Mercer Mayer and John R. Sansevere Launch TWELVE/30
Initial projects include a deal with HarperCollins and a YouTube channel.
November 16, 2022
Mercer Mayer has partnered with digital media writer, producer and game designer, John R. Sansevere, to form TWELVE/30, with a mission to develop Mayer’s catalog of over 300 titles across all media and consumer products. TWELVE/30 has exclusive media and licensing rights across all consumer products categories and all new publishing. Sansevere will serve as the company’s managing partner.
The initial brand focus for the newly established company will be Mayer’s Little Critter series.
TWELVE/30 has signed its first licensing agreement with HarperCollins for a new series of Little Critter books to include two titles under the publisher’s recently launched “I Can Read Comics” label, as well as two new readers in the “I Can Read” series.