Barbara Kesel

An American writer and editor of comic books. Her bibliography includes work for [gcd_link_publisher](1797), [gcd_link_publisher](512), [gcd_link_publisher](54), [gcd_link_publisher](1977), [gcd_link_publisher](709), and [gcd_link_publisher](78). Kesel initially entered the comics industry as a college student after writing a 10-page letter to editor [gcd_link_creator](3357) regarding the portrayal of female comic book characters. Giordano offered her a writing job. Her first published comics story was "He with Secrets Fears the Sound...", a [gcd_link_feature](140) back-up feature, in [gcd_link_issue](36693) (September 1982). After receiving her college degree in drama studies in 1983, she became an associate editor at [gcd_link_publisher](54) in 1984, and was promoted to editor the following year. In 1988, she co-wrote, with then-husband [gcd_link_creator](7541), a [gcd_link_feature](3191) miniseries, followed by an ongoing series that ran from 1989 until 1991. As a solo writer, Kesel scripted the licensed [gcd_link_feature](4509) series [gcd_link_series](14877) in 1990–1991 and an adaptation of the D&D novel trilogy [gcd_link_series](14727). Kesel became an editor at [gcd_link_publisher](512) in 1991 and later was part of Team CGW, responsible for most of the design and creation of the setting and characters in the Golden City location. From 2000 to 2004, Kesel worked as both a writer and an editor at [gcd_link_publisher](1797), where she scripted the series [gcd_link_series](9960), [gcd_link_series](9963), [gcd_link_series](9962) and [gcd_link_series](10794) as well as issues of [gcd_link_series](9965).