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One of them was Dean Mullaney, the co-owner of Eclipse Comics, a small independent publishing house.

All these men came up they all wanted to meet Will. Yronwode recalled that Eisner and his wife Ann "hosted a party for me with all these comic book men I was flirting with.

In the early 1980s, Mullaney met writer-editor Catherine Yronwode, who was working for cartoonist and entrepreneur Will Eisner.

In 1980 Mullaney moonlighted as co-editor of the brand-new hobbyist publication Comics Feature, produced by Hal Schuster's New Media Publishing, but left after one year to focus on Eclipse. Craig Russell, and children's literature such as The Hobbit by J. Eclipse also brought out graphic novels featuring opera adaptations, such as The Magic Flute by P. graphic novels by McGregor and artists Marshall Rogers and Gene Colan, respectively the graphic novel Stewart the Rat by writer Steve Gerber and artists Colan and Tom Palmer and the U.S. Eclipse went on to publish the anthology magazine Eclipse and the color-comic anthology Eclipse Monthly, the first of an Eclipse Comics line that eventually included such titles and creators as The Rocketeer by Dave Stevens Zot! by Scott McCloud two Detectives Inc. Written by Don McGregor and drawn by Paul Gulacy, Sabre was additionally the first graphic novel sold through the new " direct market" of comic-book stores. The brothers founded Eclipse Enterprises in Staten Island, New York City, New York, in 1977, and the following year published one of the first original graphic novels, Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species. Mullaney and his work have received seven Eisner Awards.ĭean Mullaney and his brother, rock musician Jan Mullaney, are the sons of early electronica musician Dave Mullaney of the band Hot Butter. In the 2000s, he established the imprint The Library of American Comics of IDW Publishing to publish hardcover collections of comic strips. Eclipse published some of the first graphic novels and was one of the first comics publishers to champion creators' rights. Dean Mullaney (born June 18, 1954) is an American editor, publisher, and designer whose Eclipse Enterprises, founded in 1977, was one of the earliest independent comic-book companies.