Radical Studios
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| Company type | Comic Publisher |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
| Products | Comics |
| Parent | Blatant Entertainment, Inc. |
| Website | RadicalComics.com |
Radical Comics is a publisher of fully painted comic books.
History
According to online trade publication ICv2 and the company's blog, Radical Comics was founded by "Barry Levine, David Elliott, Jesse Berger, and Matthew Berger".[1][2]
The company launched its first titles, Hercules and Caliber, in May 2008.[3] In May 2009 Elliott left the company, being replaced by new Editor in Chief David Wohl.[4] In July 2009 it was reported Elliott had filed a lawsuit against Radical Publishing's parent company Blatant Entertainment over unpaid wages and contract and copyright issues.[5]
Incarnate Controversy
Fans are voicing concerns that the contents of the comic book series Incarnate were copied from various other sources.[6] Author Nick Simmons, son of legendary KISS member Gene Simmons, has been accused of plagiarizing character designs, fight scenes, plot segments, dialogue, poses and expressions from both professional and amateur artists, specifically from both published manga and from art communities such as DeviantArt.[7]
Possibly copied material includes popular mangas Bleach, Hellsing, Vampire Hunter D, NANA, Dogs: Bullets & Carnage, Deadman Wonderland, One Piece and online artist Rae.[8]
The author has made no statements addressing this plagiarism at this time. However, VIZ Media, the American publisher of the Bleach manga, is currently looking into the matter and has "a team on it".[9] Kubo Tite, the author of Bleach, has made a tweet acknowledging the plagiarism.[10]
On February 25th, 2010, the publisher of Incarnate, Radical Comics, announced on its official blog that it would be halting distribution and production of Incarnate until the matter is resolved between all concerned parties. [11]
List of titles
The company has released a number of titles:
- Hercules (by Steve Moore):
- The Thracian Wars, a 5-issue limited series[12]
- The Knives of Kush, a 5-issue limited series, with Cris Bolsin[13]
- Caliber[14]
- City of Dust by Steve Niles, Zid and Brandon Chng[15]
- Shrapnel by Mark Long, Nick Sagan, M. Zachary Sherman and Bagus Hutomo[16][17]
- Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead by Warren Ellis and Steve Pugh[18][19]
- FVZA: The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency by David Hine[20]
- Incarnate by Nick Simmons[21]
- Legends: The Enchanted by Nick Percival.[22]
- Aladdin: Legacy of the Lost by Dave Elliott,[23] Ian Edginton, Patrick Reilly and Stjepan Sejic[24][25]
Reprints
They are also collecting and reprinting works previously published elsewhere:
- Cholly and Flytrap by Arthur Suydam[26]
- The Lords of Misrule by John Tomlinson, Dan Abnett and Steve White, recoloured by J. M. Ringuet[27]
References
- ^ Radical Publishing (August 4 2008). "Septagon Studios spotlights Radical Publishing". Radical Comics. Retrieved 03 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) Archived from original December 3 2009. - ^ Radical Publishing's Ambitious Agenda, ICv2.com, August 17 2007, accessed December 3 2009. Archived December 3 2009.
- ^ Glazer, Gianluca, "Radical Publishing Set To Debut Their First Titles In May, 2008" (press release), Comic Book Resources, April 23 2008, accessed December 3 2009. Archived from original December 3 2009.
- ^ Staff, "David Wohl Named New Radical Comic EiC" (press release), Comic Book Resources, May 19 2009, accessed December 3 2009. Archived December 3 2009.
- ^ Gardner, Eriq (July 22, 2009). "Radical lawsuit hits comic book powerhouse". The Hollywood Reporter, Esq. Retrieved December 2, 2009. Archived December 3 2009.
- ^ Alias Artefact, "Bleach Ripped Off By American Comic Artist Nick Simmons," Sankaku Complex, http://www.sankakucomplex.com/2010/02/25/bleach-ripped-off-by-american-comic-artist-nick-simmons/ (accessed February 24, 2010).
- ^ http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/446299.html (accessed February 24, 2010).,,
- ^ http://community.livejournal.com/bleachness/446299.html?thread=10841435#t10841435 (accessed February 24, 2010).,
- ^ http://twitter.com/VIZ_Media/status/9601572834 (accessed February 24, 2010).,
- ^ http://twitter.com/tite_kubo/status/9607545600 (accessed February 24, 2010).,
- ^ http://blogs.myspace.com/radicalpublishing (accessed February 25, 2010)
- ^ Moore Talks "Hercules: The Thracian Wars", Comic Book Resources, December 4, 2008
- ^ Steve Moore on Hercules: The Knives of Kush, Comic Book Resources, May 14, 2009
- ^ Arthur & The Knights of the OK Corral: Sarkar talks "Calbier", Comic Book Resources, May 5, 2008
- ^ Designing the City of Dust - Artists Zid & Chng Spill, Newsarama, November 13, 2008
- ^ Kai talks Radical's Sci-Fi Epic "Shrapnel", Comic Book Resources, November 14, 2008
- ^ Sagan & Long on Radical's 'Shrapnel: Aristeia Rising', Newsarama, November 7, 2008
- ^ Hotwire gallery
- ^ Steve Pugh, Warren Ellis create "Hotwire" for Radical (press release), Comic Book Resources, December 17, 2008
- ^ Zombies, Vampires and U.S. History?? David Hine on 'FVZA', Newsarama, March 19, 2009
- ^ Rodriguez, Alex (July 23, 2009). "Nick Simmons: Bringing the Revenants to Life". Comics Bulletin. Retrieved August 16, 2009.
- ^ Sunu, Steve (November 17, 2009). "Nick Percival creates Legends". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 24, 2009.
- ^ Hoffman, Carla (August 6 2008). "Newsarama covers the Radical Comic-Con 2008 panel". Radical Comics. Retrieved 03 December 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=and|date=(help) [Archived http://www.webcitation.org/5lkULRMDZ] from original December 3 2009. - ^ Arrant, Chris (November 25, 2009). "A Radical Interpretation of ALADDIN". Newsarama. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ^ Sunu, Steve (December 1, 2009). "Edginton Ignites "Aladdin's" Lamp". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved December 2, 2009.
- ^ Manning, Shaun (April 29, 2009). "Arthur Suydam on "Cholly & Flytrap"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved November 3, 2009.
- ^ Talking with Artist JM Ringuet, Comic News, May 18, 2009