Two properly regarded ex-DC staff who’ve dueling libraries have shifted jobs within the by no means ending sport of comics {industry} musical chairs, with Scott Nybakken becoming a member of Dynamite, and Adam Philips transferring from Dynamite to AWA.
Nybakken has joined Dynamite as Director, Marketing, and will report back to VP of Sales and Marketing Alan Payne and alongside Dynamite’s Director of Sales Vince Letterio and Marketing Coordinator Vincent Faust.
“I’m very excited to be joining the Dynamite team — I’ve known Nick Barrucci from the earliest days of Dynamic Forces, and right from the start I’ve seen that he and Dynamite have published some of the best books in the business,” stated Nybakken. “Now I’ve finally got the chance to make sure that everyone else on the planet knows it as well!”
“Scott’s resume speaks for itself, and we are very fortunate that he’s coming on board and adding his experience to our company and our growth,” stated Dynamite CEO/Publisher Nick Barrucci.
Nybakken can be working Dynamite’s month-to-month solicits and doing video interviews with Dynamite creators for the publishers YouTube channel, Instagram, TikTok, and different platforms.
Nybakken’s bio appears to be like prefer it got here from his pen and we’ll reproduce it verbatim, however suffice to say he’s a strong Beat pal, from our occasions at Fantagraphics, to working into him on the imply streets of Kips Bay once we had been neighbors:
In one capability or one other, Nybakken has toiled within the ink-stained comics mines for
greater than 30 years. His profession within the {industry} began as an editor for the historic journal The Comics Journal, printed by Fantagraphics Books. During his greater than 20 years with DC Comics, he performed a vital position in constructing the corporate’s standard-setting and award-winning graphic novel line, for which he edited over 1,000 titles starting from the largest sellers to fastidiously curated archival initiatives. He has moreover labored with Insight Editions, and carried out spots of freelance media writing and modifying. In his new place at Dynamite, he’s hoping to lastly meet Red Sonja.
Nybakken is kind of changing Philips at Dynamite, as Philips strikes on to Artists, Writers & Artisans Inc. (AWA) as Director of Sales & Trade Marketing. His duties can be comparable however AWA has a distinct means of placing it.
In his new position, Philips can be chargeable for creating and delivering the go-to-market methods for AWA’s publishing initiatives, offering management and path on division technique, execution, reporting, and analytics, and providing perception and perspective on gross sales developments at AWA and industry-wide. He will even oversee direct communication applications with retailers within the comedian ebook market and handle worldwide gross sales brokers and belongings.
“We strive to consistently seek out the best in our business, and Adam’s expertise and leadership in this new role are going to vastly upgrade our retail sales and marketing efforts,” stated Michael Cotton, Executive Editor and Head of Publishing Operations at AWA. “We understand that retailers are contending with a changing and challenging industry, and believe that Adam will help ensure communication with our partners increases to gather more feedback on what AWA can do to help distributors and retailers.”
“I’m absolutely thrilled to join AWA,” says Philips. “It’s always great to work with a team of driven and talented people that are dedicated to ensuring creators have the ability to pursue their bold and personal work, and I look forward to sharing our vision with retailers. Here at AWA, we want to make it simple for retailers to have access to the best content we can offer, so I look forward to working with the team to set up a system that streamlines these efforts for everyone.”
Philips is probably finest know to the comics {industry} because the man who ran the slideshows at numerous DC panels through the years. But he’s far more: a 25 12 months veteran of DC Comics’ advertising efforts, spearheading the inventive path of DC’s promoting and different initiatives. After leaving DC in 2021, Philips launched the comics advertising company Untold Stories Marketing, with shoppers together with Dynamite Entertainment, ComicsProfessional, SellMyComicBooks.com, Zoop, and others.
He additionally has a protracted historical past in comics, as an editor at Welsh Publishing Group, engaged on licensed magazines for younger readers together with Superman and Batman, the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Garfield, The Simpsons, and The Real Ghostbusters and writing for Marvel Age Magazine earlier than becoming a member of the workers of Marvel Comics as an assistant editor in 1985. He labored on Marvel titles together with Marvel Age Magazine, The Incredible Hulk and Wolverine, Howard the Duck, Doctor Who, The Vision and Scarlet Witch, and others.
Philips and Nybakken are in style {industry} figures and I’m certain you’re all becoming a member of us in congratulating them on their new positions.
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