Speaker Biographies

Andy Schmidt

As an assistant and associate editor, Andy worked on nearly every major character in the Marvel canon. From Spider-Man, to the Avengers and Fantastic Four. During his nearly six years at Marvel, Andy edited such popular comic books as X-Men, X-Factor, Alias, Secret War, Captain America: The Chosen, Iron Man / Captain America: Casualties of War, Avengers Classic, and the Annihilation saga.

Andy's "tour of duty" also led him to work with the top writers and artists in the comics industry from Stan Lee to Brian Michael Bendis and from John Romita Jr. to David Finch and Steve McNiven.

Andy is currently the Senior Editor at IDW Publishing and is in charge of such popular franchises as G.I. Joe, Star Trek and Terminator for the publishing company.

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