Andrew Helfer usually credited as Andy Helfer, is an award-winning comic book creator

Comic book creator

A comic book creator is someone who creates a comic book or graphic novel.The production of a comic book by one of the major comic book companies in the U.S...

 best known for his work as an editor

Editing

Editing is the process of selecting and preparing written, visual, audible, and film media used to convey information through the processes of correction, condensation, organization, and other modifications performed with an intention of producing a correct, consistent, accurate, and complete...

 and writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 at DC Comics

DC Comics

DC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...

, where he founded the Paradox Press

Paradox Press

Paradox Press was a division of DC Comics formed in 1993 after editor Mark Nevelow departed from Piranha Press. Under the initial editorship of Andrew Helfer and Bronwyn Carlton the imprint was renamed. It is best known for graphic novels like A History of Violence and Road to Perdition...

 imprint.

Biography

Helfer joined DC in the 1980s, and was responsible for placing Keith Giffen

Keith Giffen

Keith Ian Giffen is an American comic book illustrator and writer.-Biography:Giffen was born in Queens, New York City....

 and J.M. deMatteis on the Justice League

Justice League

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 titles; as well, he was the editor for The Man of Steel limited series by John Byrne. He also developed Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins

Max Allan Collins is an American mystery writer. He has written novels, screenplays, comic books, comic strips, trading cards, short stories, movie novelizations and historical fiction. He wrote the graphic novel Road to Perdition , created the comic book private eye Ms...

' series Road to Perdition

Road to Perdition (comics)

Road to Perdition is a series of fictional works written by Max Allan Collins.The comic book of the original series, with art by Richard Piers Rayner, was published by DC Comics' imprint, Paradox Press...

and John Wagner

John Wagner

John Wagner is a comics writer who was born in Pennsylvania in 1949 and moved to Scotland as a boy. Alongside Pat Mills, Wagner was responsible for revitalising British boys' comics in the 1970s, and has continued to be a leading light in British comics ever since.He is best known for his work on...

's A History of Violence

A History of Violence

A History of Violence is a graphic novel written by John Wagner and illustrated by Vince Locke, originally published in 1997 by Paradox Press and later by Vertigo, both imprints of DC Comics....

, both of which became successful films.

Awards

• 1991:
  • Nominated for "Best Script" Haxtur Award
    Haxtur Award
    The Haxtur Award is a Spanish award for comics published in Spain. It is awarded annually at the Salón Internacional del Cómic del Principado de Asturias ....
    
    , for Justice, Inc.
    Justice, Inc.
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  • Nominated for "Best Long Comic Strip" Haxtur Award, for Justice, Inc.

• 1995:
  • Won "Best Anthology" Eisner Award
    Eisner Award
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    , for Big Book of Urban Legends
  • Nominated for "Best Editor" Eisner Award, for Big Book of Urban Legends
• 1997: Nominated for "Best Editor" Eisner Award, for Gon
  Gon (manga)
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  and Big Book of Little Criminals