Sheila Cranna
Sheila Cranna is a British comics editor who served as the very first editor of the British edition of the Marvel Generation 1 comic, from issues #1 to #21. During her tenure she commissioned the first UK originated stories to meet the title's need for more material than the US reprints could supply. While Alan McKenzie brought in the earliest creators, it was Cranna who brought in Mike Collins and then was responsible for introducing Simon Furman to the world of the Transformers.[1] She met Furman via Ian Rimmer, a co-worker from her IPC days who she was responsible for getting hired at Marvel UK.[2]
Cranna had little empathy for the characters and in mid 1985 willingly ceded the editorial chair to Ian Rimmer.[3] She briefly returned to edit the second Transformers Annual in 1986.
As well as Transformers, Cranna has worked on many other titles including Doctor Who Magazine between 1985 and 1988.
References
- ↑ The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1 page 12
- ↑ The Transformers Classics UK Volume 1 page 13
- ↑ Unknown author "Transformers UK" in Second Generation [Trade paperback] (London; Titan Books, 2004), page 5.
