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Bill Jemas is a founding partner at 360ep, a management firm dedicated to cross-pollinating entertainment properties against various forms of media, such as film, video games, comic books and consumer products. Jemas was a former publisher of Marvel Comics. He continued to work with Marvel in a non-executive capacity until mid-2004. He has also written some comic books, including Namor and Marville. Marvel Comics NYSE: MVL, (AKA Marvel Entertainment Group, Marvel Characters, Inc. ...
A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...
Namor the Sub-Mariner is a fictional character featured in Marvel Comics, and one of the oldest superhero characters. ...
Marville was a Marvel Comics series from the early 2000s. ...
Jemas received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Rutgers University in 1980 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1983. A Bachelor of Arts (B.A. or A.B., from the Latin Artium Baccalaureus) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or program in the arts and/or sciences. ...
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey is the largest institution for higher education in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ...
1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called Doctor of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years of post-graduate law study. ...
Harvard Law School (HLS) is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ...
1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
He was appointed President of Consumer Products, Publishing and New Media of Marvel Comics in January, 2000. During his tenure as publisher, with editor-in-chief Joe Quesada, the company experienced a rapid growth in profitability and critical acclaim. However his tendencies towards micromanagement and conscious stirring-up of the fan community made him a controversial figure. This article is about the year 2000. ...
Joseph Joe Quesada (born December 1, 1962 in New York City), colloquially known as Joey Q, is the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and a comic book writer and artist. ...
In business management, micromanagement is a management style where a manager closely observes or controls the work of their employees, generally used as a pejorative term. ...
Notable successes during his tenure included the creation of the Ultimate Marvel Universe and the general revitalization of Marvel's properties such as Spider-Man and the X-Men. Other, later initiatives, such the titles Trouble, Rawhide Kid, Marville and The Call were less successful. Ultimate Marvel is an imprint of comic books published by Marvel Comics, featuring reimagined and updated versions of the companys most popular superhero characters, including Spider-Man, the X-Men, The Avengers and the Fantastic Four. ...
Spider-Man swinging around his hometown, New York City. ...
The X-Men are a group of comic book superheroes featured in Marvel Comics. ...
Photo cover of Trouble #1 Trouble is a romance comic book miniseries consisting of five issues published by Marvel Comics under its Epic line in 2003. ...
Rawhide Kid is a fictional character, a cowboy in Marvel Comics universe. ...
Marville was a Marvel Comics series from the early 2000s. ...
The Call was a short-lived Marvel Comics series dealing with firefighters and emergency service workers dealing with paranormal phenomena in the Marvel Universe. ...
He had previously worked as president of Fleer Entertainment Group and Fleer Corp. (formerly owned by Marvel), then as executive vice president of Marvel Entertainment Group before becoming its publisher. The Fleer Corporation, founded by Frank H. Fleer, was the first company to successfully manufacture bubblegum. ...
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- Lengthy evaluation of Jemas's time at Marvel, with both positive and negative comments
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