Heidi MacDonald (born November 15) is a writer and editor in the field of
comic book
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s based in
New York City
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. She runs the comics industry news blog ''
The Beat''.
Career
MacDonald is a former editor for
DC Comics
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DC Comics is one of the largest and oldest American comic book companies, with thei ...
'
Vertigo
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imprint and ''
Disney Adventures
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'', and also edited the
graphic novel
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''
The Hills Have Eyes: The Beginning'' from
Fox Atomic Comics that is a prequel to the
2006 film.
She created her long-running blog ''The Beat: The News Blog of Comics Culture'' (also known as ''Comics Beat'') at
Comicon.com
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Early life
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in June 2004, before moving it to ''
Publishers Weekly
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'' in 2006, and to an independent site in 2010.
In 2016, she announced she was moving ''The Beat'' to the webcomics site Hiveworks. She wrote, "The era of the 'bedroom blogger' is long gone, replaced by corporate entities trying to outdo each other with clickbait headlines and subsisting on popup ads that get more bewildering every day."
MacDonald also was an editor and writer at ''Publishers Weekly''. In January 2016, MacDonald announced she was laid off from her position at ''Publishers Weekly'', although she would continue to write for the magazine on a freelance basis.
''
In 2017, comics publisher
Lion Forge
Lion Forge Comics was an American comic book publisher founded in 2011 by David Steward II and Carl Reed, with headquarters formerly located in St. Louis, Missouri. The company has a strong focus on culturally diverse creators and stories. In 2 ...
acquired ''The Beat''. In January 2020, it was announced that after Lion Forge was acquired by
Polarity, the company cut ties with MacDonald. In a press release, MacDonald indicated she would continue the blog independently.
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American women journalists
Comic book editors
Comics critics
Place of birth missing (living people)
21st-century American women