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Weekend Reading: Joe Casey, Thor, Dr. Spektor and Drew Friedman
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, DC Comics, Dynamic Forces, IDW Publishing, Independent, Marvel Comics,
The War on Christmas is nearly done for another year, and there’s just enough time left for the War on New Year’s. Let's see what you should be reading this week:
Joe: This is simply a great, honest and open interview with Joe Casey, comic book writer/creator and co-creator of Ben 10. Perfect holiday reading from interviewer Tom Spurgeon at The Comics Reporter.
Thor: So there’s some controversy from an all-white group that’s upset that Marvel has cast an actor of color to play a Norse God in Thor. Ricky Sprague at Project Child Murdering Robot has a thought or two.
Polly: Animator Michael Sporn is happy that Dean Mullaney’s new book has arrived (as am I). Polly and Her Pals: the Complete Sunday Comics 1925-1927 comes from Dean’s The Library of American Comics via IDW.
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The DC Comics jobs are lining up like planes over La Guardia now.
Up at the Time Warner career page is a post noting that DC is looking for a staff Letterer for their Lettering Department.
Lettering is one of those great unsung jobs in comics - most people don’t notice it unless it’s terrible or weird. But those that do notice good lettering have their favorite letterers and can tell who's who by their unique styles. Comic book creators have been known to request specific letterers for certain projects, and who can blame them? You'd do it too.
Some years ago my boss was against repackaging some early work from a property that we’d acquired at Malibu Comics. Something about it was “off” he said, but couldn’t put his finger on it. We thought the art was great but we just wanted it relettered.
When the boss saw the finished pages, he now thought it was wonderful - did we magically have it redrawn somehow? Nope. Just relettered. It made that much of a difference.
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Here’s yet another comic book job that you often don’t see listed on a formal job site.
DC Comics is looking for an Assistant Editor in DC Editorial for their Archives Group.
This job’s based in DC's New York office where you’ll “copyedit and proofread books to ensure accuracy” and, well duh, “assist Editor in all aspects of the creation of a archival or special projects.”
Prior experience in copyediting and proofreading is required, college smarts are preferred, and here’s my favorite: “must have the ability to communicate effectively and tactfully with managers and other levels of personnel.”
Play nice with others, and don’t keep pitching that Metamorpho relaunch to everyone you meet.
Eddie Berganza started out as an Assistant Editor at DC and look how he's turned out.
And at one time, Marvel Comics even let the Assistant Editors run the show.
Good luck, job seekers!
[Artwork: DC Comics Rarities, © DC Comics]
Out in Burbank, DC Comics’ new west coast division is looking for a Creative Director for the DCE Entertainment department. (Just an observation: doesn't the E in DCE stand for Entertainment?]
What does that kind of job entail? Only the coolest stuff on the planet, fanboy! Check this out:
1-Review scripts for designated live-action features and television programs.
2-Brainstorm on overall DCE creative plans and strategies across all platforms including theatrical, television, animation, video games and publishing.
3-Review treatments and scripts submitted in project development phase. Makes notes regarding character usage and story lines in order to recommend whether the project should proceed.
4-Review archives for under-utilized assets and/or in order to capitalize on market trends and popularity.
And that’s just the big four at the top of their list. It's like finding out the girl you're dating likes to dress up as Catwoman.
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You don’t often find a job listed for comic book editor. They rarely pop up and often are handled via inside search as opposed to an actual job listing.
Now DC’s posted one: they want an Editor for the DC Editorial department to “manage a line of editorial product within the DC Universe imprint.”
It’s for a minimum of 5 monthly titles (and please hope that one of them is not yet another relaunch of Metamorpho).
You’ll be handling the creative process “from conception through publication.” That means not just the talent stuff, but also schedules, budgets, quality and goodies like that.
As always, you’ll be required to seek “ways to keep ongoing series fresh and exciting” and “identify and develop new editorial products for the DC Universe.”
Lots of job requirements as you might expect, including experience doing this kind of thing before. Domestic travel is 5% of the job, which probably means a trip to San Diego for CCI in 2011.
Good luck, job seekers!
[And if you need a writer for that new Metamorpho relaunch, you can reach me here!]
For more about what a comic book editor does, you would do well to read this post by Mark Waid.
[Artwork: Metamorpho © DC Comics]
Weekend Reading: Cowboys & Aliens, Jacques Tardi And Adrienne Roy
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, Television, DC Comics, IDW Publishing, Independent, Marvel Comics,
It’s the week before Christmas for many people, and we begin, unfortunately, on a sad note. Veteran industry colorist Adrienne Roy passed away this week. ComicMix has the details of her long-running career as a colorist for hundreds of DC’s Bronze Age comics. I did not know that she was once voted "Most Beautifully Tattooed Female." She was well-known and highly-regarded, so there are certain to be other remembrances - like this one by Mark Evanier - around the internets.
Cowboys: Robert Orci talks about the upcoming Cowboys & Aliens movie, and Harrison Ford: “I’m assuming Spielberg called in some kind of a favor, because we were shocked to hear that he was interested.”
Crime: Novelist and funnybook writer Gary Phillips chooses his favorite crime and mystery graphic novels of 2010 for The Rap Sheet. Yes, Darwyn Cooke’s Parker: The Outfit is in there, but so’s a bunch of other cool stuff I need to check out now.
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Annie Awards: 2010 Nominations
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Movies, Television, DC Comics, Image Comics, Marvel Comics,
ASIFA-Hollywood announced their nominations for the 38th Annual Annie Awards this past week.
The essential animation blog, Cartoon Brew, has a complete list of the nominations.
If you like controversy, be sure to read the comments, too!
A couple of people with comic book connections popped up on the list of nominees.
Stephen DeStefano, artist on Lucky In Love from Fantagraphics, is up for Character Design in a Television Production for his work on the Cartoon Network series Sym-Bionic Titan.
Phil Hester and Andy Kuhn’s Image Comic Firebreather, the Cartoon Network original movie that aired at the end of November, got itself two nominations. In the category Production Design in a Television Production, Barry Jackson is one of the nominees. In the category Directing in a Television Production, director Peter Chung was nominated as well.
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From New York to Burbank to San Diego, DC Comics continues to put their employment puzzle together.
They’ve just put up a huge list of jobs this week -- six of them, in fact. And some of them might be in your wheelhouse.
Publicity Manager (New York): You’ll be working in DC’s Marketing Department, executing “public relations projects" and providing “daily content for company news blogs.”
Executive Assistant #1 (New York): This one is for the DC Marketing department. “Move tomorrow’s 11 am to 10, change my flight from Burbank to San Diego, pick up Mrs. Executive some flowers when you’re getting my dry cleaning, scramble the PR team to spin our new crossover Final Crisis Women In Refrigerators, and order in some Pad Thai. It’s going to be a long night.”
Executive Assistant #2 (Burbank): You’ll be working for the DCE Sales Marketing and Business Development department. They’ll probably make you fight Executive Assistant #1, and then kiss.
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Weekend Reading: Walking Dead, Castle and Wonder Woman
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Editorials, Reviews, Television, DC Comics, Image Comics,
If you need to take a break from Christmas shopping and sit down in front of a warm computer and fill your body with the sweet, sweet taste of egg nog, here are some nice links to keep you company.
I love Christmas cards from cartoonists, and Hogan’s Alley has posted a whole pile of them from Dik Browne, creator of Hagar The Horrible and one of the greatest cartoonists, ever. As if that weren’t enough, there’s this: “Every year since 1936, the Newspaper Enterprise Association has syndicated a Christmas strip. In 1968, Jack Kent produced a daily-only King Aroo sequence, which we are thrilled to present here!”
Castle: If you like Nathan Fillion’s TV series, you’re not alone. Here’s what one loyal fan created.
Amazons: David E. Kelley talks about his Wonder Woman project. The bottom line: don’t get your hopes up.
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Comic Book Jobs: DC Comics Direct Sales
Posted by Tom Mason Categories: Conventions, Editorials, DC Comics,
DC Comics is hiring again for their New York office. This time they’re looking for a Direct Sales Representative for their Sales Department.
You’ll get to coordinate “all sales of DC comics and book format titles, MAD Magazine and DC Direct items to retailers through exclusive sales agent.”
You’ll also be developing sales plans, special promotions, sales forecasts and all that sales-based stuff as you work to get people to buy more DC comics.
Bonus: scheduled calls to retailers and attendance at various conventions to interact with consumers and the retail community.
You know what that means? Free room at Comic Con International.
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