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Article: Comic publisher's drive matches that of her superhero.(SPECIAL REPORT: ENTREPRENEURS IN THE 20s)(Priscilla Tjio Hervey from Beyond Time Entertainment LLC)
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- Los Angeles Business Journal
- Article date:
- April 9, 2007
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IT'S rare to find a woman in the comic book industry, and even more-so a 20-something Asian-American ex-beauty queen.
Twenty-seven year-old Priscilla Tjio Hervey knows she broke the norm when she started Beyond Time Entertainment LLC, publisher of comic book series "Black Tiger--Legacy of Fury," in 2002 with her husband, John E. Hervey.
The former Miss Los Angeles Chinatown started the company when she was 22 and was working toward becoming a school teacher.
"I just thought I was going to be a teacher and that was that," she said. "I never really thought of owning a business."
But then, Tjio began dating her now-husband, and they began ...