Marvel Just Shook Up Who Is in Charge of Its Comics and Franchises
Marvel has announced a leadership change in its comics and franchises. Brad Winderbaum has been promoted to Head of Marvel Television, Animation, Comics & Franchise, while David Abdo has been appointed as General Manager of Comics & Franchise. This transition follows the long tenure of Dan Buckley, who led the division for three decades.
- ▪Brad Winderbaum has been promoted to Head of Marvel Television, Animation, Comics & Franchise.
- ▪David Abdo will serve as the General Manager of Comics & Franchise, reporting to Winderbaum.
- ▪C.B. Cebulski remains the editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics and will also report to Winderbaum.
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Marvel movies may get all the headlines, but those wouldn’t exist without everything else. And now, the person in charge of everything else is changing. The company just announced that Brad Winderbaum, who has been in charge of the TV and animation divisions for some time, has been promoted to the “Head of Marvel Television, Animation, Comics & Franchise.”cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({"playerId":"92b7b46b-43ed-4e0e-b21b-2c999302d9d7","settings":{"advertising":{"macros":{"AD_UNIT":"/23178111854/od.gizmodo.com/article","CHILD_UNIT":"article","POST_ID":"2000760167","POST_TYPE":"post","CHANNEL":"io9","SECTION":"books-comics","SUBSECTION":"","CATEGORIES":"books-comics","TAGS":"brad-winderbaum,marvel,marvel-comics,marvel-studios","NOP":"0"},"timeBeforeFirstAd":0}}}).render("cnx-player-main")});…
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