Welcome to New Manga, Anime and Webtoon Writers on Comics Beat
In recent weeks, you might have noticed that we’ve been posting more news and reviews about manga, anime and webtoons on The Beat. One...
RightStufAnime.com to Shut Down, Migrate to Crunchyroll Store
Huge news has hit the anime and manga industry in the US as anime streamer Crunchyroll, a division of Sony Entertainment Group, has announced...
Lianne Sentar named publisher at Seven Seas Entertainment
25 year industry veteran Lianne Sentar has been promoted to publisher at Seven Seas while founder Jason DeAngelis is moving to President & CEO
Spencer Simpson joins Oni Press as VP of Sales
Industry veteran Spencer Simpson has joined Oni Press to oversee their sales program in the dm, bookstores and digitally.
New Jobs: Steve Morris at Rebellion; Mad Cave hires three
Steve Morris Joins Rebellion as Marketing Manager, and Mad Cave Studios has hired Adam Wallenta, Marla Eizik, and Christina Harrington as editors
Comings and Goings this week, notes on DC and Marvel and more
Mike Armstrong leaves ReedPop; Jim Sokolowski leave Dynamite; what Jim Lee staying at DC means and more comics industry news of the week
Arabelle Liepold to take over as Executive Director at Society of Illustrators
Arabelle Liepold will take over as Executive Director of the Society of Illustrators later this month, as Anelle Miller is retiring
Joe Quesada signs a first-look deal with Amazon
The former Marvel Comics editor in chief has signed with Amazon to develop comics-based material
Bob Harras joins Immortal Studios as Editor at Large
Harras joins the Wuxia focused company after being editor in chief at both Marvel and DC - an unprecedented feat.
Comings and Goings: Scott Nybakken and Adam Philips
Nybakken heads to Dynamite, while Philips joins AWA Studios.
Kakao Entertainment closes Korean office of Tapas, amid layoffs and consolidation
Korean tech giant Kakao has made more cutbacks to various parts of Tapas Entertainment in the US and Korea.
