Comings & Goings old

  Mike Zagari, formerly SVP, Brand/Digital-Creative at AfterShock, announced he was leaving on Twitter yesterday. "Next steps" will be announced Monday.   https://twitter.com/mikezagari/status/994927163924205568 Zagari was previously at Disney/Marvel/Star Wars/Pixar, and...

Te rise of kids graphic novels continues as Gina Gagliano leaves First Second to become Publishing Director of a new imprint at RH, Random House Graphic.

The personnel shuffle at comics companies continues as Jeanine Schaefer has joined Boom! Studios as executive editor.

Following some personnel changes over at IDW, John Barber has been named editor in chief at the publisher. He replaced Chris Ryall, who departed...

In honor of today being International Tabletop Day,  myself and fellow Beat staffer Victor Van Scoit have decided to share some of our own personal-favorite tabletop games. As criteria, we've decided to stay away from oldies like “Chess,” “Monopoly,” and “Dungeons & Dragons,” because there are a TON of other games out there. We have also decided to only share games that are still available for purchase if there are any readers who wish to experience these games for themselves.

Headed by Mike Towry and Chairman Matt Dunford, this convention pays homage to the early days of Comic-Con. Organizers of Comic Fest pride themselves in its intimate setting. In many ways, I find it to be quite charming, lacking the Hollywood of Comic-Con and instead allowing attendees and invited guests to mingle together. A lot of love goes into this convention.

"I remember the absolute last copy of the first print run, which I sold at Comic-Con. It was to a middle-aged, straight woman who was buying it for her teenage, gay son. She told me that she was getting the book for him because she wanted him to know his history and lineage, and she couldn’t tell that story to him herself. She thanked me for creating the book for the both of them and I promptly burst into tears. Then we hugged it out. It was an incredible moment."

He doesn't have a title yet, but he'll be setting the publishing plan.

  The frantic game of musical chairs at various publisher continues as Joe Illidge - most recently at Lion Forge, but previously at DC and...

MEANWHILE, at Marvel, a nother significant hire, as Sven Larsen, has joined Marvel as their new Director, Licensed Publishing. He posted the news today on...

Veteran editors Amanda Meadows and Shawna Gore have joined Lion Forge's rapildy growing editorial team.

COntinuing the game of musical chairs at various comics companies, much liked comics vet Mel Caylo is joining Valiant Entertainment as Director of Marketing....