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'''Shelly Bond''' ([[Birth name|born]] '''Roeberg''') is an American comic book editor, known for her two decades at [[DC Comics]]' [[Vertigo (DC Comics)]] imprint, for which she was executive editor from 2013 to 2016.

==Career==
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Bond became interested in comic books as a film student at [[Ithaca College]] when a screenwriting instructor used an issue of [[Peter Gross (comics)|Peter Gross]]'s ''Empire Lanes'' as an example of what film storyboards look like. After college she struggled to find a job in the film industry, and ended up instead working as an editorial assistant for editor [[Diana Schutz]] at the comics publisher [[Comico: The Comic Company|Comico]].<ref name="PW podcast interview">{{cite podcast |title=More To Come 335: Shelly Bond Interview
 |website=Publishers Weekly |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=14 September 2008 |url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/podcasts/index.html?channel=2&podcast=908|time=10:48 |access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref> The 1989 ''[[E-Man]]'' special was the first title she edited.<ref name="DC interview">{{cite web |last1=DCE Editorial |title=What was the first...by Editor Shelly Bond|url=https://www.dccomics.com/blog/2018/10/30/what-was-the-firstby-editor-shelly-bond |website=DC Comics |access-date=4 June 2022 |date=2011-08-17}}</ref>

Three months after her move to Comico, the company declared bankruptcy and Schultz and editor-in-chief Bob Schreck left for Dark Horse Comics. Bond at 22 years of age, was left in charge of the editorial department where she worked with [[Mike Allred]], [[Steven T. Seagle]], [[Matt Wagner]], and [[Bill Willingham]] at Comico, all of whom she would work with later at Vertigo.<ref name="DC interview" />

In winter of 1992 she landed a job as an assistant editor for [[Karen Berger]] at [[Vertigo Comics]].<ref name="PW podcast interview" /> Bond worked on many of Vertigo's top titles over the course of  her tenure, including ''The Sandman'', ''Shade, the Changing Man,'' Wagner and Seagle's ''Sandman Mystery Theatre'', Allred's ''iZombie,'' [[Dean Motter]]'s ''Terminal City'', [[Paul Pope]]'s ''Heavy Liquid'', Willingham ''[[Fables (comics)|Fables]]'', [[Ed Brubaker]]'s ''Deadenders'', [[David Lapham]]'s ''Young Liars'', [[Mike Carey (writer)|Mike Carey]]'s ''Lucifer'', and Grant Morrison's ''The Invisibles''.<ref name="PW podcast interview" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=MacNamee |first=Olly |date=2022-08-15 |title=Kickstarting Comics: Talking With Shelly Bond About 'Fast Times In Comic Book Editing' |url=https://www.comicon.com/2022/08/15/kickstarting-comics-talking-with-shelly-bond-about-fast-times-in-comic-book-editing/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=COMICON |language=en-US}}</ref> Outside of Vertigo, she also edited the nine issues of [[Peter Bagge]] and [[Gilbert Hernandez]]'s ''Yeah!'' (1999–2000) for DC's imprint Homage.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bagge |first=Peter |title=Yeah! |publisher=DC Comics |year=1999}}</ref>

In 2008, Bond was given the [[Friends of Lulu]] [[Lulu Award|Women of Distinction Award]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/lulu.php | title =  Lulu Award | publisher = Comic Book Awards Almanac | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20130126234514/http://www.hahnlibrary.net/comics/awards/lulu.php | archivedate = January 26, 2013 | url-status = live}}</ref>

She was promoted to executive editor and vice president of [[Vertigo (DC Comics)|Vertigo Comics]] in 2013, taking the place of Berger.<ref>{{cite web |first=Calvin |last=Reid |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/55197-dc-comics-names-shelly-bond-to-head-vertigo.html |title=DC Comics Names Shelly Bond to Head Vertigo |work=[[Publishers Weekly]] | date=December 19, 2012 |accessdate=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161011112610/http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/55197-dc-comics-names-shelly-bond-to-head-vertigo.html |archive-date=October 11, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42740 |title=Shelly Bond Promoted to Executive Editor of Vertigo |publisher=[[Comic Book Resources]] |date= 19 December 2012|accessdate=2016-04-21|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231003318/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=42740|archive-date=31 Dec 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Shivener |first=Rich |url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/industry-news/comics/article/61834-shelly-bond-leads-dc-s-vertigo-line-into-a-new-era.html |title=Shelly Bond Leads DC's Vertigo Line Into a New Era |website=Publishersweekly.com |date=2014-04-11 |accessdate=2016-04-21}}</ref> In April 2016, DC announced that they had let Bond go after restructuring.<ref>{{cite web |first=Albert |last=Ching |url=http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dc-comics-reastructuring-vertigo-imprint-announces-shelly-bonds-departure |title=DC Comics 'Restructuring' Vertigo Imprint, Announces Shelly Bond's Departure |work=Comic Book Resources |date=April 21, 2016 |accessdate=April 21, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160422142320/http://www.comicbookresources.com/article/dc-comics-restructuring-vertigo-imprint-announces-shelly-bonds-departure |archive-date=April 22, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> "She is virtually a co-creator on everything I’ve worked on with her, though never credited beyond 'Editor,'" Allred wrote in 2016 in a tribute to Bond that featured many of the creators she worked with over the years. "Shelly will never get full credit for all of the amazing things she did at Vertigo."<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Heidi |date=2016-04-29 |title=A tribute to Shelly Bond: the most mod editor of them all |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-tribute-to-shelly-bond-the-most-mod-editor-of-them-all/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref>

In October, 2017 Bond launched a new imprint at [[IDW Publishing|IDW]] called Black Crown, where she published [[punk rock]]-inspired comic books connected to a fictional English pub, in October 2017.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-17-shelly-bonds-fall-launch-of-black-crown-has-three-titles-dated/|title=SDCC '17: Shelly Bond's Fall Launch of "Black Crown" Has Three Titles Dated|date=2017-07-22|work=The Beat|access-date=2017-08-16|language=en-US}}</ref> At Black Crown, Bond paired comics veterans with newer talent, for example matching [[Peter Milligan]] with [[Tess Fowler]] on ''Kid Lobotomy'' and [[Gilbert Hernandez]] with [[Tini Howard]] on ''Assassinistas''.<ref name="PW podcast interview" /> She also collaborated with Kristy Miller & Brian Miller on a crowdfunded comics anthology called ''Femme Magnifique,'' which featured biographies of famous women by creators like [[Kelly Sue DeConnick]], Howard, Fowler, Hernandez, and [[Gerard Way]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=MacDonald |first=Heidi |date=2018-02-05 |title=A new edition of the Femme Magnifique anthology is coming from IDW |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-new-edition-of-the-femme-magnifique-anthology-is-coming-from-idw/ |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=The Beat |language=en-US}}</ref> IDW shuttered Black Crown in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/black-crown-imprint-shelly-bond-look-back/|title = Black Crown: A Look Back at Shelly Bond's IDW Imprint|date = 29 September 2019}}</ref>

Since then, Bond and her husband Philip Bond have published new books, comics, and prints through their own company, Off Register,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mixcloud.com/wordballooncomicbookspodcast/comics-insider-art-kickstarter-with-shelly-bond-and-kris-simon/|title=Mixcloud}}</ref> including ''Insider Art'', a fundraiser anthology of comics works by women, non-binary, and marginalized creators;<ref>{{Cite web |title=INSIDER ART |url=https://www.offregister.press/insiderart |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=OFFREGISTER |language=en}}</ref> Will Potter and Philip Bond's ''Geezer;''<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://bleedingcool.com/comics/will-potter-philip-bonds-geezer-the-britpop-band-that-never-was/ |date=2021-11-13 |title=Will Potter & Philip Bond's Geezer, The Britpop Band That Never Was |access-date=2023-06-03 |work=[[Bleeding Cool]] |language=en|first=Rich|last=Johnston|author-link=Rich Johnston}}</ref> ''Filth & Grammar'', a 162-page guide to making comics; and ''Fast Times in Comic Book Editing'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=FILTH & GRAMMAR |url=https://www.offregister.press/filthgrammar |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=OFFREGISTER |language=en}}</ref> Shelly Bond's memoirs of her time at Vertigo illustrated by a variety of comics artists.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-07-30 |title=FAST TIMES IN COMIC BOOK EDITING |url=https://www.offregister.press/post/fast-times-in-comic-book-editing |access-date=2023-06-03 |website=OFFREGISTER |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
She is married to artist [[Philip Bond]], with whom she has a son.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thoughtbubblefestival.com/portfolio/detail/shelly-bond/|title=Shelly Bond » Thought Bubble - Leeds' Comic Art Festival: 1st – 6th November 2016|website=thoughtbubblefestival.com|access-date=2016-09-30}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{gcdb|credit|Shelly+Roeberg|Shelly Roeberg}}
*{{gcdb|credit|search=Shelly+Bond}}
*{{comicbookdb|type=creator|id=1545}}
*{{IMDb name|6349135}}

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