Alan Payne Joins Dynamite Entertainment
Comics industry veteran Alan Payne, former v-p, sales at IDW Publishing, is leaving IDW after ten years to join Dynamite Entertainment as v-p, sales and marketing.
Before joining IDW, Payne worked as National Sales Manager at TokyoPop overseeing the early growth of the North American manga category. At IDW, he is credited with building the house’s graphic novel sales, as well as children’s prose books; managing sales and marketing in both traditional bookstores, online retail, and in the mass market.
The hiring marks the continuing growth of Dynamite Entertaiment’s publishing program as it expands the titles and genres it offers.
Payne cited such classic Dynamite properties as Red Sonja and Vampirella and more recent series such as Bob’s Burgers and James Bond series. “Dynamite has some amazing properties that appeal to a wide variety of fans and we are going to have a lot of fun getting the next round of amazing books into the hands of current and new readers,” Payne said.
Dynamite CEO/publisher Nick Barruci cited Payne’s early work helping to establish the manga category when he was at Tokyopop.
“He helped blaze the trail of graphic novels to bookstores beginning with manga and took TokyoPop to the height of their success.We are proud to have someone of Alan's reputation and expertise joining the Dynamite team and taking our diverse library of comics to a larger audience," Barruci said.
