Comings & Goings old

Oni has just announced the promotion of three of its editors in preparation for new creator owned and licensed titles. While all the promotions are well deserved, they might also serve as a preemptive hedge against DC's talent raid on West Coast editorial offices. The short version: Charlie Chu has been promoted to Senior Editor, Robin Herrera to Editor, and Ari Yarwood to Associate Editor. And the books they will be working on include Kaijumax, Invader Zim and Rick and Morty. PLUS they got portraits by John Allison! It is a day of winning.

Some other people joining and moving on up of late: § Reginald Hudlin has joined the CBLDF Board of Directors. In addition to directing House Party and producing Django Unchained, Hudlin has written comics including...

https://twitter.com/jamieESrich/status/575823222563729408 https://twitter.com/jamieESrich/status/575747508619476992 Continuing their social media transparency on new hires, DC has hired Jamie S. Rich, former Oni editor and currently a very prolific comics writer, as Senior Editor at Vertigo. Jamie McKelvie quickly cut to...

After 25 years working on some of the most seminal comics of the era with many of the greatest creators, Diana Schutz is retiring on Friday, as announced in a talk with CBR's...

So @BexTay has done some of my favorite Archaia books and now she's working with me at DC. I'm thrilled and know she's gonna teach me a lot.— Andy Khouri (@andykhouri) March 9, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js ....aaaaaand...

We get most of our mainstream comics news at The Outhouse, which despite being a little rough with the personal jokes, still has a jaundiced view of comis publishing that's closer to the truth than many would suspect. However in a recent spate of comics news site turnovers, The Ourhouse is losing it's editor in chief, Christian Hoffer, who's moving on. Although he cites the usual—life changes, less time—it's clear that the snarky tone of the Outhouse also took its toll:

Tom Spurgeon is relocating from New Mexico to Columbus, OH this week. I can only imagine how stressful that is—some tweets posts about a cancelled last minute comics sale show just one aspect...

Today is my first day as an Editor at DC Comics. I'm very happy and excited and looking forward to hearing what you guys think of my books. — Andy Khouri (@andykhouri) March 2, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js It's...

While you had to be a detective a bit to parse this image from Ben Abernathy, the tweets have made it clear: the former Wildstorm editor is back at DC in Burbank as Director of Talent Relations.

sana_amanat_1382046047_27.jpg Hey, throw some big congrats over to @MiniB622! She's now @Marvel's Director of Content & Character Development! Well deserved!— Ryan Penagos (@AgentM) February 6, 2015 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Congrats to #CaptainMarvel & #MsMarvel editor Sana Amanat (@MiniB622) on...

Alternative Comics has announced a seven book spring 2015 season, with collections by some intriguing talents. Stephen Cerio hasn't been seen in a while, and a round-up of Malachi Ward's quirky comics is long overdue. Plus Rich Tommaso, Sam Henderson and a process guide from Tom Hart's Sequential Arts Workshop—some good stuff here. Alternative publisher Marc Arsenualt has also announced that Erik Aucoin will join Alternative as Associate Publisher. Aucoin's background includes HR, law, being a record label co-owner and of course liking comics. a massive fan of comics familiar to many of today's top creators. In the past Aucoin has worked for the US Congress, a lobbying firm and as a radio DJ so comics should be a snap for him. His duties will includes editing the anthology title Alternative Comics.

As announced on Twitter and expanded on via Tumblr Andy Khouri is stepping down as editor in chief at Comics Alliance, and the dynamic duo of Andrew Wheeler and Janelle Asselin-Moore will shares duties.