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Heavy Metal Magazine Staff History Here is the staff history for Heavy Metal magazine. It does not include Special / Theme issues. It's in the order of the latest issue they were credited in, then the earliest issue, then alphabetical. Click on their name for credits in the magazine and other details. Howard Jurofsky: Vice President / Director / Production / Sales (April 1977 to November 2011) Kevin Eastman: Publisher / Editor (May 1992 to November 2011) Debra Yanover: Editor (May 2001 to November 2011) Right Angle, Inc: Web Development (2001 to November 2011) Andrij Borys Associates: Designer (July 2006 to November 2011) Jacinthe Leclerc: Translator (March 2007 to November 2011) Pam Arvanetes: Assistant to Publisher (May 2008 to November 2011) Miguel Guerra: Translator (September 2008 to November 2011) Michael Giordani: Translator (November 2008 to November 2011) Jerome Eyquem: Translator (January 2010 to November 2011) John Martin: Warehouse Manager (May 2010 to November 2011) Fionna Russell: Customer Service Manager (May 2010 to November 2011) Dave Elliott: Editor (September 2011) Stanley Lau: Editor (September 2011) Pat Hayward: Subscription Manager (July 1992 to May 2010) Fershid Bharucha: Translator (September 1994 to March 2008) United Color, Inc: Pre-Press (March 2006 to July 2006) Borys Graphics: Designer (March 2005 to May 2006) Kell-O-Graphics, Inc: Designer (May 2000 to January 2005) Joe Varda: Advertising Director (September 2000 to May 2002) Meredith Haber: Designer (September 1996 to July 2001) Debra Jurofsky: Editor (September 1996 to March 2001) Paul Jenkins: Translator (September 1998 to September 1999) Jeffrey Goldsmith: Translator (September 1994 to July 1999) Carol Maiorella: Business Manager (May 1996 to May 1998) Debra Rabas: Editor (March 1993 to July 1996) Mark Gonyea: Designer (November 1995 to May 1996) Walter Garibaldi: Business Manager / Controller / Vice President (August 1984 to March 1996) Adam Kubert: Lettering Designer (November 1984 to November 1995) John Figurski: Designer (September 1989 to September 1995) Michela Nonis: Translator / Production Manager / Foreign Rights Manager (November 1984 to May 1993) Julie Simmons-Lynch: Editor (April 1977 to January 1993) James Jimirro: Chief Executive (1990 to 1992) Pat Place: Art Director (July 1990 to November 1991) Daniel Grodnik: Chairman / Chief Executive Officer (July 1989 to September 1990) Tim Matheson: Chairman / Chief Executive Officer (July 1989 to September 1990) Michael Carr: Publisher (March 1990 to July 1990) George Agoglia: Vice President / Publisher / Circulation Director (April 1977 to January 1990) Myles Fuchs: Publisher (March 1989 to January 1990) Tom Kowal: Art Director (September 1989) Sheryl Cooper-Lees: Art Director (November 1985 to July 1989) Margaret Brown: Art Director (July 1989) Anastasia Vasilakis: Art Director (July 1989) Matty Simmons: Chairman / Publisher (April 1977 to May 1989) Sean Finegan: Art Intern (May 1989) Christine Lashaw: Art Intern (May 1989) Chris Howland: Art Director (November 1985 to March 1989) Peter Kleinman: Designer (April 1977 to Fall 1987) Helen Weatherall: Art Assistant (Summer 1987) Leonard Mogel: Publisher / Chairman of the Executive Committee / Editor (April 1977 to Winter 1987) Liz Grace: Art Director (November 1985 to Fall 1986) Paul Corio: Art Director (Spring 1986) Barbara Lindsay: Advertising Director (Spring 1986) Jenny Coe: Art Director (June 1985 to November 1985) Steven Maloff: Editor (February 1982 to October 1985) Catherine Hazard: Art Director (June 1985 to October 1985) Joseph Stern: Art Staff (August 1985) Dale Williams: Art Staff (August 1985) Diane Giddis: Copy Editor (April 1985 to July 1985) Paul Bob: Art Staff (July 1985) Lou Stathis: Editor (February 1982 to June 1985) Reinee Pitt-Collins: Art Staff (March 1985 to June 1985) Michael Renchiwich: Art Director (November 1984 to May 1985) Orna Benesh: Art Staff (May 1985) Arthur Levy: Art Director (November 1984 to March 1985) Jesse Byron: Editor (March 1985) Barbara Sabatino: General Manager / Press Coordinator / Foreign Right Manager (April 1977 and October 1984) Julian Weber: President (April 1979 to October 1984) Sarah Burd: Foreign Rights Manager (October 1984) John Workman: Art Director (January 1978 to September 1984) Bill Workman: Art Director (September 1978 to September 1984) Christina Miner: Foreign Rights Manager (April 1980 to September 1984) Camille Russo: Production Manager (April 1980 to August 1984) Seena Harris: Advertising Sales (March 1983 to August 1984) Cynthia Scheuter: Production (May 1984 to August 1984) Christina Van Doorn: Controller (July 1984) Debra Bruno: Controller (March 1983 to June 1984) Kate Gallagher: Production Manager (August 1983 to April 1984) Robert Rose: Advertising Director / Publisher (September 1983 to January 1984) Joseph Hurley: Art Assistant (May 1983 to September 1983) Raymond Battaglino: Advertising Production Manager / Production (July 1980 to July 1983) Peter Philipps: Finance (December 1979 to February 1983) Richard Atkins: Advertising Sales (July 1981 to February 1983) Michael Gross: Special Projects (September 1980 to December 1982) Mark Keyser: Copy Editor (May 1982 to December 1982) Brad Balfour: Special Projects / Editor (March 1981 to September 1982) Daphne Davis: Editor (April 1982 to September 1982) James Brown: Marketing Director (December 1981 to August 1982) James Rios: Art Assistant (January 1982 to August 1982) Annette Collica: Editor (May 1982 to August 1982) Judith Sonntag: Copy Editor (November 1980 to April 1982) Stephen Vitiello: Art Assistant (May 1981 to April 1982) Stanton Miranda: Editor (July 1981 to April 1982) Wesley Saunders: Art Assistant (January 1982 to April 1982) Beth Logha: Copy Editor (April 1982) Edward Fox: Controller (April 1980 to December 1981) Ted White: Editor (December 1979 to November 1981) Tom Sciacca: Art Assistant (October 1981 and November 1981) Joanna Seetoo: Art Assistant (May 1981 to September 1981) Gerald Taylor: Vice President / Publisher (January 1980 to June 1981) Howard Jacoby: Advertising (September 1980 to April 1981) Diana Bletter: Editor / Foreign Rights Manager (August 1979 to March 1981) Larry Lanoff: Art Assistant (January 1981 to March 1981) Laurie Drummond: Production (December 1979 to November 1980) Dan Steffan: Art Assistant (February 1980 to November 1980) Susan Zimmer: Copy Editor / Editor (May 1979 to October 1980) Janice Pignata: Art Assistant (June 1980 to August 1980) George Agoglia Jr: Production Manager (April 1977 to March 1980) Esther Barrett: Controller (July 1978 to March 1980) Sheila Feldman: Copy Editor (August 1979 to February 1980) Richard Barthelmes: Advertising Sales / Publisher (July 1978 to December 1979) Duffy Vohland: Art Assistant (November 1979 and December 1979) Diane Watson: Manager, Book Division (November 1979 and December 1979) Sean Kelly: Editor / Creative Projects (April 1977 to November 1979) Valerie Marchant: Editor (April 1977 to November 1979) Charles Schneider: Finance (April 1977 to November 1979) Mark Gill: Production (August 1979 to November 1979) Eric Greenberg: Public Relations and Promotion (November 1978 to September 1979) Ronald Deutsch: Advertising Manager (June 1979 to August 1979) Louise Gikow: Copy Editor (July 1979) Elise Cagan: Copy Editor (March 1979 to June 1979) Colin Wight: Advertising Manager (September 1978 to May 1979) Michael Agoglia: Circulation Sales Coordinator (March 1979) Susan Devins: Copy Editor (April 1977 to February 1979) Joey Green: Art Assistant (October 1978 and November 1978) William Lippe: Advertising Sales / Publisher (April 1977 to June 1978) Robin Chalk: Advertising Manager (October 1977 to February 1978) Harry Blumfield: Art Director (April 1977 to January 1978) Douglas Roeder: Advertising Manager (June 1977 to September 1977) Howard Jurofsky: The only person to have been there since the first issue. And even before that, he was there since the first issue of National Lampoon magazine in 1970, as the Subscription Manager. - Vice President (March 1991 to March 1992 and September 1994 to November 2011) - Executive Director (July 1992 to November 2011) - Production Director (Winter 1987 to May 1992) - General Manager (March 1991 to March 1992) - Vice President, Production and Manufacturing (November 1989 to January 1991) - Vice President, Merchandising Sales and Production (March 1989 to September 1989) - Vice President, Subscriptions and Product Sales (April 1977 to Winter 1989) - Merchandising Director (September 1985 to Fall 1986) - Production Director (November 1984 to August 1985) - Advertising Production Director (September 1984 and October 1984) Kevin Eastman: Co-created the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, published in 1984. Founded Tundra Publishing in 1990. Bought Heavy Metal in 1992 from James Jimirro for $500,000 when the magazine was making $300,000 per year at the time. - Publisher (May 1992 to November 2011) - Editor-in-Chief (March 1993 to November 2011) Debra Yanover: - Managing Editor (May 2001 to November 2011) Right Angle, Inc: Founded in 1993 by Kevin Russell and Kelly Meeks. Kelly Meeks, is husband to Kevin Eastman's sister Maryann. Although not credited in the magazine until May 2010, they've been developing and managing the site since 2001, starting as MetalTV.Com, and then changing to HeavyMetal.Com in 2009. Before then, The Threshold hosted the site from around 1999 to 2001, as Heavy-Metal.Net, which included a paid membership section of graphic novels not found in the magazine. Before then, the site was developed by Tortus Tek from around 1998 to 1999, as Heavy-Metal.Net. And before that, the site was just one section at The Pinup Mall from around 1996 to 1998. - Web Development (May 2010 to November 2011) Andrij Borys Associates: - Designer (July 2006 to November 2011) Jacinthe Leclerc: - Translator (July 2009 to November 2011) - Editorial Polyglot (March 2007 to March 2008) Pam Arvanetes: - Assistant to Publisher (May 2008 to November 2011) Miguel Guerra: Spanish to English translator. - Translator (September 2008 to November 2011) Michael Giordani: - Translator (November 2008 to November 2011) Jerome Eyquem: - Translator (January 2010 to November 2011) John Martin: - Warehouse Manager (May 2010 to November 2011) Fiona Russell: Was the curator at Kevin Eastman's Words & Pictures Museum. - Customer Service Manager (May 2010 to November 2011) Dave Elliott: - Editor (September 2011) Stanley Lau: - Editor (September 2011) Pat Hayward: - Subscription Manager (July 1992 to January 1993 and July 1993 to May 2010) - Circulation Manager (March 1993 and May 1993) Fershid Bharucha: Informed Kevin Eastman that Heavy Metal was for sale in 1991. - Editorial Polyglot (September 1994 to November 1995 and March 1996 and July 1996 to March 2008) United Color, Inc: - Pre-Press (March 2006 to July 2006) Borys Graphics: - Designer (March 2005 to May 2006) Kell-O-Graphics, Inc: - Designer (May 2000 to January 2005) Joe Varda: - Advertising Director (September 2000 and January 2001 to May 2002) Meredith Haber: - Designer (September 1996 to July 2001) Debra Jurofsky: - Managing Editor (September 1996 to March 2001) Paul Jenkins: - Editorial Polyglot (September 1998 to September 1999) Jeffrey Goldsmith: - Editorial Polyglot (September 1994 to January 1999 and July 1999) Carol Maiorella: - Business Manager (May 1996 to May 1998) Debra Rabas: - Managing Editor (September 1993 to July 1996) - Associate Editor (March 1993 to July 1993) Mark Gonyea: - Designer (January 1996 to May 1996) - Art Director (November 1995) Walter Garibaldi: - Business Manager (July 1992 to March 1996) - Controller (October 1984 to March 1992) - Vice President (July 1989 and November 1989 to March 1992) - Manager, Accounting Department (August 1984 and September 1984) Adam Kubert: - Lettering Designer (November 1984 to May 1993 and November 1993 to November 1995) John Figurski: - Designer (July 1993 to September 1995) - Art Director (September 1989 to May 1993) Michela Nonis: - Editorial Polyglot (September 1992 to May 1993) - Production Manager (June 1985 to Fall 1986) - Foreign Rights Manager (November 1984 to May 1985) Julie Simmons-Lynch: Daughter to Matty Simmons, and wife to artist representer Alan Lynch. - Editor-in-Chief (November 1984 to January 1993) - Editor (December 1981 to October 1984) - Executive Editor (January 1980 to November 1981) - Managing Editor (March 1978 to December 1979) - Associate Editor (April 1977 to February 1978) James Jimirro: Was the founding president of the Disney Channel and Walt Disney Home Video. Although not credited in the magazine, he bought National Lampoon and Heavy Metal in 1990 from Daniel Grodnik and Tim Matheson, merging with his company J2 Communications. Wanting only the National Lampoon franchise, he sold Heavy Metal to Kevin Eastman in 1992 for $500,000. J2 Communications was a movie production and distribution company, and Jimirro was mostly just interested in the National Lampoon name and licensing it out. Part of the contract was that he would still print the magazine. However, very little effort was spent on it, and between 1992 and 1998, only 13 issues were published, until the contract was renegotiated and he was no longer allowed to print the magazine. He sold the National Lampoon name in 2002. Pat Place: - Associate Art Director (July 1990 to March 1991 and November 1991) Daniel Grodnik: Movie producer. Together with Tim Matheson, they bought control of National Lampoon and Heavy Metal in 1989 from Matty Simmons for $760,000 to try and save the National Lampoon franchise. National Lampoon had been losing money since 1982. By 1990, since it was still losing a lot of money and couldn't afford to grow, they sold National Lampoon and Heavy Metal to James Jimirro merging with his company J2 Communications. - Chairman (July 1989 to September 1990) - Chief Executive Officer (November 1989 to September 1990) - President (July 1989 to September 1989) Tim Matheson: Actor. Played the character Otter in National Lampoon's Animal House movie. Together with Daniel Grodnik, they bought control of National Lampoon and Heavy Metal in 1989 from Matty Simmons for $760,000 to try and save the National Lampoon franchise. National Lampoon had been losing money since 1982. By 1990, since it was still losing a lot of money and couldn't afford to grow, they sold National Lampoon and Heavy Metal to James Jimirro merging with his company J2 Communications. Matheson also wanted to continue his acting career, instead of having all his time involved with business and money. - Chairman (July 1989 to September 1990) - Chief Executive Officer (November 1989 to September 1990) - President (July 1989 to September 1989) Michael Carr: - Publisher (March 1990 to July 1990) George Agoglia: - Executive Vice President (Spring 1987 to January 1990) - Publisher (Spring 1987 to January 1990) - Circulation Director (December 1977 to Winter 1987) - Senior Vice President (June 1979 to Winter 1987) - Senior Vice President, Circulation (April 1977 to May 1979) Myles Fuchs: - Associate Publisher (March 1989 to January 1990) Tom Kowal: - Associate Art Director (September 1989) Sheryl Cooper-Lees: - Art Director (July 1989) - Associate Art Director (November 1985 to May 1989) Margaret Brown: - Associate Art Director (July 1989) Anastasia Vasilakis: - Associate Art Director (July 1989) Matty Simmons: Co-founder and vice president of the first all purpose charge card, The Diners Club, in 1950. Co-founded The Diners Club magazine with Leonard Mogel in 1951. Co-founded 21st Century Communications publishing company in 1967 with Leonard Mogel, which published and launched the magazines Cheetah, Weight Watchers, National Lampoon, Liberty nostalgia magazine, and Heavy Metal. By 1989, Cheetah and Liberty were discontinued. Weight Watchers was sold back to them and picked up by a different publisher. National Lampoon had been losing money since 1982. So, in 1989, he sold National Lampoon and Heavy Metal to Daniel Grodnik and Tim Matheson for $760,000. - Chairman (April 1977 to May 1989) - President (November 1984 to May 1989) - Publishing Director (July 1978 to March 1979) - Publisher (April 1977 to June 1978) Sean Finegan: - Art Intern (May 1989) Christine Lashaw: - Art Intern (May 1989) Chris Howland: - Art Director (November 1985 to March 1989) Peter Kleinman: Designed the Heavy Metal logo. - Design Director (April 1977 to September 1979 and November 1984 to August 1985 and November 1985 to Fall 1987) - Design Consultant (September 1985 and October 1985) Helen Weatherall: - Art Assistant (Summer 1987) Leonard Mogel: Co-founded The Diners Club magazine with Matty Simmons in 1951. Co-founded 21st Century Communications publishing company in 1967 with Matty Simmons, which published and launched the magazines Cheetah, Weight Watchers, National Lampoon, Liberty nostalgia magazine, and Heavy Metal. - Publisher (April 1977 to June 1978 and April 1979 to December 1979 and February 1980 to Winter 1987) - Chairman of the Executive Committee (April 1979 to Winter 1987) - Editorial Director (December 1981 to July 1985) - Editor (December 1980 to November 1981) - President (April 1977 to March 1979) - Publishing Director (July 1978 to March 1979) Liz Grace: - Associate Art Director (November 1985 to Fall 1986) Paul Corio: - Associate Art Director (Spring 1986) Barbara Lindsay: - Advertising Director (Spring 1986) Jenny Coe: - Associate Art Director (November 1985) - Art Staff (June 1985 and October 1985) Steven Maloff: - Managing Editor (July 1984 to September 1984 and November 1984 to October 1985) - Contributing Editor (July 1982 to June 1984 and October 1984) - Editorial Assistant (February 1982 to June 1982) Catherine Hazard: - Art Director (June 1985 to October 1985) Joseph Stern: - Art Staff (August 1985) Dale Williams: - Art Staff (August 1985) Diane Giddis: - Copy Editor (April 1985 and June 1985 and July 1985) Paul Bob: - Art Staff (July 1985) Lou Stathis: - Associate Editor (May 1982 to June 1985) - Contributing Editor (February 1982 to April 1982) Reinee Pitt-Collins: - Art Staff (April 1985 to June 1985) - Art Assistant (March 1985) Michael Renchiwich: - Art Director (November 1984 to May 1985) Orna Benesh: - Art Staff (May 1985) Arthur Levy: - Associate Art Director (November 1984 to March 1985) Jesse Byron: - Editorial Assistant (March 1985) Barbara Sabatino: - General Manager (September 1984 and October 1984) - Press Coordinator (September 1984 and October 1984) - Foreign Rights Manager (April 1977 to July 1979) Julian Weber: - President (April 1979 to October 1984) Sarah Burd: - Foreign Rights Manager (October 1984) John Workman: - Art Director (January 1978 to September 1984) Bill Workman: Brother to John Workman. - Associate Art Director (December 1981 to September 1984) - Art Assistant (September 1978 to December 1979 and February 1980 to November 1981) Christina Miner: - Foreign Rights Manager (April 1980 to September 1984) Camille Russo: - Production Manager (April 1980 to January 1982 and September 1983 to August 1984) - Production Consultant (March 1983 to August 1983) - Production Director (February 1982 to February 1983) Seena Harris: - Vice President, Advertising Sales (March 1983 to August 1984) Cynthia Scheuter: - Assistant Production Manager (August 1984) - Production Assistant (May 1984 to July 1984) Christina Van Doorn: - Controller (July 1984) Debra Bruno: - Controller (March 1983 to June 1984) Kate Gallagher: - Assistant Production Manager (August 1983 to April 1984) Robert Rose: - Advertising Director (September 1983 to January 1984) - Associate Publisher (September 1983 to January 1984) Joseph Hurley: - Art Assistant (May 1983 to September 1983) Raymond Battaglino: - Advertising Production Manager (March 1983 to July 1983) - Production Assistant (July 1980 to February 1983) Peter Philipps: - Vice President, Finance (December 1979 to February 1983) Richard Atkins: - Vice President, Advertising Sales (July 1981 to February 1983) Michael Gross: - Special Projects (September 1980 to June 1981 and September 1981 to November 1981 and February 1982 to December 1982) - Guest Art Director (January 1982) Mark Keyser: - Copy Editor (May 1982 to December 1982) Brad Balfour: - Special Projects (May 1982 to September 1982) - Associate Editor (February 1982 to April 1982) - Contributing Editor (March 1981 to January 1982) Daphne Davis: - Associate Editor (May 1982 to September 1982) - Contributing Editor (April 1982) James Brown: - Marketing Director (December 1981 to August 1982) James Rios: - Art Assistant (January 1982 to August 1982) Annette Collica: - Editorial Assistant (May 1982 to August 1982) Judith Sonntag: - Copy Editor (November 1980 to April 1982) Stephen Vitiello: - Art Assistant (May 1981 to September 1981 and January 1982 to April 1982) Stanton Miranda: - Editorial Assistant (July 1981 to April 1982) Wesley Saunders: - Art Assistant (January 1982 to April 1982) Beth Logha: - Copy Editor (April 1982) Edward Fox: - Controller (April 1980 to December 1981) Ted White: Edited Amazing Stories and Fantastic from 1968 to 1978. - Consultant (May 1981 to November 1981) - Contributing Editor (April 1981) - Editor (January 1980 to November 1980) - Guest Editor (December 1979) Tom Sciacca: - Art Assistant (October 1981 and November 1981) Joanna Seetoo: - Art Assistant (May 1981 to September 1981) Gerald Taylor: From 1969 to 1975, was married to Mary Travers, of the music group Peter, Paul and Mary. - Executive Vice President (January 1980 to June 1981) - Publisher (January 1980) Howard Jacoby: - Advertising (September 1980 to April 1981) Diana Bletter: - European Editor (April 1980 to March 1981) - Foreign Rights Manager (August 1979 to March 1980) Larry Lanoff: - Art Assistant (January 1981 to March 1981) Laurie Drummond: - Production Assistant (December 1979 to November 1980) Dan Steffan: - Art Assistant (February 1980 to November 1980) Susan Zimmer: - Copy Editor (February 1980 to October 1980) - Editorial Assistant (January 1980) - Editorial Associate (May 1979 to July 1979 and October 1979 to December 1979) Janice Pignata: - Art Assistant (June 1980 to August 1980) George Agoglia Jr: Son to George Agoglia. - Production Manager (April 1977 to March 1980) Esther Barrett: - Controller (July 1978 to March 1980) Sheila Feldman: - Copy Editor (August 1979 to February 1980) Richard Barthelmes: - Vice President, Advertising Sales (July 1978 to December 1979) - Publisher (July 1978 to March 1979) Duffy Vohland: - Art Assistant (November 1979 and December 1979) Diane Watson: - Manager, Book Division (November 1979 and December 1979) Sean Kelly: - Editor (April 1977 to November 1979) - Vice President, Creative Projects (July 1978 to October 1979) Valerie Marchant: - Editor (April 1977 to November 1979) Charles Schneider: - Vice President, Finance (April 1977 to November 1979) Mark Gill: - Production Assistant (November 1979) - Assistant Production Manager (August 1979 and October 1979) Eric Greenberg: - Public Relations and Promotion (November 1978 to September 1979) Ronald Deutsch: - Advertising Manager (August 1979) - Advertising Sales Manager (June 1979 and July 1979) Louise Gikow: - Copy Editor (July 1979) Elise Cagan: - Copy Editor (March 1979 to June 1979) Colin Wight: - Advertising Manager (September 1978 to May 1979) Michael Agoglia: - Circulation Sales Coordinator (March 1979) Susan Devins: - Copy Editor (April 1977 to February 1979) Joey Green: - Art Assistant (October 1978 and November 1978) William Lippe: - Vice President, Advertising Sales (April 1977 to June 1978) - Associate Publisher (June 1977 to June 1978) - Advertising Director (June 1977 to June 1978) Robin Chalk: - Advertising Manager (October 1977 to February 1978) Harry Blumfield: - Art Director (April 1977 to January 1978) Douglas Roeder: - Advertising Manager (June 1977 to September 1977) |