Daniel Herman (publisher)

Daniel Herman
Born (1957-03-02) March 2, 1957
Nationality American
Area(s) Writer, Publisher
Notable works
 Hermes Press
www.hermespress.com

Daniel Herman (born March 2, 1957) is an American attorney and the founder of Hermes Press, a comic book publication company based in New Castle, Pennsylvania.

Career

Herman is the current president of Hermes Press, a comics publishing company he founded in 2001.[1] Herman is also a partner in the law firm Geer and Herman, P.C. In his law practice, he primarily works as a trial attorney.[2]

In addition to running Hermes as its publisher, Herman does graphic design work along with the employed graphic designers at the company.[3] He also is the person primarily in charge of finding the source material used in Hermes Press reprints such as The Phantom.[2]

Herman is also a comics historian, having written several books on the topic of the Silver Age of comics, and a book on Gil Kane, the artist who created the modern Green Lantern.[4][5]

Personal life

Herman is married with one child, and two dogs.[2] Besides being involved in the publishing industry, he is an avid comic art collector, as well as a painter.[2] Herman uses some art from his own collection to supplement the extra sections in Hermes Press books.[2]

In 2014 Herman lent a portion of his comic art collection to the ToonSeum for the When Worlds Collide exhibit that showcased different sides of the DC and Marvel universes, in a mashup of characters.[6] He was one of several collectors that exhibited their comic art at the show.[6]

In 2015 Herman guest curated an exhibit at the ToonSeum for their Art of 007 show featuring artwork about James Bond.[7] The show featured art by Boris Grinnson, Mort Drucker, and others.[7]

YouTube

In 2015 Herman began appearing regularly on the video site YouTube, representing his publishing company in several promotional videos about new books and comic books.[8] So far he has appeared in 5 videos, and in each he gives commentary on the new books he has published.[8]

Bibliography

Books

  • Gil Kane: The Art of the Comics (2001, ISBN 978-0971031128), Hermes Press
  • Gil Kane: Art and Interviews (2002, ISBN 978-0971031166), Hermes Press
  • Silver Age: The Second Generation of Comic Book Artists (2005, ISBN 978-1932563641), Hermes Press
  • Behind the Silver Screen (2009, ISBN 978-1932563160), Hermes Press
  • Star Hawks, Vol. 1: 1977-1978 (2016, ISBN 978-1631403972), IDW Publishing

Magazine Articles

References

  1. ↑ Hermes Press
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Hermes Press: Opening The Archives". Scoop. Retrieved 16 December 2013.
  3. ↑ "Impressive Interview with Hermes Press..." Comicbooknerdsarehot.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Library of Congress". Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  5. ↑ "Library of Congress". Retrieved 5 May 2014.
  6. 1 2 "When Worlds Collide: DC and Marvel, a Tale of Two Continuities". Press Release (July 22, 2014). ToonSeum. July 22, 2014.
  7. 1 2 Thomas, Ian. "Toonseum's 'Art of 007' exhibit captures the style of James Bond". TribLive. Trib Total Media, Inc. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  8. 1 2 Herman, Dan. "Phantom #3 Hermes Press Promo". YouTube. YouTube. Retrieved 29 May 2015.
  9. ↑ http://twomorrows.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=98_55&products_id=1290
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