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Ignition Press , the new publisher co - founded bypublisherFilip Sablik , editor - in - chiefJamie S. Rich , originative directorJeremy Haun , and producerEric Gitter , continues to make industriousness undulation which naturally Bleeding Cool continues to scoop . The last bit of newsworthiness we had come out of NYCC where Ignition had a packed docket of confluence with Almighty , distributors , retailers , and other diligence insiders and throw an invite - only company at celebrity chefJosé AndrésandAlbertandFerran Adrià ’s Leña at the nearby Hudson Yards .
During her five years at DC , Howell had quite the run developing and launching multiple title andimprints spearhead by former IDW PublisherMark Doyleand former IDW editor - in - chief Rich , includingThe Sandman UniverseandJoe Hill’sHill House Comicsalongside critically acclaimed and award - winning series includingTom KingandMitch Gerads’Mister Miracle , Far SectorbyN.K. JemisinandJamal Campbell , Si SpurrierandAaron Campbell’sJohn Constantine Hellblazer , Batman : One Dark KnightbyJock , andSean Murphy’sBatman : White Knightuniverse .
Howell had a similarly impressive impact during her three years at IDW . Despite the publisher’songoinginternalturbulenceandmissteps , Howell spearheaded original series that netted the publisher multiple Eisner Awards this year includingG. Willow WilsonandChris Wildgoose’sThe Hunger and the Dusk , Stephen Graham Jones ' andDavide Gianfelice’sEarthdivers , andPatrick Horvath’sBeneath The Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree Where Nobody go steady , which became IDW ’s best - selling original serial of the last decade . More recently , she launch IDW ’s new repugnance imprint IDW Dark , which will admit the sequel toBeneath The Trees Where Nobody Seesalongsidenew iconic repulsion licenses . She also manoeuvre up the publisher’sTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtlesrelaunchalongside then - editor program - in - foreman Rich to historic sales and acclaim , as well as overseeing IDW ’s Godzilla linewhich will reboot this come summertime .
NYCC courtesy of Ignition Press
All this to say , Howell is another telling plus to Ignition Press ’s already gift and experience - rich squad ahead of any factual publication plans being unwrap ( although not entirely surprising given her shared account with Jamie S Rich ) . As I understand it , Howell is join the squad to take on the numerous serial the publisher has already greenlit and contract from a wide variety of creators . What that inclination of creator and task are , no one is saying . One does marvel which of Howell ’s pet creators will join the Ignition blood up in the total months as well …
In the meantime , Bleeding Cool will go on to keep our ears to the terra firma and see if we can keep our scoopful streak up as we head up toward February ’s ComicsPRO Industry Meeting , which Ignition Press has already been confirmed as a shop publisher of .
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Maggie Howell, courtesy of Ignition Press
NYCC courtesy of Ignition Press
NYCC courtesy of Ignition Press
