AIPT Comics The future of Oni Press: Publisher Hunter Gorinson and EiC Sierra Hahn interview
Mar 27, 2024
01:06:19
- To start, tell us about yourself, what’s the “once upon a time” of how you got into comics?
- Oni press has a long history of incredible indie projects, Rick and Morty comics, and a lot more, but I feel like things turned when Lion Forge and Oni merged in 2019, and then Hunter you became president in 2022. It was only 2 years ago you got the role, what of your day-one plan has been achieved an then what's left on the "list"?
- What would you say Oni Press’ mission is in comics, how do you define yourself from the pack?
- You currently have The CULT OF THE LAMB Kickstarter running and it’s a huge success, do you foresee using Kickstarter more going forward?
- It was amazing seeing the response to the news you’ll be printing NEW EC Comic, how long has this launch been in the works?
- I think it’s fair to say David Lynch is a hugely impactful character on our culture, especially in pop culture today, and with BARRY GIFFORD’s Night People getting an adaptation, I was curious why you zero’d in on this project for 2024?
- Something I think comics fans forget is the curation of a line is a ton of work, and with Oni Class of 2024 in high gear, can you talk a little bit about putting together these new ongoing series?
- JILL AND THE KILLERS #1—a razor-sharp teenage thriller from Olivia Cuartero-Briggs (Mary Shelley Monster Hunter) and Roberta Ingranata (Witchblade) in January
- CEMETERY KIDS DON’T DIE #1—a near-future descent into a virtual world with killer consequences from Zac Thompson (Hunt for the Skinwalker) and Daniel Irizarri (XINO) in February
- NIGHT PEOPLE #1—an uneasy odyssey into the provocative and surreal periphery of the American underworld from award-winning novelist and screenwriter Barry Gifford (Lost Highway, Wild at Heart) and writer Chris Condon (That Texas Blood) with artists Brian Level (Poison Ivy), Alexandre Tefenkgi (The Good Asian), Artyom Topilin (I Hate This Place), and more in March
- AKỌGUN, BRUTALIZER OF GODS #1—a fearlessly unrelenting reinvention of the barbarian mythos from creative powerhouses Murewa Ayodele (I Am Iron Man) and Dotun Akande (Moon Knight: Black, White & Blood) in April
- How do projects move into Oni, I’m thinking specifically of Hobtown Mysteries and your upcoming Webtoon projects.
- We’ve also got HOBTOWN MYSTERIES vol. 1 getting a reprint in May with a new Vol. 3 in 2025, how did this project come to be given it was originally set up at Conundrum Press?
- Another comic set at another publisher, COVENANT, is a WEBTOOn comic with a print run coming in April. How did this project come to be at Oni?
- Following that is SUBZERO out in September, are you dabbling in manga possibly in the near future?
- If Oni Press under your direction was a song, what would it be and why?
