Margot Wood joins Image as VP of Book Market Sales – UPDATED
Publishing veteran Margot Wood, formerly of Oni and HarperCollins, has joined Image Comics to oversee their book market sales
DC Comics head Pam Lifford departs Warner Bros. Discovery
Pam Lifford, who ran DC comics as the consumer products head since 2018, is leaving Warner Bros, while a new franchise exec is sought
Zack Soto leaves Oni to go back to making comics
Zack Soto is leaving editing to get back to making comics, including Secret Voice, Power Button and more
Oni Press hires many, promotes even more
Oni Press has announced seven new hires, including editors Karl Bollers and Megan Brown, and ten promotions
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 reason for that is because I stepped up from being...
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 that they will shutter Right Stuf Anime's website, RightStufAnime.com and...
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