This list of comics publishing companies lists companies, specifically publishing companies who primarily publish comics. Comic art is an art medium used to present ideas or stories via images. The images are usually arranged in panels in a sequence that conveys the story. Sounds are expressed using speech balloons and onomatopoeia. European comics have existed since 1837, when Swiss artist Rodolphe Töpffer published Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois. The oldest comic publishing company on this list is the now-defunct book publishing company, David McKay Publications that was founded in 1882 and published comics from 1935 to 1950. Most comic publishing companies were established in the United States, where comics became popular in the mid-1900s.
Publishers
edit| Name | Country | Active | Notes | |
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| 12 bis | France[1] | 2008[2] |  |
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| Blue Comics | Brazil[3] | 2006[4] | |
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| 1First Comics | US[5][6] | 1982 | |
Relaunched in 2011; a.k.a. First Comics |
| 451 Media Group | US[7] | 2015 | |
Subdivision of Michael Bay's 451 Interactive Publishing[8] |
| Aardvark-Vanaheim | Canada[9] | 1977[9] | |
Most titles moved to Renegade Press in 1985[9] |
| Abacus Comics | US[10] | 2006 | |
Bought Alias Comics in 2007[11] |
| About Comics | US[12] | 1998 | |
[13] |
| Abrams ComicArts | US | 2009 | |
An imprint of Abrams Books[14] |
| AC Comics | US[15] | 1969 | |
Former Paragon Publications until 1982; former Americomics until 1984[16] |
| Ace Comics | US | 1940 | 1956 | [citation needed] Imprints: A.A. Wyn (Inc.), Ace Books, Inc., Ace Magazines, Inc., Ace Periodicals, Inc., Ace Publications (Inc.), Current Books, Inc., Humor Publications, Inc., Junior Books, Inc., Periodical House, Inc., Unity Publishing Corp.[17] |
| Acme Press | UK | 1986 | 2005 | Also known as ACME Press and Acme Comics |
| Action Lab Comics | US[18] | 2010[19] | |
Comics published under imprint: Action Lab Comics Signature Series |
| AdHouse Books | US[20] | 2002 | |
[21] |
| Adult Comics | US | 1992[22] | 1992 | Adult-comics imprint of Personality Comics. Titles: Bad Girls; Female Fantasies[23] |
| Adventure Publications | US | 1986 | 1993 | Acquired by Malibu Comics in 1989,[24] which was bought by Marvel in 1994.[25] Titles: Elf Warrior; Ninja Elite; Star Rangers[26] |
| Aftershock Comics | US[27] | 2015 | 2022 | AfterShock Comics Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy |
| Aida-Zee Comics | US | 1990 | 1997 | Titles included Aida-Zee,[28] Paro-Dee, Behold 3-D |
| Aircel Comics | Canada[29] | 1985[29] | 1994[25] | Bought out by Malibu Comics in 1991, which was bought by Marvel in 1994[25] |
| AiT/Planet Lar | US[30] | 1999[31] | |
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| Ajax-Farrell | US[32] | 1951 | 1958 | see: Farrell Comic Group[33] |
| Akita Shoten | Japan[34] | 1948 | |
[35] Publishes mostly manga-titles |
| Alias Enterprises | US | 2005 | 2007 | [36] Published comics as Alias Comics; imprint: Cross Culture. Alias Comics was sold to Abacus Comics[37] and Cross Culture was bought by LAMP PoST Publications in 2007 |
| All-American Publications | US[38] | 1939[38] | 1946[39] | Bought out by National Periodicals (DC Comics) in 1946[39] |
| All Star DC Comics | US | 2005[40] | 2008[40] | Defunct imprint of DC Comics. Titles: All-Star Superman; All Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder |
| Alternative Comics | US[41] | 1993[42] | |
Shut down in 2008, resumed publishing in 2012.[43] Titles: 9-11: Emergency Relief; The Cute Manifesto; Magic Whistle |
| Amalgam Comics | US | 1996 | 1997 | Shared Imprint by DC Comics and Marvel Comielcs. Defunct in 1997, published reprints in 2003 and 2004[44] |
| Amazing Comics | US | 1987 | 1987[45] | Spearheaded by David Campiti; one of the five publishing entities set up by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg/Sunrise Distribution.[46] Some titles were affiliated with Pied Piper Comics. Titles:[47] Barney the Invisible Turtle,[48] Ex-Mutants, Jack Frost |
| American Comics Group | US[49] | 1943[49] | 1967 | [49] Began in 1943 as Creston Publishing |
| America's Best Comics | US | 1999 | 2005 | Imprint of WildStorm, altogether sold to DC Comics |
| Americomics | US | 1982 | 1984 | Former Paragon Publications from 1969 to 1982; becomes AC Comics in 1984[16] |
| Anglo-American Publishing | Canada[50] | 1941[50] | 1951[51] | |
| Ankama Editions | France[52] | 2001 | |
Comics publishing division of Ankama Games [citation needed] |
| Antarctic Press | US[53] | 1984[53] | |
Titles: Chesty Sanchez, Gold Digger, Ninja High School, Warrior Nun Areala[54] |
| Apex Novelties | US[55] | 1968 | 1979 | [citation needed] Original publisher of R. Crumb's Zap Comix[56] |
| Apple Comics | US[57] | 1986 | 1994 | Began as Imprint of WaRP Graphics. Also known as Apple Press. Imprint: Forbidden Fruit |
| Approbation Comics | US[58] | 1992 | |
[citation needed] |
| Arcana Studio | Canada[59] | 2004[60] | |
Titles: Clockwork Girl; Kade; Ezra[61] |
| Archaia Studios Press | US | 2002 | |
[citation needed] Bought by Kunoichi Inc. in 2008.[62] Titles: Mouse Guard |
| Archie Adventure Comics | US[63] | 1959[64] | 1962 | Archie Comics superhero imprint. Titles: Adventures of The Fly; Adventures of the Jaguar, Shadow |
| Archie Comic Publications | US[65][66] | 1939[65] | |
Founded as MLJ Magazines, changed to Archie Comic Publications in 1951. Imprints (all currently defunct): Archie Adventure Comics; Belmont Books, Radio Comics (under Mighty Comics); Red Circle Comics; Spectrum Comics |
| Arrow Comics | US[67] | 1985 | |
Arrow Comics shut down two times; In 1989, returning in 1993,[68] and in 2000, returning in 2008. Imprint: Arrow Manga. Titles: Tales From The Aniverse; Spank the Monkey; The Dead[69] |
| Asahi Sonorama | Japan | 1959 | |
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| ASCII Media Works | Japan | 2008 | |
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| Aspen MLT | US[70] | 2003[71] | |
Titles: Aspen; Soulfire; Lady Mechanika[72] |
| L'Association | France | 1990 | |
[citation needed] |
| Asuka | France | 2004 | 2010 | [citation needed] Merged with Kazé in 2010 |
| Atlas Comics | US | 1951 | 1957 | [citation needed] Evolved into Marvel Comics |
| Atlas/Seaboard Comics | US | 1974[73] | 1975 | Relaunched in association with Ardden Entertainment in 2010.[74] Titles: Grim Ghost, Phoenix, Scorpion |
| Atomeka Press | UK | 1988 2004 |
1997 2005 |
[citation needed] |
| Avatar Press | US[75] | 1996 | [citation needed] Dystopian comics. Titles: Absolution, Alan Moore's The Courtyard, Black Summer, God Is Dead, No Hero, Pandora, Providence, Supergod, The Unfunnies, Über[76] | |
| Avon Comics | US | 1945 | 1956 | [citation needed] |
| AWA Studios | US | 2019 | |
Artists, Writers & Artisans[77] |
| Awesome Comics | US | 1997 | 2000 | [citation needed] Also known as Awesome Entertainment and Awesome-Hyperwerks |
| Axis Comics | US | 1994 | 1994 | [citation needed] |
| Azteca Productions | US | 1993 | [citation needed] | |
| Bedside Press | Canada[78] | 2014 | 2019 | Hope Nicholson Closes Bedside Press Following Sexual Assault Admission |
| Bell Features | Canada[79] | 1939[79] | 1953 | a.k.a. Commercial Signs of Canada[79] |
| Belmont Books | US | 1960 | 1971 | [citation needed] Paperback-book publishing imprint of Archie Comics, also published reprinted material from Radio Comics. Merged with Tower Books forming Belmont Tower in 1971. Ceased publishing 1980 |
| Beyond Comics | US | 1997 | |
Publications: "Justice" , "Gekido Vs. Code Name: Justice" , "Gekido" , & "Ravedactyl" Also known as BeyondComics.TV |
| Big Bang Comics | US | 1994 | [citation needed] Established in 1994 as imprint of Caliber Press; became independent publisher in 2006 | |
| Black Eye Productions | Canada[80] | 1992[81] | 1998[81] | |
| Blackthorne Publishing | US | 1985 | 1989 | [citation needed] |
| Blue Juice Comics | US[82] | 2012 | |
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| Boneyard Press | US[83] | 1991[84] | |
Currently publishing online comics (Vein Water).[85] |
| Bongo Comics | US | 1993 | 2018 | [citation needed] |
| Boom! Studios | US | 2005 | |
[citation needed] |
| Boundless Comics | US[86] | 2010[87] | |
Imprint of Avatar Press, created solely for publication of Lady Death, bought from CrossGen Entertainment (who themself bought the rights to Lady Death from defunct Chaos! Comics) |
| BroadSword Comics | US | 1999 | [citation needed] | |
| Broadway Comics | US | 1995 | 1996 | [citation needed] |
| Bubble Comics | Russia | 2011 | |
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| Burlyman Entertainment | US | 2003 | |
Founded by The Wachowskis. |
| Byron Preiss Visual Publications | US | 1974 | 2006 | [citation needed] |
| Bluewater Productions | US | 2007 | [citation needed] | |
| Caliber Comics | US | 1989 | 2000 | [citation needed] |
| Calvary Comics | US | 2006 | [citation needed] | |
| Capital Comics | US | 1981 | 1984 | [citation needed] Went bankrupt, all titles acquired by First Comics |
| Cardal Publishing | UK | 1951[88] | ||
| Carlsen Comics | Germany[89] | 1967 | |
Comic publishing imprint of Carlsen Verlag, established in 1953,[90] started publishing comics in 1967; imprints: Edition ComicArt, B&L (bought 2002, since 2006 part of Carlsen Cartoon und Humor), Chicken House Deutschland (joint-venture with The Chicken House[91] |
| Cartoon Books | US | 1991 | |
[citation needed] |
| Casterman | Belgium[92] | 1934 | |
[citation needed] Established in 1780, began publishing comics in 1934 |
| Celebrity Comics | US | 1992 | 1993 | Imprint of Personality Comics[93] |
| Centaur Publications | US | 1938 | 1942 | [citation needed] |
| Chaos! Comics | US | 1992 | 2002[94] | First publishing in 1993.[95] All characters except Lady Death were first bought by comic retailer Tales of Wonder, then sold to Devil's Due Publishing, and after the demise of Devil's Due Publishing finally went to Dynamite Entertainment. Rights to Lady Death were first sold to CrossGen Entertainment, and went, after Crossgen's demise, to Chaos! Comics founder Brian Pulido and Avatar Press under its own imprint Boundless Comics[96] |
| Charlton Comics | US | 1946 | 1986 | [citation needed] |
| Cinebook | UK | ? | |
[citation needed] |
| Class Comics | Canada[97] | 1995[98] | Publishes erotic gay comics. | |
| Classical Comics | UK | 2007 | [citation needed] | |
| Claypool Comics | US | 1993 | 2006 | [citation needed] |
| Cliffhanger | US | 1998 | 2004 | [citation needed] Absorbed first into Homage, itself then absorbed Wildstorm Signature Series |
| CMX | US | 2004 | 2010 | [citation needed] |
| Coamix | Japan | 2000 | [citation needed] | |
| Coconino Press | Italy | 2000 | |
[citation needed] |
| Columbia Comics | US | 1940 | 1949 | [citation needed] |
| Comely Comix | Canada | 1975 | 2005 | [citation needed] Known for Captain Canuck |
| Comic Chronicles | US | 1993 | Imprint of Personality Comics[99] | |
| Comic Media | US | 1952 | 1954 | [citation needed] |
| Comico Comics | US | 1982 | 1997 | [citation needed] |
| Comics' Greatest World | US[100][101] | 1993 | 2000 | Dark Horse Comics superhero imprint. Changed name to Dark Horse Heroes in 1995 |
| Comics Interview Group | US | 1985 | 1989 | [citation needed] Imprint of Fictioneer Books |
| ComicsOne | US[102] | 1999 | 2005[103] | Some titles were taken over by DrMaster[104] |
| Com.x | UK | 2000 | [citation needed] | |
| Conrad | Brazil[105] | 1993 |  |
[citation needed] |
| Continuity Comics | US | 1984 | 1994 | [citation needed] Also known as Continuity Publishing; still exists as Neal Adams Studios, no longer publishing comics |
| Continüm Comics | US | 1989 | 1994 | [citation needed] |
| Core Magazine | Japan | 1985 | |
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| Crestwood Publications | US | 1943 | 1963 | [citation needed] Later known as Prize Comics |
| CrossGen | US | 1998 | 2004[106] | Former imprint: Code 6. Bought by Walt Disney in 2004.[107] Became an Imprint of Marvel Comics in 2010, first publishing under Marvel Comics in 2011[108] Titles: Abadazad, Sigil, Sojourn, Ruse[109] |
| Crusade Comics | US | 1994 | 2002 | [citation needed] |
| Curtis Magazines | US | 1971 | 1980 | [citation needed] Marvel Comics imprint. Published black-and-white comics magazines |
| Curtis Publishing Company | US | 1891 | |
[citation needed] |
| Dabel Brothers Productions | US | 2001[111] | 2009[110] | [citation needed] |
| Dargaud | France | 1943 | |
[citation needed] |
| Dark Horse Comics | US[112] | 1986 | |
Active imprints: Dark Horse Manga, M Press ("diverse literary fiction and non-fiction prose for authors with a unique voice").,[113] Sequential Pulp Comics. Discontinued imprints: Comics' Greatest World later renamed Dark Horse Heroes (DH's shared superheroes universe), Legend (creator-owned projects, originally by Miller and Byrne),[114] and Maverick (creator-owned projects, follow-up to Legend)[115] |
| Dark Horse Manga | US | 1992 | |
Dark Horse Comics manga-imprint |
| David McKay Publications (also: David McKay Company) | US[116] | 1882 | 1986 | Published comics from 1931[117] to 1950;[116] bought out by Random House in 1986 |
| DC Comics | US | 1934 | |
Founded as National Allied Publications. Titles: Aquaman, Batman, The Flash, Green Arrow, Green Lantern, Justice League, Martian Manhunter, Superman, Teen Titans, Wonder Woman[118] |
| D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd | UK | 1905 | |
[citation needed] Publishers of The Beano and The Dandy |
| Defiant Comics | US | 1992[119] | 1995 | [citation needed] Imprint of Enlightened Entertainment Partners, LP |
| Delcourt | France | 1986 | |
[citation needed] |
| Dell Comics | US | 1929 | 1973 | [citation needed] |
| Deluxe Comics | US | 1984 | 1986 | [citation needed] |
| Desperado Publishing | US | 2004 | [citation needed] | |
| Devil's Due Publishing | US | 1999 | |
[citation needed] |
| Dhaka Comics | Bangladesh | 2013 | |
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| Disney Comics | US | 1990 | 1993 | [citation needed] |
| Dragon Lady Press | Canada | 1985 | 1988 | [citation needed] |
| Drawn & Quarterly | Canada[120] | 1990[120] | |
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| Dreamwave Productions | Canada[121] | 1996[121] | 2005[121] | |
| DrMaster | US[122] | 2004[124] | 2008[123] | Published some titles from ComicsOne when they went out of business[125] |
| DSTLRY | US | 2023 | |
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| Dupuis | Belgium | 1922 | |
[citation needed] |
| Dynamite Entertainment | US | 2005 | |
[citation needed] |
| Eastern Color Printing | US | 1933 | 1955 | [citation needed] Continued as a printer until 2002 |
| EC Comics | US | 1944 | 1956 | [citation needed] Continued to publish Mad magazine |
| Eclipse Comics | US | 1978 | 1993 | [citation needed] Imprint: Independent Comics Group |
| Eerie Publications | US | 1966 | 1981 | [citation needed] Myron Fass black-and-white horror comics magazine imprint |
| eigoMANGA | US | 2000 | |
[citation needed] |
| Elliot Publishing | US[126] | 1940 | 1945 | Published comics from 1944 - 1945; imprint: Gilberton (until 1942) |
| Elvifrance | France | 1970 | 1992 | [citation needed] |
| Epic Comics (also: Epic Comics Group) | US | 1982 1995 2003 |
1994 1996 2011 |
[127][128][129] Imprint of Marvel Comics, defunct. Titles: Alien Legion, Atomic Age, The Black Dragon, Dreadstar, Sisterhood of Steel, Swords of the Swashbucklers[130] |
| Eternity Comics | US | 1986 | 1994 | Originally spearheaded by Brian Marshall; one of five publishers set up by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg/Sunrise Distribution; became a Malibu Comics imprint in 1988[46] |
| Event Comics | US[131] | 1994 | 1999[132] | Became Marvel Knights and was closed in 1998, last publishing in 1999[133] |
| Evil Ink Comics | US | 2004 | [citation needed] | |
| Extreme Studios | US | 1997 | 2000 | [citation needed] |
| Fangoria Comics | US | 2007 | 2007 | [citation needed] Fangoria Entertainment imprint |
| FantaCo Enterprises | US | 1980 | 1998 | [citation needed] |
| Fantagor Press | US | 1986 | 1994 | [citation needed] Imprint of cartoonist Richard Corben |
| Fantagraphics | US[134] | 1976 | |
[citation needed] |
| Fantasy Flight Publications | 1995 | 1996 | [citation needed] Published translated European comics; still in business as games publisher Fantasy Flight Games | |
| Farrell Comic Group | US | 1951 | 1958 | [citation needed] Imprints: America's Best, Ajax Publications, Ajax-Farrell,[135] Decker Publications, Red Top Comics, Steinway Comics and World Famous; successor to Farrell Publications |
| Farrell Publications | US | 1940 | 1948 | [citation needed] Imprints: American Feature Syndicate, Four Star Publications and Kiddie Kapers Company. Was followed by Farrell Comic Group |
| Fawcett Comics | US | 1939 1969 |
1953 1980 |
[citation needed] |
| Fiction House | US | 1938 | 1954 | [citation needed] |
| Finix Comics | Germany[136] | 2007 | |
Registered club open to any comic-fan[137] with the goal to continue prematurly cancelled comic-series. First publishing in 2008. Imprint: Edition Solitaire |
| First Comics | US | 1982[138] | |
Relaunched in 2011; a/k/a and see 1First Comics[139] |
| Fox Atomic Comics | US | 2006 | 2009[140] | Comics publishing imprint of Fox Atomic, itself an imprint of 20th Century Fox |
| Fox Feature Syndicate | US | 1939 | 1951 | [citation needed] |
| Frémok | France Belgium |
2002 | [citation needed] | |
| Futabasha | Japan | 1948 | |
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| Future Comics | US | 2002 | 2004 | [citation needed] |
| Gentosha | Japan | 1993 | |
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| Gestalt Publishing | Australia[141] | 2005 | [citation needed] | |
| Gladstone Comics | US | 1986 | 1999[142] | |
| Glénat | France | 1972 | |
[citation needed] |
| Gold Key Comics | US | 1962 | 1984 | [citation needed] Also known as Whitman Comics |
| Hakusensha | Japan | 1973 | |
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| Hall of Heroes | US | 1993 | 1999 | [citation needed] |
| Harrier Comics | UK | 1984 | 1989 | [citation needed] |
| Harris Comics | US | 1985 | 2008 | [citation needed] Published Vampirella |
| Harvey Comics | US | 1941 | 1986 | [citation needed] |
| Hell Comics | US | 1971 | 1972 | [citation needed] Published Air Pirates Funnies |
| Hexagon Comics | France | 1950 | |
Successor to Editions Lug, which was succeeded by Semic S.A. which folded in 2003. Titles: Strangers, Hexagon Classics |
| Highwater Books | US | 1997 | 2004[143] | [citation needed] |
| Hillborough Studios | Canada[144] | 1941[144] | 1942[79] | Most of the staff moved to Bell Features[144] |
| Hillman Periodicals | US | 1948 | 1953 | [citation needed] |
| Holyoke Publishing | US | 1940 | 1946 | [citation needed] Imprints: Bilbara Publishing, Continental Publishing, Narrative Publishers |
| Homage | US | 1995 | 2004 | [citation needed] WildStorm Productions imprint, acquired by DC Comics in 1998, absorbed into Wildstorm Signature Series in 2004 |
| Houbunsha | Japan | 1950 | |
[citation needed] |
| Humanoids Publishing | US | 1999 | [citation needed] | |
| Humor Comics | US | 1992 | 1993 | Imprint of Personality Comics[145] |
| Humor Publications/ Current Books |
US | 1944 | 1948 | [citation needed] Ace Magazines imprint. |
| Icon | US | 2004 | [citation needed] | |
| Idaho Comics Group | US | 2014 | |
Publishes Tarzan and the Comics of Idaho and Idaho Comics |
| IDW Publishing | US | 1999 | |
[citation needed] |
| I. W. Publications | US | 1958 | 1964 | [citation needed] Also known as Super Comics |
| iBooks | US | 2003 | 2005 | [citation needed] Published by Byron Preiss |
| Image Comics | US[146] | 1992[119] | |
[citation needed] |
| Imperial Comics | US | 1986 | 1987 | Spearheaded by Brian Marshall; one of five publishers established by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg/Sunrise Distribution (and later absorbed by Malibu/Eternity).[46] |
| Imperium Comics | US | [citation needed] | ||
| Innovation Comics | US | 1988 | 1993[119] | [citation needed] |
| Insomnia Publications | UK | 2006 | 2010 | [citation needed] |
| JBC | Japan Brazil |
1992 | |
[citation needed] |
| JC Comics | US | 1981 | |
[citation needed] Also known as JC Productions; still in existence, just not publishing since 1984 |
| Jitsugyo no Nihon Sha | Japan | 1897 | |
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| Johnny DC | US | 2004 | |
[citation needed] All-ages imprint of DC Comics |
| Kadokawa Shoten | Japan | 1945 | |
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| Kami | France | 2010 | [147] | |
| Kana | France | 1996 | |
[citation needed] |
| Kazé | France | 1994 | 2022 | Parent company was Viz Media Europe until 2022 when it was acquired and merged with Crunchyroll |
| King Comics | US | 1966 | 1967 | [citation needed] Connected with King Features Syndicate; most titles were picked up from Gold Key Comics and later acquired by Charlton Comics |
| Ki-oon | France | 2003 | [citation needed] | |
| Kitchen Sink Press | US | 1970 | 1999[119][148] | Bought by Ocean Capital Corp. on May 24, 1994[119][citation needed] |
| Kobunsha | Japan | 1945 | |
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| Kodansha | Japan[149] | 1909 | |
[citation needed] |
| Koyama Press | Canada[150] | 2007[150] | ||
| Laizen Comics | US | 2009 | |
[151][152][153] |
| La Pastèque | Canada[154] | 1998[154] | |
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| Last Gasp Comix & Stories |
US | 1970 | |
[citation needed] |
| Legend | US[114][155] | 1994[119] | 1998 | Defunct Dark Horse Comics imprint for creator-owned materials; followed by Maverick |
| Le Lombard | Belgium | 1946 | |
[citation needed] |
| Les 400 coups | Canada | 1994 | |
[citation needed] |
| Les Humanoïdes Associés | France | 1974 | |
[citation needed] |
| Lev Gleason Publications | US | 1939 | 1955 | [citation needed] Also known as Comic House Publications |
| Lightning Comics | US | 1967 | 1967 | [citation needed] |
| Lightning Comics | US | 1993 | 1997 | [citation needed] |
| Liquid Comics | India[156] | 2008[157] | |
Former Virgin Comics |
| L. Miller & Son, Ltd. | UK | 1943 | 1966 | [citation needed] |
| Lodestone Comics | 1985 | 1986 | [citation needed] | |
| Los Angeles Comic Book Company | US | 1971 | 1974 | [citation needed] |
| Lucha Comics | Canada[158] | 2013 | |
An imprint of The Shooting Star Press. |
| Ludovico Technique LLC | US[159] | [citation needed] | ||
| Magazine Enterprises | US | 1943 | 1958 | [citation needed] |
| Mad Cave Studios | United States | 2014 | |
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| Mag Garden | Japan | 2001 | |
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| Mainline Publications | US | 1953 | 1956 | [citation needed] |
| Malibu Comics | US | 1986 | 1994 | One of five publishers set up by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg/Sunrise Distribution.[46] Bought by Marvel Comics,[119] currently dormant. Imprints: Adventure Comics, Aircel Comics, Bravura, Eternity Comics, Genesis, Protectors Universe, Ultraverse (moved to Marvel) |
| Mam Tor Publishing | UK | 2004 | [citation needed] | |
| Maple Leaf Publishing | Canada[160] | 1941[160] | |
[citation needed] |
| Markosia | UK | 2005 | [citation needed] | |
| Marvel Comics | US | 1939 | |
Founded as Timely Comics, later Atlas Comics. Titles: Avengers, Captain America, Daredevil, Deadpool, Fantastic Four, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man, Spider-Man, Thor, Uncanny X-Men[161] |
| Marvel Adventures | US | 2005[163] | 2012[162] | former Marvel Age;[164] all-ages imprint of Marvel Comics ("Marvel Kids")[165] |
| Marvel Age | US | 2003 | 2005 | All-ages imprint of Marvel Comics ("Marvel Kids"), picked up titles from Tsunami; became Marvel Adventures[166] |
| Maverick | US[115] | 1999 | 2002 | Dark Horse Comics imprint for creator-owned materials, follow-up to Legend |
| Max Comics (MAX) | US | 2001[167] | |
[168] Mature-reader imprint of Marvel Comics[169] |
| Media Factory | Japan | 1986 | |
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| Mighty Comics | US | 1965 | 1967 | [citation needed] Archie Comics named Mighty Comics Group for housing the Super-hero imprint Radio Comics. See: Radio Comics |
| Milestone Media | US | 1993 | 1997[119] | [citation needed] Merged with main DC line. |
| Mille-Îles | Canada[170] | 1989[170] | |
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| Millennium Publications | US | 1990 | 1998 | [citation needed] Imprint: Modern Comics (1997–2000) |
| Mirage Studios | US | 1983 | 2021 | Titles: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |
| M. F. Enterprises | US | 1966 | 1967 | [citation needed] |
| MLJ Magazines | US | 1939 | 1951 | Became Archie Comic Publications in 1951 |
| Mojo Press | US | 1994 | 1999 | [citation needed] Titles: Weird Business; Red Range; Atomic Chili |
| Moonstone Books | US | 1995 | |
[citation needed] |
| M Press | US[113] | 2004[171] | |
Dark Horse Comics imprint for "diverse literary fiction and non-fiction prose for authors with a unique voice" |
| MU Press | US | 1990 | 2006 | [citation needed] Imprint: AEON Publishing |
| NBM Publishing | US | 1976 | |
[citation needed] |
| Standard Comics | US | 1939 | 1956 | [citation needed] Also known as Nedor, Pines, Better, and Thrilling |
| New England Comics | US | [citation needed] | ||
| New Sirius Productions | 1986 | 1986 | [citation needed] Comics line called Prelude Graphics | |
| Nihon Bungeisha | Japan | 1959 | |
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| Noble Comics | 1981 | 1983 | [citation needed] | |
| Novelty Press | US | 1940 | 1949 | [citation needed] |
| NOW Comics | US[172] | 1985 | 2005 | [citation needed] |
| Ohzora Publishing | Japan | 1990 | |
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| Ominous Press | US | 1994 | 1994[173] | Bart Sears's short lived self-publishing line |
| Oni Press | US[174] | 1997[175] | |
[citation needed] |
| Oog & Blik | Netherlands | 1985 | |
[citation needed] |
| Orbit Publications | US | 1945 | 1953 | [citation needed] Also known as Orbit Comics |
| O.W. Comics | US | 1945 | 1946 | Also known as Oxton & Woolfolk Comics Corp. Publisher of Mad Hatter No. 1 and No. 2 (1946). The Mad Hatter was an attorney who craved adventure. With his superb, athletic ability and his signal hat, he took on crime bosses. Grant Richmond was a little-respected junior partner at the law firm of Fuddy and Bustle who felt that the legal system made as much sense as the work of Lewis Carroll. So by night, he put on a costume and became the Mad Hatter. He can shine his top hat insignia against walls to strike fear into criminals, and he also speaks in rhyme.
Victims of the acute paper rationing of 1945-1949 which bankrupt many U.S. Publishing Companies during WWII, O.W. Comics, Inc., was a short-lived house consisting of two comic veterans, William "Bill" Woolfolk, who had worked for MLJ and Facett, and John Gerard "Jack" Oxton, Sr., a film editor with Paramount in NYC. They co-created the Mad Hatter #1 and #2, and co-founded their Comic Book Co., O.W. Comics, which stood for Oxton & Woolkfolk. Woolfolk, the Editor and Oxton, President, operated their publishing company, O.W. Comics, Inc., at 150 Nassau Street, New York City, New York in the mid-1940's.[176][177][178] |
| Pacific Comics | US[179] | 1981[179] | 1984[180] | |
| Panaramic Entertainment | Nigeria | 2007 | |
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| Paradox Press | US | 1993 | 2001 | [citation needed] Formerly Piranha Press |
| Paragon Publications | US | 1969 | 1982 | Founded 1969 (first release in 1970); becomes Americomics in 1982[181] |
| Personality Comics | US | 1991 | 1993[182] | Imprints: Adult Comics, Celebrity Comics, Comic Chronicles, Cutting Edge Productions, Friendly Comics, Humor Comics, Real Life Comics, Spoof Comics, Sports Comics[183] |
| Pied Piper Comics | US | 1986 | 1988 | [citation needed] De facto successor to Wonder Comics |
| Pika Édition | France | 1999 | [citation needed] | |
| Pines Comics | US | 1956 | 1959 | [citation needed] Successor to Nedor Comics |
| Piranha Press | US | 1989 | 1994 | [citation needed] A DC Comics imprint. Later became Paradox Press |
| Print Mint | US | 1968 | 1978 | [citation needed] |
| Prism Comics | US | 2003 | [citation needed] | |
| Quality Comics | US[184] | 1939[184] | 1956[184] | [citation needed] |
| Radical Comics | US[185] | 2007 | ||
| Radio Comics | US | 1965 | 1967 | [citation needed]Superhero imprint of Archie Comics (labelled as imprint of Mighty Comics Group). See: Mighty Comics |
| Radio Comix | US | 1996 | [citation needed] | |
| Raj Comics | India | 1985 | |
[citation needed] |
| Real Life Comics | US | 1993 | Imprint of Personality Comics[186] | |
| Reasonably Priced Comics | US[187] | 2009 | |
|
| Rebellion Developments | UK | 1991 | |
[citation needed] Started publishing comics in 2000 when they purchased 2000 AD. Now also owns the former back catalogue of Fleetway. |
| Red 5 Comics | Canada | 2007 | [citation needed] | |
| Red Circle Comics | US | 1973 | 1985 | [citation needed] Archie Comics superhero-imprint |
| Red Giant Entertainment | US | 2005 | |
Publishes comics and graphic novels. Some titles include: Banzai Girl, Duel Identity, Exposure, Jade Warriors, Journey To Magika, Last Blood, Medusa's Daughter, Monster Isle by Larry Hama, Pandora's Blogs, Sore Thumbs, Tesla, Wayward Sons, Wayward Sons: Legends |
| Renegade Press | US[9] | 1985[9] | 1989[9] | Started with Aardvark-Vanaheim titles, except for Cerebus[9] |
| Re-Visionary Press | 1994 | 2000 | [citation needed] Imprint: Carnal Comics (acquired from Revolutionary Comics) | |
| Revolutionary Comics | US | 1989 | 1994 | [citation needed] Imprint: Carnal Comics (later acquired by Re-Visionary Press and then Opus Graphics) |
| Rip Off Press | US | 1969 | |
[citation needed] |
| Robot Comics | Spain | 2009 | [citation needed] | |
| Rolf Kauka Comics | Germany[188][189] | 1951 | |
Sold to IPC Media and VNU in 1973; bought back by founder in 1979; became Promedia, Inc. in 1982; became Kauka Promedia in 2002; became Rolf Kauka Comics in 2008[190] |
| Rough Cut Comics | Scotland[191] | 1999[192] | |
First publishing in 2001. Titles: Freedom Collective, Society, The Surgeon |
| Rural Home | US | 1945 | 1945 | [citation needed] Owned by Enwil. Also published under Rural Home Publishing Co. and Rural Home Publications.[193] Titles: Cannonball Comics, Eagle Comics, Red Circle Comics |
| Scattered Comics | US[194] | 1991 | |
Titles: "Blank" , "Blinth" , "Blonde Assassin" , "Caffeine Poisoned" , "Comics Vs. Manga" , "Damage Inc." , "Dr. Dream" , "Forgotten Tales" , "Genisis" , "Inky and his Magic Eraser" , "Lylith & Mara" , "Movie Massacre Magazine" , "Panda Days" , "Scattered" , "Shadow Hunters" |
| Seoulmunhwasa | South Korea[195] | [citation needed] | ||
| Sequential Pulp Comics | 2011 | |
Dark Horse Comics imprint[196] | |
| Seven Seas Entertainment | US | 2004 | [citation needed] | |
| ShadowLine | US | 1993 | [citation needed] | |
| Shanda Fantasy Arts | [citation needed] | |||
| Shinshokan | Japan | 1961 | [citation needed] | |
| Shinchosha | Japan | 1896 | |
|
| Shodensha | Japan | 1970 | |
[citation needed] |
| Shogakukan | Japan | 1922 | |
[citation needed] |
| Shōnen Gahōsha | Japan | 1945 | [citation needed] | |
| Shueisha | Japan | 1925 | |
[citation needed] |
| Sirius Comics | US | 1985 | 1986 | [citation needed] |
| Sirius Entertainment | US | 1994 | 2005 | [citation needed] |
| Skywald Publications | US | 1970 | 1975 | [citation needed] |
| Slave Labor Graphics | US[197] | 1986 | |
[citation needed] |
| Soleil Productions | France | 1989[198] | |
Founded as Librairie Bédulle[citation needed] |
| Solson Publications | US | 1986 | 1987 | [citation needed] |
| Spark Publications | US | 1944 | 1946 | [citation needed] |
| Spectrum Comics | US | 1983 | 1984 | [citation needed] |
| Spectrum Comics | US | [citation needed] Imprint of Archie Comics; defunct | ||
| Spilt Ink | Canada[199] | 2004 | |
The butique digital and print ready inprint of comics creator and artist Salgood Sam.[200] |
| Spire Christian Comics | US | 1972 | 1988[201] | Published original comics from 1972–1988 |
| Spoof Comics | US | 1992[202] | 1993 | Imprint of Personality Comics |
| Sports Comics | US | 1993 | Imprint of Personality Comics[203] | |
| Spotlight Comics | US | 1986 | 1987 | [citation needed] Published Mighty Mouse and Underdog comics; declared bankruptcy in 1989[204] |
| Gangan Comics | Japan | 1991 | |
Imprint of Enix until its merger into Square Enix in 2003. |
| St. John Publications | US | 1947 | 1958 | [citation needed] |
| Stanley Publications | 1966 | 1971 | [citation needed] Black-and-white horror magazine publisher. Titles: Chilling Tales of Horror; Ghoul Tales; Stark Terror | |
| Star Publications | US[205] | 1949[205] | 1954 | Founded after L.B. Cole acquired assets of Novelty Press[205] |
| Starblaze Graphics | US | 1978 | 1989 | [citation needed] Imprint of The Donning Company; mainly published trade paperback collections and original graphic novels. Titles: MythAdventures; Elfquest; A Distant Soil |
| Star*Reach | US | 1974 | 1991 | [citation needed] Mike Friedrich's imprint |
| Strawberry Jam Comics | Canada | 1985 | 1992 | [citation needed] |
| Street & Smith Comics | US | 1940 | 1949 | [citation needed] |
| Studio Ironcat | US | 1997 | 2006 | [citation needed] Also known as I.C. Entertainment |
| Sumerian Comics | US[206] | 2020 | |
Currently publishes American Psycho, The Crow, Basic Instinct, and more. |
| Superior Publishers Limited | Canada | 1945 | 1956 | [citation needed] Reprinted American comics |
| Takeshobo | Japan | 1972 | |
[citation needed] |
| Tekno Comix | US | 1995 | 1997 | [citation needed] |
| Teshkeel Comics | Kuwait | 2005 | |
[citation needed] Known for The 99 |
| Texas Comics | US | 1983 | 1983 | [citation needed] |
| Thoughts & Images | 1983 | 1988 | [citation needed] | |
| Timely Comics | US | 1939 | 1950 | [citation needed] Later became Atlas, then Marvel |
| The Library of American Comics | US | 2007 | |
[citation needed] |
| Titan Books | UK | 1981 | |
[citation needed] |
| TKO Studios | US | 2018 | |
[207] |
| Toby Press | US | 1949 | 1955 | [citation needed] Also known as Toby Comics |
| Todd McFarlane Productions | US[208] | 1992 | |
|
| Toho Comics | US | 2013 | |
A Future is comics with Godzilla comics series in Warner Bros./DC Comics |
| Tokuma Shoten | Japan | 1954 | |
|
| Tokyopop | US | 1997 | |
|
| Tokyopop | Germany | 2004 | |
|
| Top Cow Productions | US | 1992[119] | |
Titles: Angelus, Aphrodite IX, Cyblade, The Darkness, Hunter-Killer, The Magdalena, Wanted, Witchblade[209] |
| Topps Comics | US | 1993 | 1998 | [citation needed] |
| Top Shelf Comics | US[210] | 1997[211] | |
[citation needed] |
| Totenkopf Verlag | Germany | 1991 | 1996[212] | |
| Tower Comics | US | 1965 | 1969 | [citation needed] |
| Trident Comics | UK | 1989 | 1992 | [citation needed] |
| Trojan Magazines | 1950 | 1955 | [citation needed] | |
| Triumphant Comics | US | 1993 | 1994 | [213] |
| Tundra Publishing | US[214] | 1990[119] | 1993 | Bought by Kitchen Sink Press in March of 1993[119] (Tundra UK was not part of this sale and folded[214]) [citation needed] |
| UDON | Canada | 2000 | |
[citation needed] Left Devil's Due Publishing to form its own publishing company |
| Ultimate Marvel | US | 2000 | |
Imprint of Marvel Comics[citation needed] |
| UPN-Volksverlag | Germany | 1969 | |
Becomes Volksverlag |
| Valiant Comics | US | 1990[119] 2012 |
|
[citation needed] Published by Voyager Communications. Became Acclaim Comics. Imprints: Armada, Windjammer (creator-owned line). Relaunched in 2012.[215] Titles: Archer & Armstrong, Bloodshot, Eternal Warrior, Harbinger, H.A.R.D. Corps, Ninjak, Rai, The Second Life of Doctor Mirage, Shadowman, X-O Manowar[216] |
| Vault Comics | US | 2016 | |
[217] |
| Verotik | US[218] | 1994[119] | |
|
| Vertigo Comics | US | 1992[119] | 2020 | [citation needed] |
| Vimanika Comics | India[219] | 2011 | |
Imprint: Vimanika Comics UK |
| Vimanika Comics UK | UK[220] | 2012 | |
UK-based imprint of Vimanika Comics |
| Viper Comics | US | 2003 | [citation needed] | |
| Virgin Comics | India,[221] US | 2005[221] | 2008 | Renamed Liquid Comics on 25 September 2008[157] |
| VIZ Media | US | 1986 | |
[citation needed] A.k.a. Viz Comics, Viz Communications, Viz LLC |
| Volksverlag | Germany[222] | 1969 | 1984 | Formerly UPN-Volksverlag; some titles moved to Alpha Comic Verlag |
| Vortex Comics | Canada[223] | 1982[223] | 1993 | |
| Wandering Star Press | US | 1987 | Imprint of ACE Comics | |
| Warp Graphics | US | 1977[224] | |
Formerly WaRP Graphics. Former imprint Apple Comics, also known as Apple Press; became independent. |
| Warren Publishing | US | 1957 | 1983 | |
| WildStorm | US | 1992 | 1999 | [citation needed] Became part of DC Comics on 06. October 1998; Imprint: America's Best Comics[119] |
| Wonder Color | US | 1987 | 1987 | Also known as Wonder Comics. Spearheaded by David Campiti; one of five publishers set up by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg/Sunrise Distribution.[46] Most titles acquired by Pied Piper Comics |
| Yaoi Press | US | 2004 | [citation needed] | |
| Youthful | US | 1949 | 1954 | [citation needed] Imprint: Youthful Magazines/Stamp Comics |
| Zenescope Entertainment | US | 2005[225] | |
[citation needed] Titles: Grimm Fairy Tales, Man Goat and the Bunnyman[226] |
| Zoolook | US | 1996 | |
Publisher of the black comic book series Dread & Alive |
| Zuda | US[227] | 2007 | 2010 | Online imprint of DC Comics; also printing popular comics (Bayou; High Moon; The Night Owls; Celadore)[227] |
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