Part of learning to better use my time (see this coming Monday’s post for details) involves learning what to stop doing. Here’s one personal project I’ve ended, but it might still be useful to you.

For a while there (the Wednesdays of 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20) I kept track of every Marvel book coming out and who was editing it and in what capacity, so I could get an overview of what editors were overseeing exactly which book. Useful information for anyone serious about eventually working there. So that if you ever do get that opportunity to pitch, you’ll know who you’re pitching to and what their general purview is.

There is no arcane secret to it. Anyone with a pencil and a stack of the current week’s Marvel books can do it.

Like I said, I can’t keep this up time-wise, but I still managed to get a rough idea of the shape of things. I offer it here in case it’s useful information for you. Click the image below to download the Word .doc:

UPDATE: You can follow most, if not all of these editors on Twitter: @CBCebulski, @Agent_M, @JoeQuesada, @nick_lowe_, @aubreysitterson, @StephenWacker, @TomBrevoort, @Alejandrobot, @J9Schaefer, @TheJohnBarber, @danielketchum should get you started off.

UPDATE 7/19/09: Jeanine Schaefer has been promoted from Associate Editor to full-fledged Editor, and will move to the X-office. Lauren Sankovitch, a former Assistant Editor in the Ultimates office, has been promoted to Associate Editor in Brevoort’s office. This is due to a still-unannounced X-editor taking their leave…