It seems just like the rebuilding at Oni Press has his a brand new plateau with the announcement of seven new hires, together with a number of editors and consultants; and a plethora of promotions. The PR even got here with its personal very enticing graphics so we don’t must make one – The Beat calls that focus to element.
“No comic or graphic novel is created in a vacuum, and, at Oni Press, we’re blessed to have one of the hardest working, most resourceful, and vastly talented teams anywhere in the industry. Together, we’re committed to working collaboratively with creators to put forward stories that connect with readers around the world, and their hard work shows on every page. It’s a pleasure and honor to call our growing, 25-strong team both friends and colleagues, and we’re energized to unleash a bevy of surprises in 2024 and beyond,” mentioned Oni Press President & Publisher Hunter Gorinson.
“It’s tremendously exciting to celebrate the achievements of Oni’s dedicated, steadfast team who are making some of the most thoughtful, fun, weird, and brilliant comics and graphic novels out there,” mentioned Editor-in-Chief Sierra Hahn. “Please join us in applauding their work and to welcome our new team members whose own contributions and ideas will surely influence the shape of Oni in the years to come.”
And right here is the line-up! Congrats to all the brand new people and promotions.
New Hires:
Karl Bollers, Editor
Karl Bollers is a veteran editor with more than 25 years of business expertise at Marvel Comics, Valiant Entertainment, and Bad Idea. Additionally, Bollers is a widely known author, having earned an Eisner Award nomination for his collection Watson & Holmes and contributing to collection together with Marvel’s Emma Frost, Machine Man, and What If?, in addition to Archie’s Sonic the Hedgehog and Valiant’s Archer & Armstrong.
Megan Brown, Editor
Megan Brown is an editor who, throughout her time at IDW Publishing, helped spearhead their unique graphic novel initiative and labored on licensed titles together with Marvel Action: Captain Marvel, GLOW, Dungeons & Dragons, Star Trek, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, and more. When she’s not enhancing, you will discover her writing comics, writing novels, or scouring native vintage shops for VHS tapes so as to add to her rising assortment.
Andy McElliott, Operations Manager
Andy McElliott grew to become a part of the Oni Press household because the Operations Manager in June 2023. Having devoted the previous 8 years to logistics and operations administration, Andy operates behind the scenes–principally the wizard backstage. He diligently works to make sure that Oni titles make their method onto cabinets and into the palms of enthusiastic followers. He likes to drink sizzling black espresso, even in the course of the summer season.
Winston Gambro, Graphic Designer
Winston Gambro is a comic book creator that beforehand created the cyberpunk thriller, Overflow, the all-ages thriller Gumshoe City, the horror-romance, Haunted House: A Love Story and is presently drawing Lights within the Sky. He’s presently designing Dwellings by Jay Stephens, The Man from Maybe by Jordan Thomas and Shaky Kane and the upcoming Invasive by Cullen Bunn and Jesús Hervás. He lives together with his cat, Hazel.
Matt Harding, Pre-Press Technician
Matt Harding has labored in comics manufacturing for over ten years at firms like Black Mask Studios and Madefire Motion Books and now Oni Press. When he’s not working, he will be discovered writing and illustrating comics like All the Devils Are Here, Not Forgotten, From the Static, Lower Your Sights, and Hyperdrive.
Chris Robinson, Consulting Editor
Chris Robinson is the editor of All-Negro Comics seventy fifth Anniversary Edition, and beforehand edited Black Panther, Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur, Ghost Rider, and far more for Marvel Comics.
Kaia Rokke, Marketing & Communications Coordinator
A current graduate of Sweet Briar College, Kaia will assist handle advertising and marketing, publicity, and social media efforts for Oni’s rising slate of comics and graphic novels.
And the properly deserved promotions:
Troy Look, VP, Publishing Services
A veteran of Oni Press since 2011, Troy Look got here to Oni from Dark Horse Comics, the place he had beforehand served as Prepress Technician and contributed to collection together with Hellboy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Conan, and Star Wars. Over the course of the subsequent decade, he was subsequently promoted to Production Manager and later Director of Design and Production. As VP of Publishing Services, Look oversees all manufacturing, manufacturing, operations, and logistics on Oni’s behalf. He is extraordinarily grateful to work with probably the most gifted groups within the business.
Jeremy Colfer, Director of Development
A veteran movie and tv government based mostly in Los Angeles, Jeremy Colfer has twenty years of expertise in content material growth with globally acknowledged media organizations, together with MGM, and Sony Pictures Television. In his new function, he oversees growth of Oni’s intensive library of comics and graphic novels.
Angie Knowles, Director of Design & Production
Angie Knowles started her profession at Oni Press as a Prepress Technician in 2016 and climbed her method as much as the function of Director of Design & Production. She utilized contemporary out of school with a level in Digital Arts, dreaming she may work on graphic novels all day. Now, she’s labored on a whole bunch of books and comics by compositing and quality-checking paintings, sending recordsdata to print, and designing books and logos.
Grace Scheipeter, Senior Editor
A veteran of Andrews McMeel Publishing the place she labored on collection like Big Nate and Phoebe and Her Unicorn, Grace Sheipeter joined Lion Forge Comics in 2017. In the six years she’s been with the corporate, she has labored on titles like Brenna Thummler’s best-selling Sheets collection, Jarrett Melendez and Danica Brine’s award-winning graphic novel, Chef’s Kiss, and Austin Paramore and Sarah Bollinger’s Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song. Grace is captivated with working intently with creators to deliver their tales to life and is keen to proceed buying and enhancing compelling, lovely tales for Middle Grade and Young Adult audiences.
Bess Pallares, Senior Editor
Bess Pallares beforehand served as Editor and Editorial Assistant at Oni Press, and holds a Master’s Degree in Publishing and a certificates in Comics Studies from Portland State University. She edits licensed titles similar to Rick & Morty, in addition to creator-owned collection and graphic novels together with the upcoming Invasive by Cullen Bunn and Jesús Hervás, and I Feel Awful, Thanks by Lara Pickle. Pallares lives within the Midwest together with her husband and daughter, the place she likes to brew specialty espresso and knit with a cat in her lap.
Carey Soucy, Senior Graphic Designer
Over the final 13 years Carey has lent her skills to numerous books similar to: Skottie Young and Jorge Corona’s Eisner-nominated Middlewest (Image Comics), Skottie Young & Aaron Conley’s Bully Wars (Image Comics), Jim Zub & Troy Little’s Rick and Morty vs. Cthulhu (Oni Press), and Cristian Castelo’s Wild! (or So I Was Born to Be) (Oni Press). She is worked up for the upcoming launch of her newest design mission, Matt Lesniewski’s Faceless and The Family (Oni Press), hitting cabinets November 2023. When not in entrance of her laptop, you will discover Carey engaged on her tiny home or taking part in together with her huge canine.
Sarah Rockwell, Senior Graphic Designer
Sarah “Rocky” Rockwell has been designing at Oni Press since 2019 and has collaborated with implausible individuals on nice (and an ideal many) issues, together with the Eisner Award-nominated Chefs’ Kiss, the award-winning Sheets Trilogy, Invisible Differences, Pink Lemonade, Cindy & Biscuit, Silk Hills, Lamentation, Rick & Morty vs. Dungeons & Dragons, and XINO. She’d like to let you know more about her non-pixel pushing hobbies, however the listing is way too lengthy, so maintain an eye fixed (and a tissue) out for Brenna Thummler’s Lights, in shops now!
Gabriel Granillo, Editor
Gabriel Granillo labored as journalist, multimedia director, and editor for newspapers and magazines for a number of years earlier than becoming a member of Oni in 2022. Notable titles he’s edited embrace Dega by Dan McDaid, the sci-fi anthology XINO, and Dwellings by Jay Stephens. He additionally co-edits a lot of Oni’s licensed titles, together with Rick and Morty. In addition to his work at Oni Press, he’s additionally a author of prose and nonfiction, a somewhat-decent photographer, and an on-again, off-again musician.
Jung Hu Lee, Assistant Editor
Born in Seoul, South Korea, raised in Washington DC/Maryland, Jung Hu Lee graduated from the University of Pittsburgh’s English Writing program. Post-university, they labored as a library web page, bookseller, newspaper intern, substitute instructor, particular ed. tutor, EMT recruit, TV manufacturing technician, and analysis assistant earlier than shifting to Portland in 2010. They began at Oni Press in 2013 as a Warehouse Assistant, after which as Logistics Coordinator in 2018. Starting in August 2022, they have been launched to enhancing work and assisted on such titles as Action Journalism, Let Me Out, Rick and Morty, and XINO. Outside of labor, Jung enjoys constructing Gundam fashions (often known as Gunpla), watching 80’s/90’s anime and Hong Kong movies, studying Cormac McCarthy and an excellent bowl of noodles.
Sara Harding, Executive Coordinator
Sara Harding joined Oni Press in February 2022 as Entertainment Executive Assistant. Previously, she has offered her enhancing skills on .SELF by Christopher Sebela and Cara McGee (Comixology/Dark Horse), All the Devils are Here by Jarred Lujan and Matt Harding (Scout Comics), and varied creator-owned anthologies similar to Not Forgotten, A Cold, Dark Universe, and Big Hype: Volume One. Additionally, she has written for the horror anthology From the Static (Band of Bards). When she’s not engaged on a number of novels of her personal, Harding will be discovered wandering the plush forests of the Pacific Northwest.
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