Carol Kalish
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Carol Kalish talking to Cat Yronwode at the October, 1982 Minneapolis Comic-Con.
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| Born | February 14, 1955 |
| Died | September 5, 1991 (aged 36) |
| Nationality | United States |
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Notable works
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Vice President of New Product Development, Marvel Comics |
| Awards |
Inkpot Award, 1991 ComicsPRO 2010 Industry Appreciation Award (posthumous) |
Carol Kalish (February 14, 1955 – September 5, 1991) was an American writer, editor, comic book retailer, and sales manager. She worked as Direct Sales Manager and Vice President of New Product Development at Marvel Comics from 1981 to 1991. She is credited with pioneering the American comics direct market when it was in its adolescence, in part through a program wherein Marvel helped pay for comic book stores to acquire cash registers. She was the winner of an Inkpot Award in 1991, and in 2010 was posthumously awarded the first ComicsPRO Industry Appreciation Award, beating nominees such as Will Eisner, Julius Schwartz and Phil Seuling.
Kalish had a sister named Candace. She graduated from Radcliffe College with Honors in Geography and a specialty in History.
Kalish was a childhood friend of writer Paul Dini, who credits her with introducing her to the character Wonder Woman when they were children.
Kalish worked as a comic book retailer and wholesaler. Kalish's first work in circulation was two years as circulation manager on the science fiction publication Galileo, which folded in early 1980. This led to a dual position with Hal Shuster's New Media/Irjax: assistant editor on a line of comic books with New Media Publishing, and, with her partner Richard Howell, running the Shuster-owned Boston-area distributor Solar Spice and Liquors (named after a fictional corporation created by science fiction writer Poul Anderson).
In 1981, she began working at Marvel, having been hired by Ed Shukin, Marvel’s Vice President in charge of sales. She was known as Marvel's "Mistress of Propaganda," and "discovered" Alex Ross and Peter David, who worked with Kalish as Assistant Sale Manager in Marvel Comics' Sales Department, along with Sandy Schechter.
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