Jonathan Vankin was hired as an editor at Vertigo in 2004 after previously writing two of the line's Vertigo Pop miniseries and several entries in the Paradox Press "Big Book" series as well as several other non-comics works . His contributions to the line as an editor have included the series, "The Exterminators" and "Testament". For the latter, he brought media theorist Douglas Rushkoff to Vertigo. Taking over editing of "Hellblazer" from Will Dennis, he hired acclaimed Scottish crime novelist Denise Mina to write the title for 13 issues. He brought Harvey Pekar to Vertigo, where Pekar published the graphic novel "The Quitter" as well as eight issues of Pekar's long-running "American Splendor" autobiographical series. Vankin also edited the graphic novels "Incognegro" by Mat Johnson and "The Alcoholic" by novelist and essayist Jonathan Ames.