> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Books: 1973-99- The Ultimate Zombie '93; The Ultimate Witch '93; Instant American History '94; The Ultimate Alien '95> 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
  Publisher: Weird Heroes (several volumes of pulp-related stories illustrated by top comics artists) 1977> 77
  Writer: Magazines: Fiction Illustrated 1976> 76
  Writer: Many of the books he publishedNULL
 Other career notes
  Editor & Developer: DC's Edugraphic program of educational comics 1970> 70
  Packager: Clients: HarperCollins, Penguin, Putnam, Simon & Schuster, Random HouseNULL
  Packager: Clients: Microsoft, Forbes/American Heritage, Fox Interactive, Comedy CentralNULL
  Packager: Clients: MSNBC, Imax, Scientific American, the Grand Ole Opry, Yahoo!NULL
  Packager: Clients: Rizzoli, Scholastic, and Oxford University PressNULL
 Honors
  Harvey Award Best American Edition of Foreign Material 2005 [for BLACKSAD 2]NULL
  Inkpot Award (San Diego Comicon) 1977> 77
 Promotional comics
  BLOCK, THE (prod/) 1970 anti-drug comic produced with JIM STERANKO> 70
 BYRON PREISS VISUAL PUBLICATIONS
  Support (packag/publ/ed/) 1975-99- graphic albums and prestige books for other publishers> 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99
 Fan & trade zines
  Collector's Dream (contrib/) 1978> 78
 BANTAM BOOKS
  SCHLOMO RAVEN (wr/) 1976> 76
  SON OF SHERLOCK HOLMES~ (wr/) 1977 graphic album> 77
  STAR FAWN~ (wr/) 1976 graphic album> 76
 DC COMICS
  ROBIN (wr/) 1992> 92
  ROBIN 3000 (ed/wr/) 1992> 92
  YOUNG LOVE~ (wr/) 1971> 71
 HEAVY METAL
  HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE~ (wr/) 1979> 79
  Text (wr/) 1979-82> 79 80 81 82
 MARVEL COMICS
  SPIDEY (wr/) 1972-76> 72 73 74 75 76
 NATIONAL LAMPOON
  NATIONAL LAMPOON~ (wr/) 1973+> 73 70 71 72 73 74 75 76
 PYRAMID BOOKS
  Support (ed/) early-1970s> 70 71 72 73