ATB PUBLISHING is a small press dedicated to publishing thoughtful nonfiction books that explore the history of pop culture with insightful and entertaining commentary from a diverse array of writers, authors, and editors.
The company launched in 2012 with the first of its OUTSIDE IN series of critical review essay collections. The original project for which ATB was first created, RED WHITE AND WHO: THE STORY OF DOCTOR WHO IN AMERICA, was released in 2017. ATB’s slate of titles has since expanded to include books covering a number of TV, film, and comic book universes, providing a wide range of perspectives on everyone’s favorite fictional worlds.
ATB does not sell its books on Amazon or offer e-book editions. The company’s founders are passionate about making physical print books, not just distributing “content,” and that informs all of the company’s choices. As a very small press, ATB also has no catalogue distribution; you can get ATB books directly from the publisher, or via retailers that carry them – ask your favorite book seller to stock ATB titles.
OUR TEAM
ARNOLD T. BLUMBERG – Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
Arnold has authored or co-authored a number of books on film and pop culture, including zombie tomes JOURNEY OF THE LIVING DEAD: A TRIBUTE TO FIFTY YEARS OF FLESH EATERS (ATB) and ZOMBIEMANIA (Telos), collectible guides like THE BIG BIG LITTLE BOOK BOOK (Gemstone), and HOWE’S TRANSCENDENTAL TOYBOX (Telos), and the fantasy film-themed CINEMA AND SORCERY: THE COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO FANTASY FILM (Green Ronin). He’s the designer of every ATB book, as well as many of Telos’ titles, like the award-winning IT LIVES AGAIN! and THE TARGET BOOK. He spent twenty years in the comic book industry, five as Editor of THE OVERSTREET COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE (Gemstone). He curated a pop culture museum; taught college courses in zombies, comic books and superheroes (including the world’s first MCU course), media literacy, and writing; and appeared in documentaries like DOC OF THE DEAD, THE 50 BEST HORROR MOVIES YOU’VE NEVER SEEN, and THE WALKERS AMONG US. He writes and draws a twice-weekly webcomic, PICKLES & BEAN.
NATALIE B. LITOFSKY – Director of Marketing & Logistics
Natalie grew up in Baltimore. She left her heart in Beijing. She creates in several dimensions. List of things she enjoys: Candid photography (scientific fact: food tastes better after it’s photographed); mashed potatoes; the IKEA catalogue, singing in the shower; public parks; reptiles; making you smile. She currently works as a managing editor for a technology website. She’s the former Web Editor at CITY WEEKEND MAGAZINE. You can see more of her work via her blog, positivelynatalie.com.
STACEY SMITH? – Range Editor
Stacey is the editor extraordinaire of ATB Publishing’s OUTSIDE IN series of pop-culture guides with a twist. She’s also the co-author of BOOKWYRM VOLUME 1 (ATB Publishing), as well as WHO IS THE DOCTOR, WHO’S 50 and THE DOCTORS ARE IN (ECW Press), guides to the wonderful world of DOCTOR WHO. In her day job, she’s a professor of disease modelling at the University of Ottawa. Using mathematics, she studies infectious diseases such as HIV, malaria, human papillomavirus, neglected tropical diseases and zombies (yes, really). She has 15 books and almost 100 academic publications to her credit; is a winner of a Guinness World Record for her work on modelling a zombie invasion; was the winner of the 2015 Mathematics Ambassador award, given by Canada’s Partners in Research association; and won the 2018 Society for Mathematical Biology Distinguished Service Award for exceptional contribution to the field of mathematical biology and its advancement outside of research – specifically pop culture. So the day job and the night job aren’t really all that different. Since she’s a bona fide international superstar, she lives on a plane somewhere.