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Oni Press announces the departure of valued employee and Director of Business Development, George Rohac.
Category Archives: Business
BUSINESS: IDW Publishing hires Sarah Gaydos as new editor
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Though it’s not yet halfway over, 2013 has already been a banner year for IDW Publishing. In addition to the announcements of a slew of new projects over the last few months, America’s fourth-largest comics publisher is also continuing to expand as the beloved Artist’s Edition line joins Yoe Books and The Library of American Comics as its own imprint. IDW has also seen huge success with the IDW Limited line and announced at C2E2 2013 their status as the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund’s newest Corporate Member.
Valiant teams with HQM Editora for foreign language publishing
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Valiant is proud to announce a partnership with HQM Editora, Brazil’s premier publisher of Portuguese language comic books and graphic novels, to bring the Valiant Universe to a new generation of fans in South America.
BUSINESS: Joshua Dysart now exclusive with Valiant Entertainment
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Valiant is proud to announce that New York Times best-selling writer and Eisner Award nominee Joshua Dysart has signed on as the publisher’s next exclusive creator. Dysart is currently scripting and co-plotting the Harbinger Wars crossover and mini-series for Valiant, in addition to his writing duties on the ongoing Harbinger series.
BUSINESS: Aegis Creative becomes Wayward Raven
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Aegis Creative Enterprises has become Wayward Raven Media after expanding its mission by venturing into children’s books, novelty books and a webcomic. To inaugurate the transition, a special offer has been announced. With the purchase of a print or digital copy of The Ascendant #1 or Horsemen #1, the other will be free as a digital comic.
BUSINESS: Diamond promotes Powell to Vice President of Retailer Services
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Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. announced today that Executive Director of Business Development Chris Powell is being promoted to the newly created position of Vice President of Retailer Services.
BUSINESS: Dark Horse promotes Jim Gibbons to Associate Editor
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Dark Horse is pleased to announce the promotion of Jim Gibbons to associate editor! Gibbons, perhaps the “comics industry’s youngest veteran,” came to the Dark Horse PR department in 2009, following a brief career in the comics media as a writer and associate editor for Wizard magazine and a contributor to Comic Book Resources. In 2011, he moved over to the Dark Horse Editorial department as an assistant editor.
BUSINESS: Diamond announces Executive Managment changes
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Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. announced today that industry pioneer and longtime Diamond executive Bill Schanes is stepping down from his position as Vice President of Purchasing, effective April 30, 2013. Schanes will continue at Diamond in a part-time advisory role, at least through the end of 2013.
BUSINESS: Ron Richards leaves iFanboy, joins Image Comics
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Image Comics is excited to announce the hiring of Ron Richards as Director of Business Development. In this role, Richards will be focusing on sales and marketing strategies for the publishing line, ranging from print to digital products while also extending the Image Comics brand to wider audiences.
BUSINESS: Valiant Entertainment appoints Dinesh Shamdasani to CEO
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Valiant Entertainment today announced that co-founder and Chief Creative Officer Dinesh Shamdasani has been elected CEO, and founding CEO Jason Kothari has been appointed Vice Chairman of Valiant’s Board.
BUSINESS: Aspen Comics and Joe Benitez part ways
The word that Aspen comics won’t be working with Lady Mechanika creator Joe Benitez in the new year has been floating around for a few days, but we’ve been holding off until the official press release came out to avoid any “he said/she said” arguments. Granted the press release is a one sided view of the situation, but I will give Aspen Comics credit, as they didn’t have to say or do anything regarding this – just look at some of the other companies who have parted ways with creators in recent months (Rob Liefeld, Chris Roberson, etc), and the lack of information coming from the company.
BUSINESS: DC Comics promotes Bob Harras and Hank Kanalz
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“DC Entertainment announced today the promotion and expansion of duties for two of its key executives and a new reporting structure created to enhance and strengthen the company’s three imprints: DC Comics, Vertigo and Mad Magazine.