Andrew Sumner

Andrew Sumner is a British movie journalist and company director.[1]

Sumner wrote for John Brown's comics news magazine, Speakeasy, in the 1980s. He was a movie critic for the NME, Vox and Total Film throughout the 1990s and wrote regularly for Uncut.[2] Sumner published various magazines before launching the controversial Celebrity Bodies.[3]

Sumner joined IPC as publisher of men's magazine Loaded in 2002,[4] also becoming publisher of Uncut.[5][6] He launched Uncut DVD [7] and later published Nuts and Now magazines. [8]

During his time at IPC, Sumner revived Fleetway's classic British comics library, overseeing Dirk Maggs' Adventures of Sexton Blake for BBC Radio 2, co-publishing (with DC Comics) Leah Moore, John Reppion and Shane Oakley's Albion, Dave Gibbons and John Higgins' Thunderbolt Jaxon and Garth Ennis and Colin Wilson's Battler Britton. He curated Titan Books' reprint archive editions The King of Crooks, The Steel Claw and Albion Origins.[9][10]

In 2005, Sumner presented The Uncut Film on Turner Classic Movies, a series of contemporary classic movies curated by Uncut that ran on TCM UK at 9pm Wednesdays.[11]

Sumner currently runs Titan Merchandise, the movie merchandise division of the international Titan Entertainment Group.[12][13][14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "Albion Man". Retrieved October 19, 2012
  2. ↑ "Albion Man". Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  3. ↑ Jackson, Trevor. "Under cover". US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. PMC 1120112.
  4. ↑ "Loaded strengthens management team with Sumner appointment" Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Heery and Sumner join IPC Ignite board" Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  6. ↑ Music Week Retrieved October 28, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Sumner unveils Uncut DVD" Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  8. ↑ "Andrew Sumner appointed publishing director of Now". Retrieved October 5, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Albion Man". Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  10. ↑ "Forever Albion". Retrieved October 19, 2012.
  11. ↑ "Andrew Sumner presents TCM's Uncut Film" Retrieved October 23 2012.
  12. ↑ "Titan Gets Its Teeth Into Hammer Films!" Hammer Films. April 1, 2010.
  13. ↑ Mc, Richard (September 15, 2011). "2000AD announce new merchandising deal"
  14. ↑ "Titan Merchandise Ready For Action With Captain Action". Retrieved October 21, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Titan partners with Apple to launch The Beatles' Yellow Submarine collectibles". Retrieved March 24, 2015.

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