Adan Jimenez

Adan Jimenez – Editor

I am a comics, prose, and localisation editor with 10+ years of experience. I work in many genres, including sci-fi, fantasy, and mystery.

Overview

I am an experienced developmental editor, mostly working in comics and graphic novels. I also have extensive experience as a line editor, proofreader, and localisation editor in comics, prose, and video games.

My editing style is to work closely with the creator and offer targeted suggestions in an attempt to make their work the best it can be.

I have also co-written 19 titles in a long-running Singaporean middle-grade mystery series, and am working on my first comic, to be published in 2026. One of my short stories is included in anthology of best new Singaporean short stories. I am also an early career Spanish-to-English translator, and one of my translations of a Mexican short story was published in a European science fiction journal.

I read a lot of comics and play a lot of video games in my free time.

Services
Fiction
Comics & Graphic Novels Coming of Age Fantasy Middle Grade Middle Grade Fantasy Mystery & Crime Science Fiction Short Story
Languages
English (UK) English (US)

Work experience

Difference Engine

Feb, 2024 — Present
• Editor of To the Last Gram, a full-length comic about living with an eating disorder • Editor and Project Manager of That Time I Cringed So Hard I Ended Up on These Walls, a comics installation project in conjunction with the Singapore Writers Festival • Co-editor of the multi-medium anthology Free to Play (to be published in 2026), which features fiction, non-fiction, comics, poetry, and multimedia projects about video games.

UDON Entertainment

Sep, 2024 — Oct, 2024 (2 months)
Line editor and proofreader for three as-yet-unreleased titles in the Manga Biographies line: Steve Jobs, Marie Antoinette, and Thomas Edison.

IGG

Jun, 2017 — Apr, 2023 (almost 6 years)
• Localisation editor on every game published by IGG, including Lords Mobile and Time Princess, a visual novel game featuring many crime and mystery stories. • Content writer on several games, including story and character biographies • Helped conceptualise and develop characters, backstories, and the world for Hunters & Puzzles

LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction

Jun, 2015 — May, 2018 (almost 3 years)
Comics editor on issues #5-#10 of the journal

Portfolio

To the Last Gram

Davies, Shreya

Difference Engine

Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading
LONTAR #6

Jonel Abellanosa

Epigram Books

Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading
LONTAR #5

Benjamin Chee

Epigram Books

Developmental Editing Copy Editing Editorial Assessment Proofreading

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