Image Comics has announced that it will reorganize the company’s Sales department. Jeff Boison is now Director of Sales & Publishing Planning. He will oversee Image’s Sales Department and will report directly to Eric Stephenson, Publisher & Chief Creative Officer. 

Previously, Boison spearheaded the sales efforts in the Book Market channel, shepherding the company’s business with Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Chapters Indigo, and independent bookstores, like Powell’s City of Books, for the past five years and strengthening Image’s standing as the leading graphic novel publisher in the U.S. 

Prior to Image Comics, Boison was VP, Publishing Planning & Collected Editions at DC Entertainment for nearly seven years until the company relocated to California, and before that he was at Random House for over a decade.  

Reporting to Boison are: Alex Cox, as Director of Direct Market & Speciality Sales, Emilio Bautista as Digital Sales Coordinator (a recent promotion), Chloe Ramos-Peterson as Book Market & Library Sales Manager (a recent promotion), and Dirk Wood—who will start at the company in September—as the Director of International Sales & Licensing.

Both Cox and Wood are new to Image Comics’ Sales team. 

Cox brings over 20 years of experience in the industry to the table. He is a former Direct Market retailer himself, first at the legendary St. Mark’s Comics in New York City, and then at his own NYC shop, Rocketship Comics, and most recently, he worked at IDW as Event Programming & Special Projects Director. At Image, Cox will act as a liaison on sales matters with both Direct Market retailers and Diamond, as well as coordinate variant covers, and manage convention sales.

Wood has 27 years of experience in the industry, previously at IDW and Dark Horse. At Image, Wood will be responsible for growing Image’s international sales and will be negotiating foreign licensing agreements and representing titles at shows like Frankfurt, Angoulême, Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the London Book Fair, and more.