We’re bringing back yet another MTAC Another World OSMinterview! Today, we’ve got our interview we did for Ed Chavez! Here’s what MTAC had on their webpage about him:
Ed Chavez is the President and Publisher of DENPA Books. A twenty year veteran of the manga industry, Ed started his manga career as a journalist, writing for publications such as Comic Book Resources, Animate and Publishers Weekly. He would eventually do editorial work for Seven Seas and DC Comic’s manga line CMX. In 2007 he began working with Japanese manga publisher Kodansha. He split time doing marketing and translation for their new manga and light novel imprints (Morning 2 and Kodansha BOX respectively). Prior to his move to Oregon, Ed was the Sales & Marketing Director and Licensing Manager for Vertical Comics (2009-17), where he released numerous New York Times Best Sellers and Eisner Award winners/nominees. Ed is unique in the North American manga industry as someone with experience on both sides of the Pacific as well as someone with translation, editorial, marketing, sales and acquisition experience.
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We want to thank Ed and once again for taking the time to chat with us! And you can find all the places where Ed is by checking out him online at:
- Denpa’s website: https://denpa.pub/
- Denpa on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/denpabooks.bsky.social
- Denpa on Twitter: https://x.com/denpa_books
- Ed on Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/mangacast.bsky.social
Plus, a big thank you to MTAC for both letting us have the chance to chat, but also credit for the convention logo used.
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