Graphic Novel Committee

The CBC Graphic Novel Committee aims to contextualize, promote, and support this medium and its many variations, like comics, manga, and more. Through comic con programming and virtual panels, this committee advocates for children’s and teen graphic novels within the industry, as well as teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents, and consumers, to ensure that this medium is sufficiently and proudly represented and legitimized as a valuable literary source. This committee continues to champion the voices and experiences of BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ authors and illustrators for this medium and stands with Unite Against Book Bans.

2026 Committee Members

Ev Clements, Brand Specialist, Editorial, Skybound Entertainment

Christina Colangelo, Executive Director of Marketing, Penguin Young Readers

Emily Daluga, Editor, Chronicle Books, Children’s

Charlotte Greenbaum, Senior Editor, ABRAMS Books

Cindy Harris, Editorial Assistant, Andrews McMeel Universal

Robert Imfeld, Marketing Manager, HarperCollins Children’s Books

Morgan Kane, Director of Publicity, Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group / First Second

Jason Kelley, Director, The Comics Appreciation Project

Cynthia Lliguichuzhca, Publicist, Random House Children’s Books

Julia McCarthy, Editor, Simon & Schuster / Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Megan McLaughlin, Art Director, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers / LB Ink

Spenser Nellis, Marketing Manager, MadCave Studios / Papercutz

Julia Pohl-Miranda, Marketing Director, Drawn & Quarterly

Matthew Poulter, Senior Marketing Manager, Scholastic / Graphix

Sebastian Ramos, Publishing Operations Manager, Silver Sprocket

Katie Sainz, Director of Sales, Book Market, Oni Press

Mel Schuit, Assistant Marketing and Publicity Director, Children’s, The Quarto Group

Only employees of member publishers are invited to serve on the CBC’s vibrant committees. Are you a CBC member interested in joining a committee? Email Shaina.Birkhead@cbcbooks.org.