Ep 179 - Writer Selects: The Art of Being a Creative Executive with Mike Zagari, Executive Director

Writer Experience

Originally released as Ep 11. Updated Description: Mike Zagari was the principal figure at AMC Networks Publishing involved in bringing in Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brenden Fletcher, Tula Lotay, Kirk Hammett, Christine Norrie, Cecil Castellucci, and others to the new planned comic book publishing line, that intended to work with established and up-and-coming talent in developing, producing and selling fan-focused speciality books, comics, original graphic novels and more. Series would have included Kelly Sue DeConnick and Bill Sienkiewicz's Parisian White. Nights of Lono, by Kirk Hammett, Marcel Feldmar and Christine Norrie, Oubliette by Brenden Fletcher and Tula Lotay, with those first three titles promising a promotional edition comic debut at San Diego Comic Con 2023, followed by series launch later in the year. And a new original graphic novel, Miss Fisher's First Mysteries, based on the Acorn TV series adapted from the novels by Kerry Greenwood and written by Cecil Castelluci was to debut in 2023. Original Description: Mike Zagari is an Executive Director at AMC Networks. He formerly worked at Aftershock, Disney/Marvel/Pixar/Star Wars, Marvel Studios, and DC Comics. Mike has also self-published the comic book series Human On the Inside and Conscious.