Andrew Sumner
NationalityBritish

Andrew Sumner is a British journalist, editor, TV presenter and publisher.[1][2]

Sumner wrote for the comics news magazine Speakeasy in the 1980s. He was a movie journalist for the NME, Vox and Total Film throughout the 1990s and wrote regularly for Uncut.[3] Sumner published various magazines for Emap[4] before joining IPC as publisher of Loaded[5] and Uncut.[6][7] He launched Uncut DVD [8] and later published Now magazine.[9] 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.[10]

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.[11][12]

Sumner left IPC to serve as Directeur Général of Cahiers du Cinéma (during its transition from Le Monde to Phaidon Press) and currently serves as EVP of the international Titan Entertainment Group, running their movie/music merchandise division,[13][14][15] editing the Mike Hammer novels written by Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins[16][17] and hosting their Forbidden Planet TV channel.[18]

References

  1. ^ "Albion Man" Retrieved 19 October 2012
  2. ^ "Author Max Allan Collins on working with Sumner"
  3. ^ "Albion Man". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  4. ^ Jackson, Trevor. "Under cover". BMJ: British Medical Journal. US National Library of Medicine National Institutes of Health. 322 (7292): 1002. PMC 1120112.
  5. ^ "Loaded strengthens management team with Sumner appointment" Retrieved 23 February 2013.
  6. ^ "Heery and Sumner join IPC Ignite board" Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  7. ^ Music Week Retrieved 28 October 2012.
  8. ^ "Sumner unveils Uncut DVD" Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Andrew Sumner appointed publishing director of Now" Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  10. ^ "Andrew Sumner presents TCM's Uncut Film"
  11. ^ "Albion Man". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  12. ^ "Forever Albion". Retrieved 19 October 2012.
  13. ^ "Titan Gets Its Teeth Into Hammer Films!" Archived 27 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine Hammer Films. 1 April 2010.
  14. ^ Mc, Richard (15 September 2011). "2000AD announce new merchandising deal"
  15. ^ "Titan partners with Apple Corps to launch Beatles Yellow Submarine collectibles". Retrieved 30 April 2020
  16. ^ "Dispatch From the Bunker". Retrieved 30 April 2020
  17. ^ "With Further Ado #092: Down These Mean Streets with Max Allan Collins (Part 2)". Retrieved 30 April 2020
  18. ^ "Forbidden Planet TV". Retrieved 16 January 2021
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