by Howard Zimmerman | Jun 23, 2023 | Adaptation, Graphic Novels, Health Care Reform
I have worked on, edited, and produced hundreds of books over the course of my career as an editor and packager. Occasionally, one will spike on Amazon.com, or even be mentioned in The New York Times’ Book Review section. But I don’t think I’ve ever had a tiger...
by Howard Zimmerman | May 30, 2014 | Graphic Novels
Now I had my creative team, artist Ernie Colón and author Ruth Ashby, under contract. But before we even got started on the project, our publisher, Thomas LeBien, told me he was leaving Hill & Wang and going to Simon & Schuster. Without getting too deep...
by Howard Zimmerman | May 29, 2014 | Graphic Novels
Arlen Schumer Concept Artwork for Great American Documents It was more than three years ago when Hill & Wang publisher Thomas LeBien told me that he wanted to do a graphic history volume that told the story of America through its most important documents, and...
by Howard Zimmerman | Aug 15, 2012 | Publishing
Recently, Publishers Weekly’s ace graphic novels reporter Calvin Reid did a column on the changing of the guard at Hill & Wang’s Novel Graphics Imprint. The founding publisher of the imprint, Thomas LeBien, has moved on and is now with Simon & Schuster, his...
