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The Bleeding Cool Top 100 Power List 2017 Countdown: #26-30
Every year, Bleeding Cool runs its Top 100 Power List of members of the comics industry. And every year we get told how wrong we are. Somehow, it's always for completely different reasons and from completely different directions. Why was X in when Y was not? Why is Z is high when W is so low? And neither U or T should be on this list after that incident involving V…
But that's part of the fun. This attempt to list the most powerful people working in the English-speaking comic book marketplace is, of course, flawed. It is judged by all manner of attributes, the ability to influence what comics exist and sell, but also the willingness to use that power in the industry to affect things, and the ability to retain said power if a job is taken away. Which is why you will see a number of people on a higher spot than their bosses.
The Power List rewards those who combine roles, creator, publisher, distributor, retailers, those who are double and triple threats, and also where power is concentrated in one person rather than being spread out among many. Some powerful organisations or groups, where power is diffused amongst many individuals, drop down or drop out altogether.
It does not measure talent or likeability, and it does not intend to represent diversity. All it does is note power, used for betterment — or detriment — in comics.
The list was created in consultation with a number of senior figures in the comics industry, and I thank them for their help. Although because they all disagree, they'll all think the final list is wrong, too.
Watch for new batches every day.
26. Brian K Vaughan – Co-creator of Saga, Paper Girls and Runaways, with his own digital comic book distributor, he's the creator apart from Robert Kirkman who gets his comics in the top ten lists… and has a fanbase on hold when Saga goes on break.
27. Ross Richie – the boss of Boom! Studios, with new Fox investment, which now means Disney investment. Constantly pushing at the possibilities of hitting the new mainstream, with a series of books that have a better chance of hitting the bigtime than anything else on the marketplace.
29. Steve Geppi – President and sole owner of Diamond Comic Distributors – he's got the whole direct market in his pocket with almost all important comics publishers having signed exclusives with him for serving the comic book store. Just don't say the word "monopoly" too loudly.
27. Chris Ryall – CCO of IDW Publishing, he has the greatest grip on the creative engines at IDW, as they continue to expand their comics and content – even letting Chris write a few books in the process. Owning their own production company also allows the creative impetus to run both ways,
30. Jamie Rich – The Batman editor who Tom King is willing to work with, and pushing for him to get away with the kind of things that have turned Batman into both a stunning, and ridiculous comic book at the same time, topping the charts with the kind of stories that in previous years wouldn't have been tolerated…
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