Some people coming and going over the last few weeks:
• Editor Janna Morishima is leaving Scholastic to take a job at Diamond working on a new initiative aimed at selling more graphic novels aimed at children. More on this soonish.
• Jim Demonakos has left his post at Image as PR & Marketing Coordinator. He’ll be replaced by Mark Britt, who takes the post of Director of Marketing. We don’t know Britt personally, but he has a background as an art director. and, if it’s the same Mark Britt, is a Xeric Grant recipient.
• David Seidman, who served as Claypool’s marketing director for years, has taken a similar position for NBM, and already our email box has been flooded with a number of informative and timely press releases.
Yep, the same Xeric grant winning Mark. He’s a good man, and though Jim left big shoes; I expect Mark to fill them well.
Janna is wonderful and will be successful wherever she works.
Yep, Janna is amazing. I think it’s a great sign that Diamond would hire someone like her to help shake up the sales of graphic novels for kids. Wish her well, everyone!