List of comics publishing companies

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[edit] Active companies as of 2008

• About Comics
• AC Comics
• Approbation Comics
• Adhouse Books
• After Hours Press
• AiT/Planet Lar
• Alternative Comics
• Ankama Editions
• Angry Viking Press
• Antarctic Press
• Ape Entertainment
• Arcana Studio
• Arch Enemy Entertainment
• Archaia Studios Press (ASP)
• Archie Comics (formerly MLJ)
• Aardvark-Vanaheim
• Aspen MLT
• Atomic Book Company
• Awesome Comics
• Avatar Press
• Azteca Productions
• Beckett Comics
• Big Bang Comics
• Beta 3 Comics
• Bluewater Productions
• Boneyard Press
• Bongo Comics
• Boom! Studios
• Brain Scan Studios
• BroadSword Comics
• Bullet Point Productions^{[citation needed]}
• Calvary Comics
• Casterman
• Cinebook
• Class Comics
• Claypool Comics
• Com.x
• Crystal Fractal Comics
• Dare Comics
• Dargaud
• Dark Horse Comics
  • Dark Horse Manga
  • Comics Greatest World (defunct)
• Dabel Brothers Productions
• DC Comics
  • All-American Publications (allied publisher that was later bought out)
  • All Star DC Comics
  • Johnny DC
  • Paradox Press (formerly Piranha Press)
  • Vertigo Comics
  • Wildstorm
    • America's Best Comics
    • CMX
    • Wildstorm Universe (Defunct)
    • Wildstorm Signature Series (Defunct)
      • Cliffhanger (absorbed first into Homage, itself then absorbed Wildstorm Signature Series)
      • Homage (absorbed into Wildstorm Signature Series)
  • Milestone Media (Publishes only irregularly)
  • Impact (Defunct)
  • DC Focus (Defunct)
• D. C. Thomson & Co. Ltd
• Devil's Due Publishing
  • Aftermath (defunct)
  • Chaos! Comics (briefly published through DDP. Currently in limbo)
  • Dynamite Entertainment (published through Devil's Due. Currently publishes independently)
  • Studio ICE (expanded into ICE Kunion. Currently defunct)
  • UDON (left Devil's Due to form its own publishing company)
• Drawn and Quarterly
• DrMaster (also assumed the North American catalog of ComicsOne)
• Dupuis
• Dynamite Entertainment
• E.F.edizioni
• eigoMANGA
• Evil Twin Comics
• Fantagraphics
  • Eros Comix
• Fluid Friction Comics
• Fox Atomic Comics
• Gemstone Publishing
• Gestalt Publishing
• Gimmicksmile Press
• Glénat
• Heritage Comics HSQ
• Heroic Publishing (formerly Hero Comics)
• Humanoids Publishing
• IDW Publishing
• Image Comics
  • Original Image Partners
    • Extreme Studios (Defunct)
    • Highbrow Entertainment/Larsenverse (Inactive)
    • ShadowLine
      • Silverline
    • Todd McFarlane Productions
    • Top Cow Productions
      • Joe's Comics (Defunct)
    • Wildstorm (Moved to DC Comics)
  • Affiliated Publishers
    • Beckett Comics (publishes graphic novels through Image)
    • Desperado Publishing (became separate company)
    • Devil's Due Publishing (became separate company)
    • Dreamwave Productions (became separate company)
• Imagination Comics
• Imperium Comics
• Insomnia Publications
• L'Association
• Last Gasp Comix & Stories
• Le Lombard
• Les Humanoïdes Associés
• Liquid Comics
• Ludovico Technique LLC
• Mam Tor Publishing
• Manuscript Press
• Markosia
• Marvel Comics
  • Curtis Magazines (Defunct)
  • Dabel Brothers Productions (Affiliated Publisher, currently affiliated with Del Ray)
  • Epic Comics (Defunct)
  • Icon
  • Marvel Age
  • MAX
  • New Universe (Defunct)
  • Razorline (Defunct)
  • Soleil Productions
  • Star Comics (Defunct)
  • Tsunami (Defunct)
  • Ultimate Marvel
  • Ultraverse (Defunct)
• Mirage Comics
• Moonstone Books
• NBM Publishing
• Neko Press
• New Baby Productions
• New England Comics
• Nifty Comics
• Oni Press
• Penny-Farthing Press
• Prism Comics
• Raj Comics
• Radical Comics
• Radio Comix
• Rebellion
• Red 5 Comics
• Rip Off Press
• Seven Seas Entertainment
• Shanda Fantasy Arts
• Shot in the Dark Comics
• Shrapnel Productions^{[citation needed]}
• Sirius Entertainment
• Slave Labor Graphics
• Terminal Press
• Teshkeel Comics
• THENEXTART
• Titan Books
• Top Shelf Comics
• TOKYOPOP
• UDON
• Valiant Comics
• Viper Comics
• Virgin Comics
• VIZ Media (a.k.a. Viz Comics, Viz Communications, Viz LLC)
  • Shojo Beat
  • Shonen Jump
  • Shonen Jump Advanced
  • PULP (defunct)
• WaRP Graphics
• Yaoi Press
• Zenescope Entertainment

[edit] Defunct companies

• Academy Comics (also known as Acid Rain Studios)
• Ace Comics, 1940–1956
• Acetylene Comics
• Aircel Comics, 1983–1994 (later bought out by Malibu)
• Ajax/Farrell
• Alias Enterprises, 2005–
• Amazing Comics, 1989–1990
• American Comics Group, 1943–1967 (also known as ACG)
• Ania Publishing
• Apple Comics
• Arrow Comics, 1984–
• Atlas/Seaboard Comics, 1974–1975
• Atomeka Press, 1988–1997; 2004–2005
• Avon Comics, c. 1945–c. 1956
• Axis Comics, 1994
• Big Umbrella Comics
• Black Eye Productions, 1992–1998
• Blackthorne, c. 1986–1989
• Broadway Comics, 1995–1996
• Caliber Comics, 1989–2000
• Capital Comics (all titles moved to First Comics)
• CFW Enterprises, late '80s publisher of such titles as Kung-Fu Warriors, Shred, and Tales of the Ninja Warriors
• Chaos! Comics, 1993–2002
• Centaur Publications, 1938–1942
• Charlton Comics, 1946–1986
• Cliffhanger, 1998–2004
• Columbia Comics, 1940–1949
• Comic Media, 1952–1954
• Comico Comics, 1982–1997
• Comics Interview (also known as Fictioneer Books)
• Comics Greatest World
• ComicsOne, 1999–2005
• Continuity Comics, 1984–1994 (also known as Continuity Publishing; still exists as Neal Adams Studios, no longer publishing comics)
• Continüm Comics
• Crestwood Publications, 1943–1963 (later known as Prize Comics)
• Cross Culture Entertainment
• CrossGen Entertainment, 1998–2004
  • Code 6
• Crusade Comics, publisher of Billy Tucci's Shi
• David McKay Publications, 1937–?
• Dargaud USA (defunct U.S. branch of European publisher Dargaud)
• Defiant Comics, 1993–1995
• Dell Comics, 1929–1973
• Deluxe Comics
• Dragon Lady Press
• Dreamwave Productions, 1996–2005
• Eastern Color Printing, 1933–1955 (continued as a printer until 2002)
• Eclipse Comics, 1978–1993
• EC Comics, 1944–1956 (continued to publish Mad magazine)
• Enwil Comics
• Eternity Comics, 1980s–1994
• Event Comics, 1994–1999
• Extreme Studios, 1997–2000
• Fangoria Comics, 2007
• FantaCo Enterprises, 1980–1998
• Fantasy Flight Publications (still in business as games publisher Fantasy Flight Games)
• Fawcett Comics, 1939–c. 1955; 1960s
• First Comics, 1978–1993
• Fiction House, 1938–1954
• Fox Feature Syndicate, 1939–1951
• Future Comics, 2002–2003
• Gladstone Comics, 1986–1990, 1993–1998
• Gold Key Comics, 1963–1984 (also known as Whitman Comics)
• Great Publications
• Harvey Comics, 1941–1986
• Hero Comics, '80s publisher of such titles as Captain Thunder and Blue Bolt and Eternity Smith
• Heroic Comics, '80s publisher of such titles as Murcielaga, Reiki Warriors, Mr. No, and Soliloquy Jones
• Highwater Books, 1997–2004
• Hillman Periodicals, 1948–1953
• Holyoke Publishing, 1940–1946
• Homage, 1995–2004
• Humor Publications
• Innovation Comics
• I. W. Publications (also known as Super Comics)
• JC Comics (also known as JC Productions, still in existence, just not publishing)
• Kandora Publishing
• King Comics (connected with King Features Syndicate)
• Kitchen Sink Press
• Legend
• Lev Gleason Publications (also known as Comic House Publications)
• Lightning Comics
• Magazine Enterprises
• Mainline Publications
• Malibu Comics (bought out by Marvel, currently dormant)
  • Adventure Comics
  • Aircell Comics
  • Bravura
  • Eternity Comics
  • Genesis
    • Protectors Universe
  • Ultraverse (moved to Marvel)
• Maverick
• M. F. Enterprises
  • Mighty Comics (also known as Radio Comics)
• Millennium Publications, 1990–1998
  • Modern Comics, 1997–2000
• Mu Press/AEON Publishing
• Nedor Comics (also known as Standard, Better, and Thrilling)
• New Sirius Productions (comic line called Prelude Graphics)
• Noble Comics
• Novelty Press, 1940–1949
• NOW Comics, 1985–1994
• Pacific Comics, 1981–1983 (also known as PC)
• Pied Piper Comics
• Pines Comics
• Print Mint
• Quality Comics
• Red Circle Comics
• Renegade Press, 1984–1988
• Silverwolf Comics
• Sirius Comics
• Skywald Publications
• Solson Publications
• Spark Publications
• Speakeasy Comics
• Spectrum Comics
• Spire Christian Comics
• St. John Publications
• Strawberry Jam Comics
• Studio Ironcat, 1997–2004 (also known as I.C. Entertainment)
  • Fuzzy Kitten Comics
  • Sexy Fruit
• Superior Comics
• Tekno Comix, 1995–1997
• Texas Comics
• Tightlip Entertainment
• Thoughts and Images
• Topps Comics, 1993–1998
• Tower Comics, 1965–1969
• Triumphant Comics
• Voyager Communications/Acclaim Comics/Valiant Comics, 1994–
  • Armada
  • Windjammer (creator-owned line)
• Voyager Comics
• Vortex Comics, 1984–1993
• Warren Publishing, 1957–1983 (published b/w magazines)
• Wildstorm Universe
• Wonder Comics, 1985–1987
• Youthful Magazines