About Us

We are a new school book/comic/graphic novel/street novel company.  We offer selected artists/writers a platform and a partnership to release their works and profit  directly from any profits derived. We embrace digital publishing with a  healthy reverence for printed books. We are interested in reviewing your unreleased/available material to Reach us for anything at all just send us an email @ info@overtheedgebooks.com

Team

Founder – Paul Stewart

Paul originally tasted success in the late 1980s with the record label Delicious Vinyl, promoting hits like Tone-Loc’s “Wild Thing” and Young MC’s “Bust A Move”, the very first platinum hip-hop records ever from the West Coast. In the 1990s, the L.A. native founded the street promotions company PMP, promoting acts like Queen Latifah, Busta Rhymes, and Cypress Hill, and building a client list including Sony, Warner Bros. and Universal. After Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons tapped Stewart to open Def Jam’s West Coast office, Stewart transformed PMP into a powerful urban music management company, and then an Island/Def Jam-affiliated record label. Through PMP, Stewart discovered and developed multi-platinum musical artists Coolio (“Fantastic Voyage”), The Pharcyde (“Passin’ Me By”), Montell Jordan (“This Is How We Do It”) and House of Pain (“Jump Around”). Stewart continues to make waves with his latest power move, partnering in 2010 with Lady GaGa’s worldwide manager Troy Carter to form Atom Factory Music Licensing, Inc. Stewart, whose music supervision credits in over thirty films includes Academy Award-winning Hustle & Flow (Oscar for Best Original Song), Four Brothers, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Poetic Justice. ”

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Brandon Schultz – Collaborator

Is the president of ImajiMation Studios, Inc.:. In June of 2000 he became a founding partner and the Creative Director of ImajiMation Studios in Santa Monica, California. The industry’s leading African-American owned animation studio, ImajiMation’s clients include Adidas, Nestle, UPN, Jive Records, Arista Records and New Line Cinema. Brandon managed the production of several high-profile projects on behalf of ImajiMation. In 2003, Schultz became President of ImajiMation and his responsibilities grew to include the development of original properties.

In December of 2003 Brandon penned the breakthrough comic book “BLOKHEDZ” created by his business partners Mark and Mike Davis. The comic and line of toys that it spawned have received coverage on several news outlets including CNN, Reuters, VIBE, Stuff, Maxim, MSNBC.COM, and ABC news. The series was called “dope” by comics legend Stan Lee has and also drawn praise from Hip-Hop mogul Russell Simmons and filmmaker Reginald Hudlin. The BLOKHEDZ is currently in development at Cartoon Network as an animated series. Recently Brandon wrote and produced “BLOOD THIRSTY” a Blade-inspired animated short featured on New Line Cinema’s “BLADE TRINITY” soundtrack. Currently, he is writing a new 1-shot comic book for Marvel comics featuring platinum selling hip-hop artists, Fat Joe, Fabulous, and Lil’ Kim.

Malcolm Spellman – Collaborator

Malcolm Spellman sold his first spec to Fox 2000 in 2000. Since then he has worked at every division of Fox including Fox television. Projects range from an animated musical feature in development with Jamie Foxx to gritty dramas to the comedy “Our Family Wedding” which debuted theatrically in March of 2010. He is also developing “Hot Wheels” with Warner Brothers film studio.

Bruce Stewart – Head Of Technology

Bruce Stewart received a degree in computer science from Sonoma State University, but started working in telecommunications while still an undergraduate. After working on several large PBX installations, Bruce went on to manage the telecom departments for two universities. Now focused on editorial endeavors, Bruce was the Editorial Director of the O’Reilly Network, and is currently a freelance technology writer and editor. His work regularly appears in Make magazine, the influential O’Reilly Radar blog, and he has been a guest blogger on BoingBoing.net <http://BoingBoing.net> .

Smiles Davis – Collaborator

Some people would be satisfied having major accomplishments in one artistic field. Many people train their entire lives and never achieve that. DJ Smiles Davis, however, is not “some people,” and is well into her second successful career, providing the sonic backdrop for musical superstars like Erykah Badu, Janelle Monae, Mayer Hawthorne and Questlove.

She began her professional life with her feet, not her hands. As a company member with the world-renowned Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, she became such a sought after talent that she also served as a movement coach for multiplatinum artist Lauryn Hill and a back up dancer for both Lenny Kravitz and Missy Elliot.

Like a true disciple of any discipline, she paid her dues by working at famous Hollywood record shop Amoeba Music, giving her both greater breadth and depth in her musical knowledge. She was able to parlay her skills into a string of special engagements, musically delighting attendees at events for Marc Jacobs, Stevie Wonder, Ed Norton, Nike, Fox Searchlight, Saks Fifth Avenue, Bloomingdales, Armani Exchange, Miss Sixty, LAX ART, WPS, Activision, Puma, NAACP, Fatima Robinson, Flaunt, Elle Magazine, Wax Poetics, Frank 151, Urb, Manifest Equality, Okay Player, Disney, the and a National McDonalds commercial alongside producer and radio personality DJ Felli Fel. Smiles maintains a music blog with her old friends at Amoeba Music, keeping in touch with her roots. She also has a residency at new hot spot the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, where she plays a few days every month as a special engagement.

Cory Shaw – Collaborator

Cory Run’s Buildestroy is a company that offers creative direction, design, and animation for print and motion projects with over fifteen years experience. Buildestroy has very unique visions that are always transforming yet remain signature. Their inspiration lies in capturing the organic and pushing the blend of human and machine, exploring animation as fine art. With a creative model based on collaboration with both artists and clients we meet and surpass all expectations. The statement of Buildestroy implies that in order to create a new paradigm or aesthetic you must destroy the one in place, both building and deconstructing in one fluid motion. Constant change.