Tim Pilcher

Tim Pilcher – Editor

Eisner-nominated author, editor, and publisher specialising in comics, graphic novels, pop culture, non-fiction and fiction.

Overview

Eisner-nominated author, editor, and publisher specialising in comics, graphic novels, pop culture, non-fiction and fiction. Previously worked at Soaring Penguin Press, Ilex Press, Dorling Kindersley, Penguin Books, QueenSpark Books, Vertigo/DC Comics, and Humanoids Inc. as a publicist, assistant editor, commissioning editor, associate editor, and publisher.

I have worked with comic creators such as Dave Gibbons, Grant Morrison, Peter Milligan, Duncan Fegredo, Alejandro Jodorowsky, Eddie Campbell, Milo Manara, Charlie Adlard, Juan Gimenez, Loisel, Kelly Sue DeConnick, Emma Vieceli, David Hine, Mark Stafford, Gary Spencer-Millidge, Rachael Smith, Hannah Berry, Philip Bond, John McCrea, and many more.

I have also commissioned, edited, and co-written with writers including Hayley Campbell, Peter Chrisp, Mike Conroy, Dez Skinn, Helen McCarthy and Brad Brooks.
Services
Fiction
Action & Adventure Children's Comics & Graphic Novels Fantasy Literary Fiction Mystery & Crime Science Fiction
Non-Fiction
Comics Non-Fiction
Languages
English (AUS) English (CAN) English (NZ) English (UK) English (US)
Awards
  • Shortlisted for the 2010 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book for The Art of Osamu Tezuka by Helen McCarthy (Commissioning Editor)

Work experience

Self-employed

Feb, 2018 — Present

Humanoids Inc.

Mar, 2013 — Dec, 2017 (almost 5 years)

Ilex Press

Mar, 2006 — Dec, 2013 (almost 8 years)

Devised and launched an entire gift range of over 50 products and commissioned over 30 award-winning titles on papercraft, digital creativity, art books, and popular culture including, The Art of Neil Gaiman by Hayley Campbell, Alan Moore: Storyteller by Gary Spencer Millidge and The Art of Osamu Tezuka by Helen McCarthy, among many others.

Comics International (Quality Communications)

Jan, 2004 — Sep, 2006 (over 2 years)

Associate editor at Comics International, the UK's then-only comic book trade paper, alongside Dez Skinn. Edited and wrote features in this high-profile periodical.

Vertigo Comics (imprint of DC Comics)

Apr, 1993 — Aug, 1995 (over 2 years)

Worked on ground-breaking titles like The Extremist by Peter Milligan and Ted McKeever; Enigma and Face by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo; The Mystery Play by Grant Morrison and Jon J Muth, Rogan Gosh by Peter Milligan and Brendan McCarthy; and Kill Your Boyfriend by Grant Morrison and Phillip Bond.

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