Calvin Reid

Calvin Reid is an American artist, journalist, writer and editor. He is a Lower East Side pioneer whose art has had very little exposure, and whose writing career has overshadowed his graphic arts career. Reid is a contributing editor for Publishers Weekly and is also the head of its comics department. He heads the magazine's annual African American issue, and co-edits its online comics newsletter, PW Comics Week, with Heidi MacDonald. Reid was also an editor of graphic novels for Reed Graphica, an imprint of Reed Press. He edited the graphic novels Comanche Moon by Jack Jackson and David Chelsea in Love by David Chelsea. Originally from Washington, DC, Reid has a degree in art education from Howard University and a masters degree in...