EDITORIAL PROFESSIONAL

Brooklyn, New York

Dominic Umile is writing about comics and graphic novels for The Chicago Reader, The Comics Journal, and PopMatters, where he is a contributing editor. He covered new music for years at Remix magazine, Orlando Weekly, The Brooklyn Rail, Miami New Times, Rockpile, Phoenix New Times, XLR8R, and more. Dominic was a freelance editor for Chord magazine and a researcher on 1,000 Recordings To Hear Before You Die (Workman, 2008), a book from former Philadelphia Inquirer music editor/NPR contributor Tom Moon. In 2013, Dominic was alarmed and honored to find he’d been named one of Comics Bulletin’s favorite critics, and his essays have been cited online at The Millions, Vol. 1 Brooklyn, The New Yorker, Boing Boing, and elsewhere. He hails from a Philadelphia suburb but now lives in Brooklyn, New York.


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MAR 05
2014

Duppy ’78

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Warring gangs squabble for territory in Duppy ’78, a new hallucinatory whirlwind of sometimes gory, drug trade-fueled violence and Jamaican ghost-story horror from UK publisher Com.X. Writer Casey Seijas sets this Caribbean yarn in the summer of 1978, a time when the island’s state of considerable political unrest yielded a very public death of civilians […]

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FEB 21
2014

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Weekend reads here. Dive in. MUSIC Unknown sounds, stories of India’s 1960s rock bands.  My 2011 PopMatters piece on psyche-funk compilation Psych Funk Sa-Re-Ga!: Seminar: Aesthetic Expressions of Psychedelic Funk Music 1970-1983. This band Temples seems worth your time — enthusiasts of 1960s pop and psyche stuff. If you climbed into a friend’s car to […]

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FEB 21
2014

‘Sheltered,’ ‘Slayground’ (Repost)

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The focus of the Image winter-noir comic series Sheltered, the first five issues of which were collected in December 2013, is on a group of people that fill days by preparing, as if a universal collapse of civil society/the world is around the corner. It’s not as vague as it appears — creators Ed Brisson […]

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FEB 14
2014

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Snowstorm reads — writing on comics, film, music, etc. COMICS Nice, reflective piece at Full Stop Mag on Leanne Shapton’s Sunday Night Movies. Out now from Titan Comics, French sci-fi epic Snowpiercer gets a look at Verge. Great essay on Japanese artist Mizuki Shigeru & American horror comics at Comics Bulletin. A whole bunch of […]

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FEB 13
2014

PRINT, Sean Howe, and Wallace Wood

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Twelve pages of the February issue of PRINT magazine are devoted to a well-researched, sprawling feature on censorship in comics. Writer Michael Dooley unpacks a thorough history of censorship within the medium, and carefully surveys the contemporary comics landscape — which, even now, is rife with attempts to ban print graphic novels and digital single […]

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FEB 06
2014

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Round-up of comics criticism and some magazine journalism stuff. COMICS Critic Tucker Stone has a good piece up at his website on nonfiction graphic work ‘My Friend Dahmer.’ A 2011-era Comics Alliance article on Stan Lee’s ‘Silver Surfer’ work. David Lapham’s “‘Stray Bullets’ is punctuated with concussive bursts of action that land like sucker punches […]

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FEB 06
2014

Michael DeForge’s ‘Ant Colony’

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I wrote about Michael DeForge’s new book Ant Colony (Drawn & Quarterly) for The Chicago Reader. Visually potent and flecked with biting and often grotesque humor, DeForge’s oblong digest of insect daily doings is wild. Ant Colony hovers over one faction of ants—they, well, “service” their queen, they’re poisoned by discarded Sweet’N Low, they’re careful […]

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JAN 30
2014

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Today’s links. Sit, have a good read. COMICS Authors, editors, comics artists and more on their “Desert Island Graphic Novels” via SF Signal. Essay from PopMatters writer Matt Derman — a well-argued piece on Scott Snyder’s pre-New 52 Batman run. If you like the sounds of what Derman discusses here, I’d strongly recommend Batman: The […]

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JAN 26
2014

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Links for your Sunday reads. COMICS At Comics beat, writer Torsten Adair on the New York Times’ best-selling graphic novels of 2013. I’m not reading any of the current innumerable “X” titles from Marvel, but here is a cool “process” post from ‘X-Men’ artist Terry Dodson. (via @PeriscopeStudio) Oliver Sava at The AV Club on […]

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JAN 23
2014

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Whoa! Links! COMICS Artist Matthew Roberts illustrates the January issue of The Slate Book Review. Writer Chris Sims at Comics Alliance penned a lot of words about Stan Lee’s actual legacy.  Ed Brisson (‘Sheltered,’ ‘Comeback,’ lots more) is putting together new scripts for ‘Murder Book,’ which is awesome, and I wrote about it for PopMatters […]

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RESUME
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 
AN OVERVIEW OF MY
EDITORIAL SKILLS
  • CREATIVE WRITING
     
  • EDITING
     
  • CRITICAL THINKING
     
  • RESEARCH
     
  • COPYWRITING
     
  • WEB EDITING
     
  • CONTENT MANAGEMENT
     
 
FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
WRITING
  • 2003
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    CONTRIBUTING EDITOR
    PopMatters

    Writing features, blog posts, and critical essays on comic books, graphic novels, music, and more. (My archived work)

  • 2013
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    CONTRIBUTING WRITER
    The Comics Journal (Fantagraphics)

    Writing long-form critical essays on comic books and graphic novels for TCJ's online component.

  • 2008
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    CONTRIBUTING WRITER
    Scholastic Parent & Child Magazine

    Writing feature articles and capsule recommendations on toys, pet care, children’s DVDs, and children’s music for Web, tablet device content, and print.

  • 2005
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    2009
    CONTRIBUTING WRITER
    Remix Magazine

    Contributed production-focused music criticism and in-depth artist feature stories. Wrote profiles and reported stories that offered discussions on studio methodology and songwriting with artists, DJs, and producers.

  • 2005
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    2008
    CONTRIBUTING WRITER
    Orlando Weekly

    Contributed long-form music criticism and capsules, wrote concert previews and artist feature pieces.

FULL-TIME / FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
EDITING & RESEARCH
  • 2013
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    SENIOR PROJECT EDITOR
    Scholastic

    Collaborating with project management, editorial, and graphic design staff in the development of custom K-12 education/marketing programs on a consultant basis. Advising program coordinators on copywriting and adherence to house style guidelines. Providing project management support. Writing and editing promotional print and digital content (ad and tout copy, email blasts, HTML, Web editing) for ongoing multiple projects.

  • 2007
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    2013
    ASSOCIATE EDITOR
    Scholastic

    Researching, writing, and editing lesson plans, Web content, and promotional email blasts for multiple K–12 education programs. Developing and editing digital ad and tout copy. Ensuring adherence to editorial policy/house style guidelines. Posting new content and updating microsites (HTML, digital copywriting, Web editing). Collaborating with art directors and graphic artists for production and trafficking of print layouts and Web design. Project management support and client relationship maintenance.

  • 2007
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    2007
    CONSULTING EDITOR/RESEARCHER
    Thomson Financial

    Copyedited interview transcripts, administered database updates, and provided research support.

  • 2007
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    2007
    FREELANCE ASSISTANT EDITOR
    Chord Magazine

    Edited features and record reviews. Fact-checked and proofread articles. Wrote artist/producer profiles.

  • 2006
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    2007
    RESEARCH ASSISTANT
    Thomson Reuters

    Conducted research for business analysts, provided Excel-driven data maintenance, and edited data for accuracy, grammar usage, and spelling.

  • 2005
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    2006
    COPY EDITOR
    Moody's Economy.com

    Edited content for clarity and accuracy for daily and weekly deadlines. Fact-checked commentary and integrated text changes to blogs and long-form analysis (print and Web editing).

  • 2005
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    2005
    RESEARCHER
    Workman Publishing

    Conducted research for music journalist Tom Moon (NPR, The Philadelphia Inquirer) on 2008 book '1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die.'