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Karen Berger is an American comic book editor who is best known for her work at DC Comics, where she was the founding editor of the Vertigo imprint. She was born on February 26, 1958 in New York City, New York.
Berger began her career in the comic book industry in 1979, when she was hired as an assistant editor at DC Comics. She quickly rose through the ranks and was promoted to editor in 1987. In 1993, she was appointed as the founding editor of the Vertigo imprint, which was created to publish more mature and sophisticated comic books.
Under Berger's leadership, Vertigo became one of the most successful and acclaimed imprints in the comic book industry. She was responsible for the launch of many critically acclaimed series, such as Sandman, Preacher, Fables, and Y: The Last Man.
Berger left DC Comics in 2012 and has since worked as a freelance editor and consultant. She has also served as a judge for the Eisner Awards, the comic book industry's highest honor.
As of 2021, Karen Berger's net worth is estimated to be roughly $2 million.
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26 February, 1958 |
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26 February |
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New York, New York, United States |
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United States |
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Karen Berger Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Karen Berger's Husband?
Her husband is Richard Bruning
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Karen Berger Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Karen Berger worth at the age of 66 years old? Karen Berger’s income source is mostly from being a successful Editor. She is from United States. We have estimated
Karen Berger's net worth
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Karen Berger Social Network
Timeline
As of February 2019 Berger Books publishes several titles including Incognegro (10th anniversary edition) and a prequel Incognegro: Renaissance (2018 February) both written by Mat Johnson, She Could Fly written by Christopher Cantwell (2018 July) (with a sequel starting in 2019 April), The Seeds written by Ann Nocenti (2018 August), and LaGuardia written by Hugo Award winner Nnedi Okorafor (2018 December).
Berger Books' first print publication was Berger Books Free 2018 Preview dated November 2017. Berger Books first full comic was Hungry Ghosts #1, (written by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose) on sale in comic book shops on January 31, 2018.
In February 2017 Dark Horse Comics announced that Karen Berger would be overseeing a new line of creator owned comics published by Dark Horse under the imprint: Berger Books.
On December 3, 2012, she announced that she would be stepping down from her post as Executive Editor & Senior Vice President of DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint and that she would remain on through March 2013 to assist in the transition to a new editorial team.
In 2007 Berger was named supervising editor (along with Senior Editor Shelly Bond) of Minx, a new comic book imprint published by DC. Minx published comics and graphic novels aimed at teenage girls until they were cancelled in 2008.
The success of these titles, and her willingness to help the writers who worked with her push the envelope of what could be done in mass-circulation comic books, led to the creation of the mature-reader Vertigo line in 1993. Her critically and popularly successful titles under that imprint include Fables, Hellblazer, The Invisibles, 100 Bullets, Preacher, V for Vendetta, and Y: The Last Man.
Berger won the Inkpot Award in 1990, three Eisner Awards (1992, 1994 and 1995), and the Comics Buyer's Guide Award for Favorite Editor every year from 1997 through 2005.
Berger majored in English literature and art history at Brooklyn College, and upon her graduation in 1979, she entered the comics profession as an assistant to editor Paul Levitz at DC. She later became Levitz's editor when he was writing Legion of Super-Heroes. More interested in horror comics, she soon became editor of House of Mystery, and was instrumental in nurturing Alan Moore's Swamp Thing book, taking over the editing from co-creator Len Wein. She also edited Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld. She later helped bring Neil Gaiman's work to a mass audience by having him write The Sandman.
Karen Berger (/ˈ b ɜːr ɡ ər / ; born February 26, 1958) is an American comic book editor. She is best known for her role in helping create DC Comics' Vertigo imprint in 1993 and serving as the line's Executive Editor until 2013. She oversees Berger Books, an imprint of creator-owned comics being published by Dark Horse Comics.
