The Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group simply took a significant step in reorganizing by asserting Sierra Hahn has been employed as Editor-in-Chief. Most lately at Boom!, Hahn is a 15-year comics veteran who has additionally labored at DC/Vertigo and Dark Horse. The information was introduced forward of this week’s ComicsPRO assembly in Pittsburgh.
After a tumultuous 2022 that noticed a close to whole workers turnover, Oni started rebuilding in December with the rent of Hunter Gorinson as writer and president. Hahn joins to firm to supervise the artistic finish of the publishing line and editorial staff, which publishes greater than 60 authentic graphic novels a 12 months, together with periodical comics.
“For 25 years, Oni has defied convention by publishing comics and graphic novels for readers of all ages that subvert expectations and drive new readership,” mentioned Hahn in a press release. “I’m ecstatic to collaborate with a passionate team of editors and storytellers to build on Oni-Lion Forge’s success and produce bold, groundbreaking, and inspirational stories for generations to come.”
“Sierra is an immense talent, and, without a doubt, the ideal choice to lead our editorial team as we reinforce and amplify Oni’s mandate to do what it does best: empower creators to harness the unrivaled power of the comics medium on each and every page,” mentioned Gorinson. “With a career that’s been dedicated to making great books that resonate with fans around the globe, Sierra’s catalog of work speaks for itself – but I’m confident her best work is yet to be done here at Oni Press. She – alongside several other key hires soon to be announced – will be a foundational part of the leadership team that is strengthening Oni-Lion Forge for the future.”
“High-quality storytelling is at the center of everything we do at Oni-Lion Forge, and Sierra has a well-deserved reputation as one of the industry’s most respected editors with a gift for producing nuanced, wide-ranging, and critically revered comics for every kind of reader,” mentioned David Steward II, Chairman of the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group. “Working hand in hand with our dedicated editorial team and Oni-Lion Forge’s immensely talented roster of creators, Sierra will be an integral part of building Oni’s next contributions to the canon of great comics and graphic novels.”
Hahn began out in DC’s publicity division earlier than becoming a member of Dark Horse as editor, the place her tasks included the Eisner Award-winning Green River Killer: A True Detective Story by Jeff Jensen & Jonathan Case; Mesmo Delivery by Rafael Grampá; The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys by Gerard Way, Shaun Simon & Becky Cloonan; and Two Brothers by Fábio Moon & Gabriel Bá; and licensed titles Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Nine, Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain, and extra.
Joining Boom! in 2015, she served as Executive Editor of the Archaia imprint, the place she labored on Once Upon a Time on the End of the World by Jason Aaron, Alexandre Tefenkgi, Leila del Duca & Nick Dragotta; A Vicious Circle by Mattson Tomlin & Lee Bermejo; the Faithless trilogy by Brian Azzarello & Maria Llovet; and the Eisner Award-nominated adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five by Ryan North & Albert Monteys; amongst many dozens extra.
Oni launched in 1997 as one of the crucial progressive impartial comics publishers of the period, and made its mark over time with seminal books like Scott Pilgrim, Whiteout, Courtney Crumrin, Invader Zim, Wasteland, Wet Moon, The Tea Dragon Society and extra. In 2019, it merged with Lion Forge; as the Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group it’s a publishing subsidiary of Steward’s diversified international media firm, Polarity. Their present record of of notable titles consists of Adult Swim’s Rick and Morty™, Brenna Thummler’s Sheets and Delicates, Maia Kobabe’s Gender Queer, Jarrett Melendez & Danica Brine’s Chef’s Kiss, Ezra Claytan Daniels’ Upgrade Soul, the Eisner award-winning anthology Puerto Rico Strong, and work by Cullen Bunn, Zander Cannon, Tyler Crook, Ray Fawkes, Marc Guggenheim, Phil Hester, Mike Huddleston, Brian Joines, Sam Keith, Jim Mahfood, Chris Samnee, Laura Samnee, Judd Winick, and plenty of extra.
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