Byron Erickson, born February 3, 1951 in Tucson, Arizona, works at Egmont, and was Don Rosa's editor. He started working in Another Rainbow Publishing in 1983, and when they received the license to publish Disney comics in the United States under the name of Gladstone Publishing, he became the editor. After Disney took over the license, Erickson left Gladstone Publishing for First Publishing as an editor for various comics. He later moved to Denmark and joined Egmont, first as editor and later as "creative leader", but he is still writing comics.