Chase, Bobbie
American comic book editor and writer
Bobbie Chase is a comics and graphic novel publishing executive with over 40 years of experience in publishing. Her most recent position was as Executive Editor, Graphic Novels, of Wattpad Webtoon Studios, the publishing arm of a global company based in Korea that produces phone-based digital comics—the most popular global comics platform today.
Prior to this Bobbie spent a decade at DC Entertainment / Warner Bros. where she held three different Vice President positions, most recently as Vice President, Global Publishing Initiatives & Digital Strategy at DC Comics, in which she was charged with creating new global initiatives and partnerships, most successfully with Webtoons in Korea (Marvel Webtoons) and Kodansha, Japan (Marvel Manga).
Prior to that she was Vice President & Executive Editor of a new middle grade and YA graphic novel line. As VP-Talent Development she was also responsible for creating The DC Talent Development Workshops, which she launched in 2015. The program received thousands of applicants and was designed to give access and a voice to comic book writers and artists by providing educational and training programs for current and emerging talent. She joined DC in 2011, editing titles in the Batman Group such as Batgirl and Nightwing and then went on to become Editorial Director of the entire DC line.
Prior to joining DC, Bobbie spent 17 years at Marvel Comics, rising from assistant editor to Editor-In-Chief of Marvel Edge In 1994–1995. After years of editing almost every major character in the Marvel line, from The Avengers to the Incredible Hulk to G.I. Joe, Bobbie launched a new line of horror comics, elevating such characters as Ghost Rider, Blade and Spirits of Vengeance, and was herself elevated to a position as one of Marvel Group's Editors-in-Chief, the highest level a female editor has ever achieved at the company. In the years following, she worked for Disney Publishing and Stabenfeldt International, developing and writing middle grade and young adult books and magazines.
Some of Bobbie’s awards and honors include: Entertainment Industries Council in Partnership with National Institute of Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation PRISM AWARD. Several Magazine & Bookseller Newsstand Cover Competition Awards. Will Eisner and Harvey (Comic Industry Awards) Nominations. Diamond GEM (Industry) Awards. GLAAD Media Awards nomination. Back in the day, she was consistently ranked as one of the industry's "Top 10 Comic Book Editors" by Comics Buyers Guide, a consumer magazine.
Bobbie graduated from Mount Holyoke College with a BA in English. She also studied at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland, and studied design and illustration at the Parsons School of Design and the New School for Social Research.
In 2026, Bobbie receives an honorary Doctorate of Letters from the State University of New York.
