Cebulski, who has been at Marvel since 2002, told the Times, “It’s crazy, it’s an honor, I’m blown away by the opportunity.” First employed by Central Park Media as a manga editor, Cebulski served as associate editor on books like “Alias” and the Ultimate Marvel titles. He is perhaps best known for editing Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s “Runaways,” and co-wrote the spin-off title “The Loners.” As a writer he also scripted various Marvel Mangaverse and ‘Fairy Tales’ titles, contributed to various “What If?” one-shots, and the 2009 revival of “Astonishing Tales.”
The promotion concludes Alonso’s six-year tenure as editor-in-chief, and to his 17 years at Marvel. His time at Marvel grew increasingly controversial, but Dan Buckley, the president of Marvel Entertainment, noted “some of our top two or three sales years of all time” were under his editorship, and that his departure was a mutually agreed decision. The last two years saw Marvel apparently blame diversity for declining sales, ongoing divisiveness over “Secret Empire,” and a poorly received partnership with Northrop Grumman.
Cebulski said he intends to focus on recruiting new talent for the company. From his home in Shanghai, he has negotiated publishing agreements in Japan, China and South Korea to create new characters and titles for Marvel, and it’s something Buckley indicated he will continue doing as part of his goal. Cebulski will relocate to New York, but will continue to emphasize partnerships with publishers from across the world like Panini, NetEase, Daum and Kodansha.
