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Bryce Gold
Bryce Gold is an editor, publisher, educator and organizer publishing the gold standard of comics, artist books, and literary zines. He founded Pyrite Press, an award-winning Brooklyn-based comics and zine micropress in 2015. Crimes, the Pyrite Press graphic novella with comics writer/illustrator K. Wroten, won the MoCCA Award of Excellence in 2019. He has worked in mainstream comics publishing with over a decade of comics publishing experience, including Operations Manager for Tiny Onion, an independent production house for comics, Head of New Talent at DSTLRY Media, Head of Comics at Kickstarter, Head of Content at comiXology, overseeing the comiXology Originals line, and an educator at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He lives and works in Brooklyn.
Executive Director
James tynion iv
James Tynion IV started his career at DC Comics, spending 10 years honing his craft on Batman comics before breaking out on his own to create the most celebrated, bestselling horror comics of the last decade, which have earned him five Eisner Awards–the most prestigious award in the mainstream comics industry. His independent production house, Tiny Onion, oversees his comic properties for many of the industry’s top publishers, and their adaptations across multimedia. These projects include Something is Killing the Children at Blumhouse with BOOM! Studios, Exquisite Corpses and Room Service with Lyrical Media, and the adult animated series W0rldtr33 at Netflix. He lives and works in Brooklyn, and is represented by United Talent Agency, Brillstein Entertainment Partners, and TroyGould.
Chair
Secretary
Courtney Menard
Courtney Menard is an illustrator, printmaker, and sequential art storyteller. She is the Design and Print Production Director for Tiny Onion, an independent production house for comics, and previously worked as Production Director at Z2 Comics. She co-curated the 2019 Comic Arts Brooklyn Festival with Desert Island in Brooklyn, NY. She lives with her husband, newborn son, cat, and dog in Buffalo, NY.
Treasurer
Elizabeth Harburn
Elizabeth Harburn is a business professional specializing in accounting and finance. She started her career (and her love for comics) at BOOM! Studios after graduating from Michigan State University, before successful tenures at The Wonderful Company and Tapcart. She is currently the Director of Finance & Operations for Tiny Onion, and lives in Michigan with her husband and their exquisite pup, Pappy.