2000 AD publisher Rebellion has appointed Michael Molcher as its new PR coordinator.
Michael's role will be to coordinate the PR across the Rebellion group, supporting the developers and editors to maximise awareness of the firm's new and existing products. He will be working with industry and fan contacts to boost awareness of the firm's fantastic brands, as well as establishing a greater presence in markets in both the UK and abroad.
He joins the innovative games developer and publishing house in Oxford after five years as a press officer for the second largest local authority in England, Leeds City Council, following a career as a local journalist in Rochdale and Harrogate.
For the past five years, he has also been a feature writer for 2000 AD and the Judge Dredd Megazine, for which he has interviewed some of the biggest names in British comics such as Carlos Ezquerra, Pat Mills and Dave Gibbons.
Jason Kingsley, CO of Rebellion, said: 'I'm delighted to have Michael on board at Rebellion. He'll be working closely with our fantastic creative teams to bring our games, books and comics to audiences both at home in the UK or abroad. Whether on the games front or in the pages of 2000 AD and our book imprints, 2011 is promising to be a great year for Rebellion.'
Michael said: 'I've been reading 2000 AD since I was 11 and was a science-fiction fan well before that, so to now be part of the team at Rebellion is really exciting. It's shaping up to be a fantastic year ahead for Rebellion – with everything from the new Dredd movie to great titles from Abaddon Books and new releases for Solaris from debut and New York Times best-selling authors. Bringing these to new and existing audiences alike is going to be both thrilling and challenging.'
Quote from: Cyber-Matt on 02 February, 2011, 03:16:40 PM
2000 AD publisher Rebellion has appointed Michael Molcher as its new PR coordinator.
Wow - well done Mike and well down Tharg for employing him, he'll do a great job.
Great stuff, congratulations to Mike on the appointment.
I can only hope that Molcher and I can finally put our years and years of bitter acrimony aside, and he can finally admit he's a big tall freak.
-pj
ps Congrats!
Excellent news all round, now what goodies have you got lined up for us then ;)
Well what a surprise... (if you don't pay attention)
Well done, Molcher!
Well done Molcher!
He's got no hope... the last PR Droid was A GIRL!!!
Everywhere he goes it'll be fat sweaty comic nerds with an ititial "oh... you're not the one from last time" wave of disappointment
Congrats tho. Hope its the dream job it sounds like
Arsom congratulations to Mr Molcher :)
The fanboy did good!Congratulations Molcher!
M.
He smells of wee- but I'm still dead pleased for him. The overly tall freak.
:D
Also: habitual round dodger. Be warned.
:D
He owes me a pint!
Many congrats...
Well done to the Molcher!
Congratulations to Molcher - now you're a droid!!
(Now get that Pat Mills fellow in the interview chair with Tom Spurgeon for his Sunday feature!)
Quote from: Buddy (previusly Uncle Umpty) on 02 February, 2011, 03:45:32 PM
He owes me a pint!
Many congrats...
It's easier to list who he
doesn't owe a pint...
:D
Congratulations MM!
Congratulations, Michael, truly deserved.
Nice! :)
Congratulations molcher
Said the same over on the Twitters, but it's worth repeating
Congratulations Molcher
(I remember when he was Long Man Short...)
Bah! It's not what you know it's who you blow!
Anyone spare a tissue?
Quote from: Buttonman on 02 February, 2011, 06:47:36 PM
Bah! It's not what you know it's who you blow!
Anyone spare a tissue?
Just swallow.
Well done, Molcher!
Part of a PR droid's duties is to clean and iron my pants.
Well done again Molsheeerrrr!
Michael said: 'I've been reading 2000 AD since I was 11.'
11 Feet tall is that...?
I'm starting to think he's not drawing that script for me after all...
Congratulations Mike! A fitting role for the man who has trouble fitting into most locations!*
*note: this a joke based around the fact the Mike is quite tall.
Quote from: Dan Kelly on 02 February, 2011, 05:01:42 PM
(I remember when he was Long Man Short...)
I remember when he was Long John Silver!
Congrats, Mister Molcher. :-)
Cheers
Jim
A hearty congratulations Mr M! Well done matey! :D
Well Done.
(I don't pay attention).
And he doesn't owe me a pint.
QuoteAlso: habitual round dodger. Be warned.
this is true, but it's also true that congrats on the new job are thoroughly deserved!
now bring the nz price of a prog to under 5 bucks and we'll talk
thinky
Nice one Michael!
Here's hoping that you'll still have time to conduct creator interviews as they're always the first thing that Stevie turns to each Meg.
Worth the cover price alone they are.
Congratulations Molcher-1.
Your first assignment is to publicise the new Dredd film by supplying us with some pics of Anderson in uniform!
Quote from: Dash Decent on 03 February, 2011, 09:25:48 AM
Your first assignment is to publicise the new Dredd film by supplying us with some pics of Anderson in the nud!
TSFTFY Dash
Yeah LMS, where's our psychic pr0n? Don't forget the needs of the little people!
I have never met Michael, but I'm pretty sure he owes me a drink from a Bristol Con a few years back...
Huge congrats on the appointment.
Well done that man! :thumbsup:
CONGRATULATIONS MIKE.....
Congratulations, Mister Molcher - If you do half as good a job as the quality of your interviews suggests, we're in for some good times!
- Mike
doh! in my dyslextic state I thought it was this guy...
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_uo_07nW2A5k/SZL0Xveb1yI/AAAAAAAAEr0/ZL8taSomTEs/s400/Moloch_l.jpg)
Anyway,Congrats that man, hopefully we'll see more tall decent sized people in the Prog now
Hello to Michael Molcher and congrats to him on his appointment.
May Tharg have mercy on your soul.
Congrats!!!
I like his articles, but he does'nt owe me a pint either.
But I'll have one if he's getting a round in
Congratulations. Now you will be forever looking over your shoulder for the dreaded Mek Quake.
V
I guess all you guys know what Michael looks like, given all the height references.
I'll just have to keep an eye out for the tall guy carrying 20 pints.
Ironically, due to his freaky height, no-one actually knows what he looks like - all we've ever seen are his knees (well, others may have seen his chest)...
-pj
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zm-2hX05Nfg/TDJEcYFpSdI/AAAAAAAAAfU/WK1ZIEIqGfM/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-05-16h33m37s68.png)
Quote from: Dash Decent on 07 February, 2011, 11:10:49 AM
I guess all you guys know what Michael looks like, given all the height references.
I'll just have to keep an eye out for the tall guy carrying 20 pints.
Error! This is how you will know he is
not the tall freak of nature that you're looking for...
Quote from: Steve Green on 07 February, 2011, 01:03:10 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Zm-2hX05Nfg/TDJEcYFpSdI/AAAAAAAAAfU/WK1ZIEIqGfM/s1600/vlcsnap-2010-07-05-16h33m37s68.png)
Not tall enough. And better dressed.
Well done Michael!
Excellent news.. um.. MolchR:1? :)
But will Molly-1's droid pic be very steampunk 8-)
In fact shouldn't the art comp be to design the new PR Droid pic 8-)
That is actually a good call- M0lch3r, what do you think?
Quote from: W. R. Logan on 08 February, 2011, 10:17:07 PM
In fact shouldn't the art comp be to design the new PR Droid pic 8-)
Obviously, I no longer run the art comp, but the choice of subject for the comp is the only 'prize' the winner gets and I hope that Kerrin will resist any attempt to usurp this one small privilege as strongly as I tried to; taking the position that if one wished to choose the subject of an art comp, one should, perhaps, enter the competition.
Cheers
Jim
Wasn't trying to take away the winners one small pleasure but just an idea.
Or how about a separate one off special design a molch?
Quote from: W. R. Logan on 09 February, 2011, 03:03:44 PM
Wasn't trying to take away the winners one small pleasure but just an idea.
Or how about a separate one off special design a molch?
That was my suggestion W.R. Let IATS choose the subject of the next comp (and he's come up with a good one) and run the Droid project as a stand alone. It is, after all, a great idea. I'll definitely be having a crack at it.
Just so as everyone knows, the next art comp will definitely be on a subject that IAMTHESYSTEM has chosen, I'll get it rolling this evening.
Not sure who is going to post up the MOLCH-R design challenge but I'm certainly looking forward to it.
Quote from: Kerrin on 10 February, 2011, 06:44:08 PM
Not sure who is going to post up the MOLCH-R design challenge but I'm certainly looking forward to it.
Either you or Logan should go for it. We will then be able to post "reference photographs" :o
Quote from: Emperor on 11 February, 2011, 12:43:16 PM
Quote from: Kerrin on 10 February, 2011, 06:44:08 PM
Not sure who is going to post up the MOLCH-R design challenge but I'm certainly looking forward to it.
Either you or Logan should go for it. We will then be able to post "reference photographs" :o
And there we go:
http://www.2000adonline.com/forum/index.php/topic,31896.0.html
I'll post some reference photos on Sunday.
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