Alan Payne leaves IDW
As of Friday, Alan Payne, the key man in IDW's bookstore operations, is leaving the company:
After nine years with the Publisher, IDW VP of...
Hirings: Dark Horse hires four, including Means-Shannon
Well, those who saw her tweets about a cross country journey may have figured it out, but former Bleeding Cool editor in chief (and...
More people hired at comic book companies: Image, Boom, Valiant, Dynamite
Although the comics industry seems to be hitting a rough patch, one thing that I noticed at last week retailer summit is that a bunch of people have just been hired as staffers to actually work in the comics business! And interestingly, many of them are working directly with comics retailers. I think if you're going to invest money in your business at a time like this, investing in new employees who work directly with the people who buy your products is a pretty smart move. Here's the new faces:
Jeff Boison joins Image Comics
Former Vice President, Publishing Planning & Collected Editions at DC Entertainment Jeff Boison has just been hired by Image Comics and will join them Monday, October 5 as Director of Publishing Planning & Book Trade Sales. Bison worked at DC since 2009 and was at Rondom House for 11 years prior to that.
Layoffs at Archie Comics
The Beat has learned that last week Archie Comics laid off five employees from their 30 person staff.
Archie did not respond to enquiries....
Dave Marshall replaces Scott Allie as editor in chief at Dark Horse
This news had been floating round for a little bit, but Dark Horse it making it official: Dave Marshall is replacing Scott Allie as edit in chief. Allie will remain as executive senior editor. Several other assistant editor have been added as you can read below.
Feige escapes from Perlmutter’s rule as Marvel Studios restructures
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige will no longer report to the notoriously difficult Isaac Perlmutter, but instead will report directly to Disney Studios head Alan Horn, a move that will give him much more freedom.
DC president Diane Nelson to head up WB Consumer Products
If you were wondering if any of the recent turmoil at DC Comics would affect president Diane Nelson's standing at WB, the answer is no. She's already proven herself a strong executive who gets the way Warners works, and as a result she's just added running Warner Bros Consumer Products to her portfolio, along with DC Entertainment and CCO of Warner Bros. Interactive, THR reports. She replaces Brad Globe, who served as president from 2005 until now and announced his retirement for next spring.
With Channing Tatum Going AWOL, Is the Gambit Movie Dead?
Tonight, TheWrap reported that Channing Tatum might be leaving 20th Century Fox's Gambit production. Tatum, who was slated to star as everyone's favorite mutant with...
SDCC ’15: Turn up the Geeky with Nerd HQ
By Nick Eskey
Over the years, nerd culture has grown and evolved. As we have become comfortable and proud of our geekdom, the notion of...
Hill hired, Gonia promoted at Top Cow
Top Cow has just announced a few personnel changes, with writer Bryan Hill coming on board as Story Editor, and Betsy Gonia promoted from Managing Editor to Editor. Hill co-wrote Postal with publisher Matt Hawkins and had been helping Hawkins on a a number of projects. This is a new position, "created specifically to use Bryan’s talents to best facilitate making Top Cow stories better,” says Hawkins.
Editor Sierra Hahn moves to BOOM!
The West Coast editorial shuffle continues as star Dark Horse's editor Sierra Hahn has just moved over to BOOM! where she'll have the title of Senior Editor starting July 1st. Reporting directly to E-i-C Mat Gagnon she'll develop new titles and help with mentoring Boom! younger staffers. Hahn is a much liked and respected editor so this is a nice get for BOOM! At Dark Horse she was the Joss Whedon wrangler as well as editor on projects including Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen and Jonathan Case, Two Brothers by Fábio Moon and Gabriel Bá and more.
