Titan takes on Anthony Garnon as Head of Pop Culture

By John Freeman on February 29, 2024

Titan Entertainment Group Ltd has recruited Anthony Garnon to lead their Titan Merchandise team and Forbidden Planet Ltd direct-to-retail team.

Anthony returns to Titan and Forbidden Planet on Monday March 4th, from his current role within the licensing department at Aardman.

Prior to Aardman, Anthony worked for Forbidden Planet for seven years and built their multi-award-winning direct-to-retail program.

Anthony’s new role, Head of Pop Culture, takes senior responsibility for the management and strategic growth of TEG’s Merchandise & Forbidden Planet DTR teams, with all members of those teams reporting directly to Anthony.

Anthony reports to Titan’s Chief Operating Officer, Andrew Sumner.

Sumner commented “Anthony brings a vast amount of industry experience, unrivalled enthusiasm and high-level pop culture knowledge to our Titan/Forbidden Planet universe and we can’t wait to welcome him back to the group on Monday March 4th.”

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.