Bad Idea names Peter Stern as Managing Editor and promotes Anthony Militano to Director of Data & Operations

Bad Idea has announced that industry vet Peter Stern has been named to the position of Managing Editor. Stern begins his new role in the midst of the Bad Idea Two initiative with a slate of major new prestige-format series for Bad Idea Two: Part Two forthcoming.

As Managing Editor, Stern will oversee Bad Idea’s editorial operations and management including data reconciliation, asset tracking and talent onboarding, as well as contribute to already announced series, in addition to the slate of currently in development and yet-to-be announced titles.

The publisher has also announced that they have promoted Anthony Militano to the position of Director of Data & Operations. Militano joined Bad Idea as Sales & Operations Manager in April 2021 with previous experience that included eight years in comic shop retail with Maximum Comics in Las Vegas. In his new role Militano will be responsible for managing the Bad Idea Destination Store program worldwide, developing relationships with retailers, overseeing Bad Idea’s internal, proprietary ordering system, and will be part of the team responsible for making printing and print run decisions.

Stern and Militano join their colleagues Vice President, Sales & Operations, Atom! Freeman; Vice President, Marketing, Josh Johns; and CEO & Chief Creative Officer, Dinesh Shamdasani at this week’s ComicsPro 2023 event, along with creators Joshua Dysart and Robert Venditti.