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Hiroki
Sakai, President,
Vertical-Tokyo.
For thirteen years Mr. Sakai was
a book editor at Nikkei, the Japanese Wall Street Journal.
He also reported for the weekly Nikkei Business. He retains
ties with a vast array of Japanese authors and their representatives.
Mr. Sakai started Vertical in 2001.
sakai@vertical-inc.com
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Ioannis
Mentzas, Editorial Director/Executive
Vice President
Mr. Mentzas, A.B. Princeton University (Comparative Literature);
M.A. Columbia University (English), is an editorial director perfectly
matched to Vertical's goals. Having grown up in Kobe, Japan, Mr.
Mentzas is himself an able, published translator.
mentzas@vertical-inc.com
Phone: (212) 730-7982 |
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Ed Chavez,
Marketing Director.
B.F.A., San Francisco State University (Japanese Language). For seven
years Ed has been writing and critiquing Japanese popular culture for
Publishers Weekly, Mania.com, and Otaku USA
magazine. His familiarity with the Japanese comics industry led him to
freelance work as an editor and translator for Tor-Seven Seas and
DC/Wildstorm. Prior to joining Vertical, Ed developed publicity and
promotional projects for DC Comics’ CMX and Kodansha, Ltd’s
Kodansha BOX. When not trying to promote peace through manga culture, Ed has
been known to edit indie comics and doujinshi.
ed@vertical-inc.com
Phone: (212) 730-5047
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Maya Rosewood,
Editor
B.F.A. University of Hartford, The Hartt School. Maya is an all-around
bad-ass ninja. Her current disguise is working at Vertical as an
“editor.” Hopefully they won’t blow her cover.
maya@vertical-inc.com
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Hiroko Mizuno,
Production Manager
Hiroko is in charge of book production, design, and website operations.
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Peter Mendelsund,
Art Director
Peter Mendelsund is a multiple award-winning graphic designer,
part-time classical pianist, and full-time gadfly. He has jacketed
books for almost every major publisher in America and abroad,
his design work appears in several permanent museum collections,
has been featured in numerous magazines, and his editorial illustrations
show up frequently in the New York Times and other publications.
As well as art-directing the Vertical list, Peter is the senior
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Glen Isip,
Associate Production Manager
B.F.A., Pratt Institute (Graphic Design). Glen aids in book production,
creates advertisements, and maintains the website. When not designing
books or ads, he is often drawing/composing/
writing original works of visual/aural/literary art.
glen@vertical-inc.com
Phone: (212) 354-5156 |
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