Hasbro awards Signature Publishing ‘Partner of the Year’

By John Freeman on February 2, 2017

With over 60 Hasbro licensees, including some of the biggest toy, apparel, stationery and publishing companies across the UK and Europe in the running for the award, Signature Publishing says it is delighted to be awarded the honour of the toy maker’s ‘Partner of the Year’.

The ‘Partner of the Year’ title reflects the high quality and hard work put in by Signature Publishing’s team across their portfolio of Hasbro titles, including My Little Pony, My Little Pony Equestria Girls, Transformers Robots in Disguise and Littlest Pet Shop, with further new launches later in the year, says the company.

Signature Publishing – which has won numerous awards for its publishing work -l aunched their Transformers: Robots in Disguise magazine back in 2015.

“This award highlights our commitment and passion for all the Hasbro brands, and the quality of the magazines we publish”, said Danny Morris, Managing Director of Signature Publishing, “This also truly underlines the fantastic relationship that we have built with everyone at Hasbro, our publishing expertise, and the fact we love what we do!”

Signature Publishing’s titles also include Dinosaur Action and more.

• Check out their web site at www.signaturepl.co.uk

John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies” for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs” with Dave Hailwood.