Antarctic Press

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Antarctic Press
Furry, Funny Animals, Horror, Science Fiction, Steampunk, Political Parodies[2]
ImprintsVenus Comics (c. 1994–1998)
Official websiteOfficial website

Antarctic Press is a

Amerimanga"[2]
style comic books. The company also produces "how-to" and "you can" comics, instructing on areas of comic book creation and craft.

Beginning in 1985,

creator-owned comics on Earth".[3] Co-founder Ben Dunn
's brother Joe Dunn is the company's publisher.

Many now-established creators started their careers at Antarctic (with most continuing to publish with them), including

Joseph Wight. Cartoonist Alex Robinson serialized his first book, Box Office Poison, with Antarctic in the 1990s.[2]

History

Antarctic Press was founded by

Joseph Wight, and Rod Espinosa were early contributors to Mangazine; later all of them had their own Antarctic Press titles.[2]
Mangazine eventually ran for 120 issues in three volumes over a 20-year period.

Another early title was Extremely Silly Comics.

The company's first hit was Dunn's Amerimanga Ninja High School, which debuted as a limited series with Antarctic in 1987.[2] Originally intended as a miniseries, the comic hit such a boom of popularity that it became a full series, currently totaling over 160 issues (as well as two miniseries, Ninja High School V2 and Quagmire USA, and the color limited series The Prom Formula).

Co-founder Ripley left the company in 1989 and Dunn brought on his brother Joeming ("Joe") Dunn to help manage the business.[2]

Fred Perry's Gold Digger, which debuted in limited series form in 1992, is still being published by Antarctic Press.[2]

In the 1990s, the company also published

imprint
, Venus Comics.

In late 1996, however, looking to cut costs and focus more on more mainstream properties, Antarctic discontinued publishing all translated manga, anthropomorphic, and adults-only titles.[citation needed] As a result, two Antarctic Press employees, Elin Winkler-Suarez and Pat Duke, left the company to form Radio Comix. Furrlough and Genus, both long-running anthology titles, were taken over by Radio Comix.

Many of Antarctic's staple characters, from titles including

Gold Digger
, The Courageous Princess, and Dragons Arms, came together in the 2005 How to Break into Comics, which also featured their creators in the narrative.

In April 2006, the popular title Warrior Nun Areala was re-launched as Warrior Nun Lazarus and began to include computer coloring.

In 2007, David Hutchison's Final Girl limited series gave readers the choice as to which characters lived and which ones died.[citation needed]

In August 2016, the company began publication of Rochelle, from creator and writer John E. Crowther and artist Dell Barras.[citation needed]

In 2018 Antarctic more than doubled its monthly publishing schedule to 15 titles. It also branched into distribution, taking on the comics of the all-ages San Antonio small-press publisher Guardian Knight Comics.[2]

In the spring of 2018 Antarctic announced it was publishing controversial creator Richard C. Meyer's Jawbreakers: Lost Souls (crowdfunded on Indiegogo). After a backlash and threat of a retailer boycott, however, on May 11, Antarctic decided not to publish the title.[4][5][2] Meyer filed a civil suit against fellow creator Mark Waid for "tortious interference with contract, defamation, and exemplary damages" for working to keep his book from being published by Antarctic; on December 23, 2020, the parties released a joint statement announcing that "Mr. Meyer has decided to voluntarily dismiss the lawsuit".[6][7][8][9][10]

Titles (selected)

  • Shanda Fantasy Arts
  • American Woman
  • Bad Kids Go to Hell
  • Battle Girlz
  • Box Office Poison (21 issues plus a special, October 1996 – October 2000)
  • Chesty Sanchez
  • The Courageous Princess
  • Diesel, a loose adaptation of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
  • Dinowars
  • Dragon Arms
  • Extremely Silly Comics
  • Families of Altered Wars (includes Luftwaffe 1946)
  • Fantastic Panic
  • Far West
  • Final Girl
  • Freakier Than Normal
  • Furrlough — taken over by Radio Comix
  • Gold Digger — written and drawn by Fred Perry
  • Hepcats (reprints plus one issue of original material)
  • A History of Webcomics
  • AP's How to Draw Manga
  • King of Zombies, written and drawn by
    Joseph Wight
  • Land of Oz: the Manga
  • The Last Zombie
  • Luftwaffe 1946
  • Mangazine vol. 1 (5 issues, Aug. 1985–Dec. 1986)
  • Mangazine vol. 2 (44 issues, Jan. 1989–May 1996)
  • Mangazine vol. 3 (71 issues, July 1999–Nov. 2005)
  • MetaDocs written by Joeming Dunn, MD, and illustrated by Rod Espinosa
  • Mighty Tiny
  • Nazi Zombies
  • Neotopia
  • Ninja High School
  • Oz: the Manga
  • Pirates versus Ninjas
  • President Evil,[11] a zombie parody comic featuring Barack Obama
  • The Prince of Heroes
  • PolyCombats (2020)
  • Pose File
  • Punchline[12]
  • Robotech
  • Rochelle
  • Sarah Palin vs. the World,[13] a parody of Scott Pilgrim
  • The Science Fair
  • Sentai
  • Shanda The Panda
  • Shōjo
  • Steampunk Palin,[14] a sci-fi satire featuring Sarah Palin
  • Stellar Losers
  • Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore — 3 issues (1993–1994); debuted with Antarctic before becoming self-published[2]
  • Strong Box the Big, Bad Book of Boon by H. Thomas Altman
  • Tank Vixens
  • Joseph Wight
  • Twilight X Storm
  • Wall Might,[15] a Donald Trump-themed parody of My Hero Academia
  • Warrior Nun Areala
  • Weapons File
  • Wild Life, a humorous slice-of-life anthology edited by Elin Winkler-Suarez which ran February 1993-April 1995 for twelve issues. It included Joe Rosales' Wildlifers and John Nunnemacher's Buffalo Wings.
  • Winds of Winter
  • Zetraman: Revival

Venus Comics titles (selected)

  • The Barr Girls (1996) — by Donna Barr
  • Battle Binder Plus (1995)
  • Big Boob Bondage (1997)
  • Bondage Fairies (1994)
  • Cheeta Pop Scream Queen (1994)
  • Deviant (1999) — by Robin Bougie
  • Emblem (1994) — by Kei Taniguchi
  • Genus (1994–1997) — long-running anthology; taken over by Radio Comix
  • Melty Feeling (1996) — by Komashi Mamiya
  • No-No UFO (1996)
  • Nosferatu: The Death Mass (1997–1998) — by Holden Morris
  • Vanity Angel (1994)

Creators associated with Antarctic Press

Notes

  1. ^ Our Publishers, Diamond Book Distributors website. Accessed January 3, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Klaw, Rick. "Comic Book Heroes: San Antonio Brothers Keep Antarctic Press Thriving Long Enough For One of Its Creations to Land a Netflix Show", San Antonio Current (February 28, 2019).
  3. ^ a b "About Us", Antarctic Press official website. Accessed November 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Naylor, Marshall. "Important Announcement!". Antarctic Press. Archived from the original on May 12, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  5. CBR.com
    . Retrieved May 13, 2018.
  6. ^ "Comicsgate figurehead Richard Meyer is suing Marvel/DC writer Mark Waid". The Daily Dot. October 1, 2018. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "Marvel Writer Says Comicsgate To Blame For Dropped Deal - Law360". www.law360.com. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  8. ^ "Antarctic Press Publisher Deposed in Mark Waid Lawsuit". CBR. April 24, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  9. ^ "MARK WAID Asks Court to Dismiss RICHARD MEYER Lawsuit over Jurisdiction". Newsarama. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
  10. ^ "Richard C. Meyer Announces Decision To "Voluntarily Dismiss" Jawbreakers Lawsuit Against Mark Waid". BoundingIntoComics. December 23, 2020. Retrieved April 13, 2022.
  11. ^ Bilsborough, Jack (August 7, 2009). "Barack Obama depicted as Zombie-killer in new comic book". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on August 10, 2009. Retrieved August 7, 2009.
  12. ^ Johnston, Rich (February 20, 2020). "Punchline: DC Comics vs Antarctic Press Vs Bronx Heroes". Bleeding Cool. Avatar Press.
  13. ^ "Sarah Palin vs. the World". Antarctic-press.com. Archived from the original on July 7, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  14. ^ "Steampunk Palin Comic More Insane Than You Imagined". Comics Alliance. July 28, 2011. Archived from the original on July 8, 2011. Retrieved August 1, 2011.
  15. ^ "Wall Might Trilogy". Antarctic-press.com. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved July 6, 2021.

References

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