Robert Sodaro

Current

• VP & Media Relations at Atlas Unleashed
• Freelancer at LexisNexis
• Creative Director at Freelance Ink (Sole Proprietorship)

• Freelance Writer at Marvel Comics

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Past

• Director of Communications at Guild Works Productions
• Creative Director at Freelance Ink
• VP Media Relations at Atlas Unleashed

• Features Editor at Krause Publications
• Press Coordinator at Comicbook Artists Guild
• Freelance writer at Reilly Relations Company LLC
• Graphic Production Artist at Sikorsky Aircraft
• Regional Accounts Manager at 5Web Design
• Freelance Web Content Provider at The Cambridge Group
• Freelancer at Lillian Vernon
• Freelance Writer at TwoMorrows/The T.H.U.D.E.R. Agents Companion
• Assistant Manager IT/Prepress at The Hour Newspaper
• Freelance Writer at Century Publishing: Combo Magazine; Sports Card Trader
• Freelance Writer at Extreme Studios
• Freelance Writer at Wizard Entertainment, Entertainment Retailer
• Freelance Writer at Malibu Comics
• Freelance Columnist at InterMixx.com
• Freelance Graphic Production Artist at CenterStage Productions
• Freelance Writer at Attic Books
• Freelance Writer at DC Comics
• Freelance writer at Fantagraphics Books
• Writer, creator, storyteller at Renegade Press
• Managing Editor at Ion International

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Education

• Sacred Heart University

Recommended

3 people have recommended Robert

Connections

120 connections

Industry

Writing and Editing

Websites

• My Blog
• My Company
• My Website

Robert Sodaro’s Summary

I have been writing professionally for over 30 years, with experience in radio ad writing, as well as print, and the Internet. I have written two books; “Trivia Mania: Commercials and Ads” (Zebra Books) and “Kiddie Meal Collectibles” (Krause Books). I am also the author of a comicbook series entitled “Agent Unknown” (Renegade Press).

Currently I am not only contributing short stories to a horror anthology entitled “Psychosis!” (Guild Works Productions), but I’m writing a writing a number of other short stories for other comicbook anthologies (including CAG, the annual anthology of the Comicbook Artists Guild). I also write a number of regular columns on film, comics, fast food toys, pop culture, and other subjects, as well as contributing freelance articles to a number of both national and local publications.

I am also a computer graphic production artist with skills in InDesign, Photoshop, Quark XPress, Dreamweaver, PowerPoint, Acrobat, HTML, Movie Maker and other software programs. I utilize these skills in conjunction with my writing and editing ability to produce both print and interactive/digital newsletters for a number of clients.

Robert Sodaro’s Specialties:

Comicbooks, fiction, film reviews, collectibles, fast food toys, non-sports trading cards, toys.

Robert Sodaro’s Experience

• VP & Media Relations

  Atlas Unleashed

  (Publishing industry)

  2009 — Present (less than a year)

  Atlas Unleashed is a start-up publishing company intent on publishing short, illustrated fiction stories, in various static, digital, and electronic formats with cutting-edge interactive delivery systems. It is my function within this company to bring our message to the press as well as to potential customers, in order to herald in a new era of publishing paradigm.

• Freelancer

  LexisNexis

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RUK; Information Technology and Services industry)

  April 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Utilizing the LexisNexis search engine and looking for specific search strings, I provide a daily (M-F) HTML-formatted email newsletter for LexisNexis.

• Creative Director

  Freelance Ink (Sole Proprietorship)

  (Sole Proprietorship; 1-10 employees; Publishing industry)

  1988 — Present (21 years)

  Founded company to provide a wide range of services to clients as consultant or on-staff employee as a writer/editor and/or Interactive Production Artist/Graphic Designer. These services include (but are not limited to): marketing communications writing and editing, graphics and design, as well as production. Clients include numerous hi-tech, interactive, on-line, and traditional communications industries. Extensive experience in scriptwriting and producing on-line and print documentation and interactive/ digital design and development of HTML, and print; with emphasis on Web content management.

• Freelance Writer

  Marvel Comics

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; MVL; Publishing industry)

  1983 — Present (26 years)

  From 1983 –1994 (11 years) I wrote marketing and promotional articles for various in-house and consumer Marvel magazines, including Marvel Age, Marvel Vision, Marvel Year in Review, Sales to Astonish, as well as several Marvel one-shot title or character-specific (Punisher, X-Men, etc.) magazines.
  
  In 2008 I returned to Marvel as a freelance writer, penning cover copy for various hardcover books, including “Iron Man: The Art of Iron Man, the Movie,” and “Supreme Power: Contact Premiere.”

• Director of Communications

  Guild Works Productions

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  July 2006 — January 2009 (2 years 7 months)

  I write and distribute press releases, provide marketing and public relation functions for the company, as well as act as a spokesperson for the company with the comic fan press. I also provide content and maintain the company's website (www.guildworksproductions.com). I have written a number of short stories for Psychosis! an illustrated horror anthology published by GWP, In addition to these functions I work closely with The Comicbook Artists Guild, an associated professional networking organization.

• Creative Director

  Freelance Ink

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1985 — 2009 (24 years)

• VP Media Relations

  Atlas Unleashed

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2009 — 2009 (less than a year)

• Features Editor

  Krause Publications

  (Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  2001 — 2009 (8 years)

• Press Coordinator

  Comicbook Artists Guild

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years)

  CAG is a national, nonprofit social and professional networking group for writers, artists, illustrators, filmmakers, animators, and others in the field of comicbooks. Among my responsibilities as a writer with the group, I have contributed short stories to CAG’s yearly anthology publication. I have represented CAG at conventions, and acted as PR liaison and spokesperson for the organization (talking to the comics fan press on behalf of the organization), actively recruited new members, as well as writing and distributing press releases and newsletters for the organization. I also act as a liaison between CAG and Guild Works Productions.

• Freelance writer

  Reilly Relations Company LLC

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2006 — 2008 (2 years)

  Local Matters was an independent publication produced by Reilly Relations Company, LLC serving the communities of Stamford, Darien, New Canaan, and Norwalk — all high income towns in Fairfield County along CT’s “Gold Coast.”
  
  I was a freelance writer charged with researching and writing about various topic of interest to the local communities.

• Graphic Production Artist

  Sikorsky Aircraft

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2007 — 2008 (1 year)

• Regional Accounts Manager

  5Web Design

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  January 2006 — April 2007 (1 year 4 months)

  Duties include working with clients to provide and produce interactive content for development of Web sites, brochures, pamphlets, and other digital and print marketing communications material.

• Freelance Web Content Provider

  The Cambridge Group

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Management Consulting industry)

  2007 — 2007 (less than a year)

  For 10 weeks I worked as a freelance Web Content Provider for WestchesterGov.com as I consulted with the County government of Westchester, NY while updating and renovating their website. This included editing copy of existing pages, writing copy, creating new web pages, as well as processing and uploading graphics,
  
  Once the renovation was complete and the website launched, the assignment ended, and I moved on to a new assignment.

• Freelancer

  Lillian Vernon

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2006 — 2006 (less than a year)

• Freelance Writer

  TwoMorrows/The T.H.U.D.E.R. Agents Companion

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  2005 — 2005 (less than a year)

  As a long-time fan of The T.H.U.D.E.R. Agents, and an associate of John Carbonaro (owner of The T.H.U.D.E.R. Agents), I conducted an interview with a former writer of the The T.H.U.D.E.R. Agents comic, which I submitted for publication for The T.H.U.D.E.R. Agents Companion, a one-shot publication from TwoMorrows Publishing.

• Assistant Manager IT/Prepress

  The Hour Newspaper

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  February 2002 — December 2004 (2 years 11 months)

  Prepress duties included layout and pre-production of newspaper pages for one daily (The Hour) and two weekly (The Wilton Villager, The Stamford Times) newspapers. Produced negatives for print, prepared digital versions of newspaper pages for Web site, design and layout of special sections, manage prepress staff schedules, assisted in the managing and tracking of advertising e-mail and ads intended for inclusion in the papers, order supplies for all company printers, copiers, and fax machines, helped clean and maintain image setter and processor. Provided back-up support to staff in matters of IT (e-mail, computer hardware and software, systems interface, etc.). Served as assistant to the manager of both departments. Acted as on-call tech support nights and weekends for both Prepress and Editorial Depts.

• Freelance Writer

  Century Publishing: Combo Magazine; Sports Card Trader

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1995 — 1997 (2 years)

  I was a freelance writer, for the company's various publications, writing articles about comicbooks, trading cards, and other collectibles. Also conducting interviews with the various creators who developed the collectibles.

• Freelance Writer

  Extreme Studios

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1994 — 1996 (2 years)

  I was a freelance writer, developing marketing and promotional articles and features about the company's publications and creative staff.

• Freelance Writer

  Wizard Entertainment, Entertainment Retailer

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1993 — 1995 (2 years)

  I was a freelance writer, working for the company's various publications, writing articles about comicbooks, trading cards, and other collectibles. Also conducting interviews with the various creators who developed the collectibles. as well as writing articles about the retail end of the comicbook industry.

• Freelance Writer

  Malibu Comics

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)

  1993 — 1995 (2 years)

  I was a freelance writer, developing marketing and promotional articles and features about the company's publications and creative staff.

• Freelance Columnist

  InterMixx.com

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1990 — 1995 (5 years)

  I supplied InterMixx with a pair of columns, one on film, and a second on comics, entitled FunnyBook City.

• Freelance Graphic Production Artist

  CenterStage Productions

  (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Graphic Design industry)

  1986 — 1994 (8 years)

  Assist on various assignments producing slides in Freelance Graphics and various other tasks as warranted.

• Freelance Writer

  Attic Books

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1992 — 1994 (2 years)

  While working as a freelance writer for Attic Books, I wrote several articles for a number of magazines produced by Attic (including Comics Values Monthly and Triton. All of the magazines eventually ceased publication, while Comics Values Monthly morphed into Comics Values Annual, a yearly price guide for comic books (now published by Krause Books), and to which I am still attached (2008) as Features Editor.

• Freelance Writer

  DC Comics

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Publishing industry)

  1992 — 1993 (1 year)

  I wrote marketing and PR-related material and articles for DC promoting their various comicbooks and creators.

• Freelance writer

  Fantagraphics Books

  (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Publishing industry)

  1980 — 1990 (10 years)

• Writer, creator, storyteller

  Renegade Press

  (Publishing industry)

  1987 — 1988 (1 year)

  I created and wrote an action/adventure, espionage series entitled Agent Unknown. The illustrated stories appeared in comicbook form, all episodes of which were drawn by Dell Barras. The storyline revolved around the exploits of a group of agents from a fictional US intelligence division that was dedicated to protecting the national security of the United States.

• Managing Editor

  Ion International

  (Writing and Editing industry)

  1983 — 1985 (2 years)

Robert Sodaro’s Education

• Sacred Heart University

  BA , Media Studies , 1975 — 1978

  I also have a minor in philosophy from SHU.

  Activities and Societies:

  WSHU

Additional Information

Robert Sodaro’s Websites:

• My Blog
• My Company
• My Website

Robert Sodaro’s Interests:

Comicbooks, movies, Sci-Fi, technology, the web, theater, film, local politics.

Robert Sodaro’s Honors:

In 2006 my wife and I won a volunteer award from Columbus Magnet School (Norwalk, CT) for 10 years of service to the school

In 2000 My family and I won a family award from the Norwalk Seaport Association (Norwalk, CT) for years of service to the Association in assisting with the annual Oyster Festival.

In 1995 I received the “Staging with Style” award from the SoNo Arts Celebration (Norwalk, CT) for my years of service and dedication to that volunteer organization.

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