DCs Publisher and Chief Creative Officer,Jim Lee, has been promoted to President of the comic book brand.
The famed artist, writer, editor, will continue his primary duties as Publisher at DC Comics, heading all the creative teams, and hell also lead creative efforts to integrate DCs publishing portfolio of characters and stories across all media in the Warner Bros.
Discovery umbrella.
DC Jim Lee attends the Warner Bros. Premiere of “The Suicide Squad” at The Landmark Westwood on August 02, 2021 in Los Angeles, California.Getty
Lee will continue to report to Pam Lifford, President of Global Brands, Franchises, and Experiences at Warner Bros. Discovery.Lee joined DC in 1998 and has overseen many of the companys highly successful publishingprograms, including the recent record-breaking Rebirth line of comics and The New 52 initiativethat relaunched the entire line of monthly superhero comic books.
As part of the revamp, Leedesigned and reimagined the new, more contemporary costumes for some of the DC universesmost iconic characters, including Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman.
Lee was born in Seoul, South Korea but moved with his family to St. Louis, Missouri, when hewas young.
He holds a BA in Psychology from Princeton University and started his professionalcareer at Marvel Comics, where his work on theX-Mencontinues to hold the all-time salesrecord for single-issue sales.
