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Last night time, Bleeding Cool ran the information that Ben Abernathy has give up DC Comics and it now seems he’s heading to Skybound Entertainment.
Article Summary
- Ben Abernathy has left his place as Batman Group Editor at DC Comics.
- Speculation arises that Abernathy might be part of Robert Kirkman’s Skybound Entertainment.
- Skybound, identified for The Walking Dead, has a various portfolio in comics and media.
- Abernathy’s intensive expertise consists of roles at Dark Horse, Marvel, and Madefire.
Things transfer quick round right here. Last night time, Bleeding Cool ran the information that Ben Abernathy has give up DC Comics, the place he was Batman Group Editor and Executive Editor. We requested why, and located a few attainable solutions, however nothing as to the the place or the place subsequent, for the person. But as of this morning, that is now what we now have. As it stands, and as you might have gathered from this text headline, it seems that Ben Abernathy is heading to Skybound Entertainment.
Skybound is an leisure firm based in 2010 by Robert Kirkman and David Alpert, and is behind the comedian, TV collection, video games, merchandise and now upcoming movie variations of The Walking Dead, as initially created by Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, and continued with Kirkman and Charlie Adlard. Publishing by way of Image Comics, they now have a big selection of publications and spinoffs, comparable to Invincible, Outcast, Super Dinosaur, Oblivion Song, Fire Power, Birthright, Redneck, Skyward, Extremity, Manifest Destiny, Clementine and extra, in addition to authentic motion pictures and TV reveals. They are additionally publishing the Energon Universe books of Transformers, GI Joe, Cobra Commander, Duke and Void Rivals.
What Ben Abernathy will probably be doing at Skybound, I don’t know. Motion comics? Batman Vs Transformers? We will wait to seek out out. But contemplating that given his expertise on the writer, Ben Abernathy wou;d most definitely have been on a tidy sum at DC Comics, Robert Kirkman’s people could have needed to have dug deep to get him.
Ben Abernathy has labored in comics since 1998 when he was an Assistant Editor at Dark Horse Comics, and has since labored principally for DC Comics, with a while at Marvel Comics and founding the digital comedian guide writer Madefire. He grew to become Batman Group Editor in 2019, which started together with his hiring of James Tynion IV and Jorge Jimenez on the collection, and was additionally promoted to Executive Editor in late 2021.
There have been no responses to Bleeding Cool enquiries made to DC, Ben Abernathy or Skybound… but.
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