Darren Sanchez is a

comic book creator developed specialized terminology. Several attempts have been made to formalize and define the terminology of comics by authors such as Will Eisner, Scott McCloud, R. C. Harvey and Dylan Horrocks. Much of the terminology in English is under di ...

. He is the production director at

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. He is also the publisher of After Hours Press, with partner

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. Sanchez has created and written such titles as ''Impossible Tales'', ''Foxwood Falcons'', ''J.A.A.T.'', and ''Genie the Genius'', which was co-created with former NFL quarterback

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. Sanchez has optioned several of his titles (''Celestial Alliance'' & ''Foxwood Falcons'') for films and currently develops new stories and intellectual properties for clients at After Hours Press, and at

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Biography

Sanchez served in the

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as a pilot and

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, flying

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in the 1980s and early 1990s. In an interview with the comic book website

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, Sanchez attributes his service as an Army officer as the reason he is in the position he holds today (in the comic book industry). Sanchez has worked professionally in the comic book industry since 1991. He began his career with

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, as production manager, where he also earned writing credits on the ''

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'' yearbook, '' Magnus 2001'', and an unpublished issue of ''

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''. His first independent comic, ''Celestial Alliance'', was published in 2000 through After Hours Press, the company he, Buddy Scalera, and

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started. In December 2007, he was named Vice President of Production at

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. Wizard Entertainment Names Darren Sanchez VP of Manufacturing
/ref> After Wizard, Sanchez worked for Starlight Runner Entertainment with CEO and transmedia guru Jeff Gomez, as well as with former Valiant Editor-in-Chief

Fabian Nicieza Fabian Nicieza (; December 31, 1961) is an Argentine-American comic book writer and editor who is best known for his work on Marvel titles such as ''X-Men'', '' X-Force'', ''New Warriors'', ''Nomad'', ''Cable'', '' Gambit'', '' Deadpool'' and ' ...

. Projects there included transmedia consulting for clients such as

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, and Pepperidge Farms. Sanchez currently works as Editor and Manager of Custom Solutions at

References

External links

After Hours Press Website
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