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Dark Horse is pleased to announce the promotion of Sarah Robertson to the role of director of sales. Effective immediately, Robertson will serve as the head of the Dark Horse Comics sales division.
For the past forty years, NBM Publishing, America’s first publisher of graphic novels, has been the home of high quality comics; from pioneering the translation and release of foreign work such as by Enki Bilal and Hugo Pratt, to being the first collecting classic comic strips such as Terry & The Pirates in beautiful hardcovers, to becoming the home for some of the best US cartoonists being published today.
Today, IDW Publishing announced that it will be managing its own foreign rights catalogue for global publishing. This new division from the publisher, IDW International, will oversee all international licensing of the diverse IDW catalogue. The massive library from the publisher presents opportunities across the globe for distribution in many new territories. In addition, the International division will reach beyond IDW’s catalogue; joining IDW International is the renowned publisher Archie Comics, who for the first time will now be represented for non-English language rights.
Diamond Comic Distributors has announced it has moved the company’s Plattsburgh, NY distribution center to a new location to process more products. The distributor also opened a new center in Mississippi that should keep comics flowing to your store.
Asmodee North America has announced it has acquired the English language rights to the super popular Catan series from Mayfair Games.
Netflix, Inc. and DreamWorks Animation (NASDAQ: DWA) today announced the expansion of their current multi-year deal, making Netflix the global home, outside of China, to a number of new original series for the whole family from the studio. The deal also covers streaming rights to the DreamWorks Animation feature film library.
Just two months after the very successful fourth annual Rhode Island Comic Con, the management of Altered Reality Entertainment have announced that they have joined forces with Connecticut ComiConn to assume ownership and management of the newly formed Hartford ComiConn.
Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) today announced that it will press START on its Wizard World Gaming series (www.wizardworldgaming.com) in conjunction with Wizard World Comic Con Portland, February 19-21 at the Oregon Convention Center. The Gaming area in Portland will maintain many of the planned events and guests originally scheduled for the standalone Gaming convention in Atlanta (January 22-24), which will not be held.
As the old adage goes “Everything changes and nothing stands still.” And nothing is more true in the world of comic books and comic book companies. Action Lab Entertainment is moving into its fifth official year of publication coinciding with the launch of their new ongoing superhero universe, Actionverse, as well as a bevy of new titles. The company has also announced new information about their leadership changes.
With the announcement of Diamond’s Free Comic Book Day releases for 2016, Aspen Comics has announced the publisher’s offering, Worlds of Aspen 2016, as a precursor to an all-new summer crossover event combining Aspen’s two flagship titles, Michael Turner’s Fathom and Soulfire, for the first time ever.
Wizard World, Inc. (OTCBB: WIZD) today announced the launch of Wizard World Store ( www.shopwizardworld.com), a marketplace for Comic Con fans, collectors and general geekdom. The site offers exclusive limited run signed comic books that Wizard World has co-produced for its pop culture festivals over the years.
Diamond Comic Distributors has released the list of top ten comic books released for November, and even though Vader Down claims to have sold 450,000 copies, it’s the Dark Knight III: The Master Race that took the top spot. Sadly, that didn’t help DC when it comes to winning the month.
Diamond Book Distributors (DBD) is pleased to announce the hiring of Nicholas Sinisi in the position of Sales Manager, primarily responsible for managing independent bookstores, Hastings, Bookazine and special sales. He will report to Emily Botica, Director of Sales & Marketing.