Changes at Scout Comics: Pruett, Rivera, Stickney

“While I was away, discovering new parts of the world and my own soul, I found myself missing Scout Comics. So, when James Haick and Brendan Deneen reached out to me, I was excited to discover that the timing was perfect for my re-entry into the world of comics. A world that is near and dear to my heart.”With the return of Pruett, Richard Rivera takes on the model new function of Editor-in-Chief, the place he’ll work intently with Scout’s creators. Former Co-Publisher Charlie Stickney strikes on to concentrate on his personal writing profession, together with increasing the White Ash Universe.

“I am beyond excited to have Jim Pruett back at Scout,” CEO Deneen mentioned. “He has a deep knowledge of and history in the comic book industry. As Scout continues to expand at an incredible rate, having his and Richard’s steady hands on the wheel only means that we can continue to put out the best creator-owned books in the world. I also want to wish the very best to Charlie, whose contributions have been deeply appreciated by me and the rest of the Scout executive team.”

Rivera added, “Jim’s leadership and experience have been missed by us all.  I’m honored to be Editor-in-Chief and looking forward to working with creators and retailers on several new programs that we have been planning and can now accelerate their rollout!”

Scout Comics & Entertainment, Inc. was based in 2015 and has over 250 comedian titles of their catalog. Scout books have bought to Disney, Amazon Studios, FilmNation, State Street, and Rooster Teeth, amongst others.

In a separate launch, Stickney introduced his personal future endeavors.

Exciting horizons abound! Charlie Stickney, twenty-year veteran of the leisure trade, beloved comics group member, and collection creator of celebrated White Ash and extra, has left Scout Comics.

During his two-year tenure at the writer, Charlie introduced on such nice titles as Karl Kesel and David Hahn’s Impossible Jones, Pat Shand and Rio Burton’s Azza The Barbed, and Zack Kaplan and Arjuna Susini’s Forever Forward. He additionally ran level on Scout‘s distribution with Simon and Schuster, shepherding Solar Flare, Stabbity Bunny, The Mall, and White Ash to the e book market, as they started producing enlargement in each distribution and IPs.

Charlie spoke of his function and relationship with Scout Comics:

“I cherished my time being a part of the management group at Scout. When I introduced White Ash there in 2019, taking a comedian to the direct market appeared like such a frightening and bewildering process. Jim Pruett, then Publisher of Scout, led me by way of the method and helped me join with shops throughout the nation. So once they supplied me the chance to be Co-Publisher and to pay ahead what I’d been taught, I jumped at the possibility to assist different creators develop and produce their tales to a bigger viewers—

Over the final couple of years Scout has grown from a small firm placing out 6-10 titles a month to at least one that’s internationally identified with a slate of choices that may method 25 books month-to-month. With a number of imprints, a toy line, a gaming division and a number of titles in growth as movies and tv collection—in all that development I imagine the time has come for me to move the baton to the subsequent particular person into what I’m certain can be a really profitable future for Scout—

I’m actually grateful to James Haick and Brendan Deneen for appointing me Co-Publisher and entrusting me with the accountability of rising the model of Scout Comics. I labored with an unbelievable group throughout my time, together with David Byrne, Richard Rivera, Lesa Miller and Don Handfield. I’m assured that going ahead Scout can be in nice arms, and the subsequent technology of creators can be very effectively taken care of.”

Not solely does this departure permit Charlie to shift focus to his fan-favorite city fantasy, White Ash, but in addition, he’ll proceed to rejoice the comics group; to help and domesticate relationships with different creators. Tenured in crowdfunding, with Glarien #1 as one of many largest single-issue Kickstarters of all-time, Charlie brazenly shares his expertise and data with a various group of writers, artists, colorers, and letterers, with the hope of increasing a constructive and thriving trade, in inventive tasks in addition to comics readership.

And that is solely the start of what’s to return…

Charlie Stickney is the author and co-creator of The Game, author of The Adept for Immortal Studios, producer of the award-winning documentary The Entertainers, in addition to helped create the animated collection Horrible Histories and Cosmic Quantum Ray.