Blake Kobashigawa
Blake Kobashigawa is the SVP, Sales, Marketing & Strategy for IDW Publishing, one of the premiere comics publishers in North America. In his role, Blake oversees the sales, marketing, talent relations, content strategy and direct-to-consumer departments, ensuring that IDW's comics and graphic novels reach their intended audiences across all different genres, formats and sales channels. Blake previously worked at DC Comics for more than seven years in many capacities, including sales, marketing, business development, and product development for the book trade, mass, digital, and direct-to-consumer markets. Since leaving DC in 2018, Blake has worked as the Head of Industry Operations at Merchbar.com, the world’s largest D2C retail marketplace for official music merchandise. A Los Angeles native, Blake attended Boston College for undergrad education, earning his BA in music in 2007. He currently lives in LA with his wife and twin daughters.
