Benny R. Powell

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Benny R. Powell
Nationality American
Area(s)Writer, Artist, Editor, Publisher

Benny R. Powell is an American businessman who is CEO of Red Giant Entertainment, a transmedia company. Benny is one of the creators of White Widow comics

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Career

In 1995, Powell wrote the story basis for an issue of the Marvel Comics anthology title What If . [1] He was CEO of Bench Press Studios from 1998 to 2000, and spent 2000 as head marketing writer for Priceline.com. [2] He went on to work as a global advertising writer for Brann Worldwide / IBM, and as a marketing writer for Dynetech. He then became CEO of Total Solutions Marketing and later founded True Source Marketing. [2] He is as well CEO of Active Media Printing. [3]

Comics

In August 2010, Powell founded Red Giant Entertainment. [3] The Florida-based company announced plans to launch its Giant-Size Comics line of free, ad-supported, print comic-book anthology titles on May 3, 2014 in conjunction with Free Comic Book Day [4] These Giant Sized comics are larger than traditional comics (64 pages rather than 32 pages). [3]

Personal life

Powell married Jenna who also works for Active Media Printing, Red Giant and Glass House Graphics [5] in mid-2014. [6] They reside in Clermont, Florida. [3]

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References

  1. Benny Powell at the Grand Comics Database.
  2. 1 2 "Benny R. Powell". LinkedIn.com.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Brown, Roxanne (August 30, 2013). "Clermont: Comic books are serious business". Daily Commercial . Leesburg, Florida. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2015. David Campiti ... a co-owner of Red Giant Entertainment Inc. in Clermont.
  4. "Red Giant To Join In Free Comic Book Day". Archived from the original on December 16, 2013.
  5. "Jenna Powell". LinkedIn.com.
  6. "YAY!!! Wedding Pictures!!!". Jenna Powell Facebook page. Archived from the original on September 22, 2015. Retrieved September 3, 2016.