- Carl Potts
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Biography
Early life and career
Raised in Oakland and
San Diego , California, as well as inHawaii , Potts received anAssociate's degree incommercial art fromChabot College inHayward, California and aBachelor of Arts increative writing and editing fromState University of New York ,Empire State College . After contributing to such comicsfanzines as the anthology "Venture", Potts drew backgrounds and some secondary figures for a late fill-in issue ofDC Comics ' "", being drawn by Bay Area comics artistsJim Starlin andAlan Weiss .Relocating to
New York City , he freelanced briefly until joiningNeal Adams ' commercial-art company and comic-book packagerContinuity Studios . "Continuity was gearing up to produce black-and-whitemagazines based on several TV series: "The Six Million Dollar Man ", "" and "Emergency! ". I got involved with storyboard and comp art for major New York ad agencies. I also produced finished-illustration for magazines and books for several years before joining Marvel's editorial staff in 1983". [ [http://www.popimage.com/may00/interviews/pottsinter.html "PopImage" (May 2000): Potts interview] ]Marvel Comics
At Marvel as an editor, Potts worked with such notable comics creators as
Jon Bogdanove ,Jim Lee ,Mike Okamoto (who won theRuss Manning Award as artist on Epic's "Atomic Age"),Whilce Portacio ,Steve Skroce ,Larry Stroman , and Scott Williams early in their careers. He oversaw the development of The Punisher from guest star to franchise character, and edited such titles as "The Incredible Hulk ", "Doctor Strange ", "Alpha Flight ", "The Defenders" as well as the newly created "Power Pack " and "".After hours, Potts continued to
write and produce occasional art for Marvel, and in 1983 teamed withAlan Zelenetz andFrank Cirocco to co-create the series "Alien Legion ", conceived as "theFrench Foreign Legion in space." Two ongoing series and severalminiseries and one-shots were produced.In 1989, Potts was named executive editor in charge of the Epic imprint, and about a third of the mainstream Marvel titles. Five years later, he became editor-in-chief of the "General Entertainment" and
Epic Comics divisions.Later career
After 13 years at Marvel, Potts left to become Creative Director at VR-1, a
massively multiplayer online game company. He then worked with Gary Winnick and Cirocco's Lightsource Studios before become seniorcreative director of the New York City office of Agency.com. He also consults for publishing, entertainment and interactive clients includingHarperCollins ,Tokyopop ,Mainframe Entertainment ,The Learning Company and Funrise Toys.Footnotes
References
* [http://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/potts_carl.htm Lambiek Comiclopedia: Carl Potts]
* [http://cpotts1.home.netcom.com/index.htm/ "Alien Legion" official site]
* [http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=4532 "Comics2Film": Creator Chat — Carl Potts]
* [http://www.titanbooks.com/books_chat_carl_potts1103.html "Titan Books" interview with Carl Potts about Alien Legion]succession box | title=Marvel Comics Group Editor-in-Chiefs, Avengers titles;
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years=1994–1995
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