From: [o--b--t] at [ix.netcom.com] (Michael R. Grabois)
Subject: [FLASHBACK] Ten years ago: the publishers
Date: Sun, 10 Nov 96 15:01:16 GMT
Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.info

[NOTE: this is the corrected version]

Of the top 150 comics (see previous post for top 150 comics ten years ago),
the following publishers are represented:

Marvel, DC, Comico, Apple/WaRP, Aircel, Eclipse, First, Blackthorne,
Gladstone, Quality, Continuity, Hot, NOW, Marvel/Star, Mirage, Wonder Color,
Fantagraphics, Arctic, and AC.

Of these, only Marvel, DC, Comico, WaRP, AC, Comico, and Fantagraphics are
still in business. Former Quality titles are still published by Titan.
Gladstone books are handled by Bruce Hamilton and/or Another Rainbow.

(Note: I couldn't find publishers for 121. Wayfarers #2 or 140. Saturday
Knights #3)

Here are the publishers listed in "Comics in Your Future" in the 1/23/87 CBG:

1. Aardvark One International
2. Aardvark Vanaheim
3. AC
4. Ace
5. Acme
6. Adventurer
7. Aircel
8. Amazing
9. Antarctic
10. Apple/WaRP
11. Arcadia
12. Archie
13. Arrow
14. BAM
15. Blackthorne
16. Blue Comet
17. B-Movie
18. Catalan
19. Charlton
20. Comico
21. Comics Interview
22. Comics Journal
23. Crystal
24. Dark Horse
25. Darkline
26. DC
27. Dragon Lady
28. Eclipse
29. Elite
30. Entertainment
31. Epic (Marvel)
32. Eternity
33. Fantaco
34. Fantagor
35. Fantagraphics
36. First
37. Fishwrap
38. Fragments West
39. Future
40. Gladstone
41. Globe
42. Graphic Serials
43. Graphitti
44. Harrier
45. Harvey
46. Hot
47. Imperial
48. Lightning
49. Mad Dog
50. Maintech
51. Marvel
52. Matrix
53. Me
54. Megaton
55. Metro
56. Mighty Pumpkin
57. MPS
58. Mystic
59. NBM
60. NOW
61. Oasis
62. Ocean
63. Onward
64. Outside
65. Panda Khan
66. Paragraphics
67. Pied Piper
68. Pinnacle
69. Planet X
70. Prelude
71. Pure Imagination
72. Renegade
73. Ripoff
74. Robin Snyder
75. Russ Cochran
76. Screaming Cat
77. Star (Marvel)
78. Starblaze
79. Starhead
80. Starlog
81. Steeldragon
82. Stop Dragon
83. Strawberry Jam
84. Sun Streak
85. Supergraphics
86. Sword in Stone
87. Target
88. Titan
89. Tru Studios
90. Upshot
91. Victory
92. Vortex
93. Wonder

Of the above, there are only 13 publishers listed in a recent issue as
publishing comics coming out in November 1996:

2. Aardvark Vanaheim
3. AC
9. Antarctic
10. Apple/WaRP
12. Archie
24. Dark Horse
26. DC
35. Fantagraphics
40. Gladstone
48. Lightning
51. Marvel
59. NBM
75. Russ Cochran (as part of Gemstone)

Though not listed in CBG, the following are still in business:
41. Globe (Cracked Magazine)
80. Starlog
88. Titan

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