Norma Editorial

Norma Editorial, S.A
	Los mejores comics y libros ilustrados desde 1977. (The best comics and illustrated books since 1977.)
Status	Active
Founded	1977
Founder	Rafael Martínez
Country of origin	Spain
Headquarters location	Barcelona
Publication types	Books, Comic books, Magazines
Official website	www.normaeditorial.com

Norma Editorial is a Spanish

publisher, with its headquarters in Barcelona.^[1]

Founded in 1977 by Rafael Martínez, Norma Editorial publishes both original Spanish comics (such as

Manu Larcenet, Joann Sfar, Lewis Trondheim

).

History

Origin

In 1981, Norma Editorial absorbed magazines from Riego Ediciones;

Sargento Kirk and Humor a tope, all directed at 1984 for Joan Navarro.^[3]

With these brands, the company honed its focus on

Grzegorz Rosinski or Jacques Tardi. Some sagas from these authors were published in collections such as Álbumes Cairo, B/N, Cimoc Extra Color, El Muro and Pandora.^[2]

They edited the theoretical collection Un hombre, mil imágenes (1982–1985).[2]

New paths

In the 1990s, Norma Editorial started to edit works from North American authors. Their most successful was the work of

Frank Miller, Mike Mignola or Alan Moore

in brands like Made in USA.

The company participated in the

Kosuke Fujishima, Haruhiko Mikimoto, Katsuhiro Otomo, Hiromu Arakawa, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto and Masamune Shirow

.

In the mid-1990s, Norma Editorial began a close collaboration with American independent Dark Horse, and later joined their catalog series superheroes of DC Comics and collection Vertigo.

Later years

After the loss of the rights of DC in 2005, they started a series of collections including Made in Hell, a terror comic; Comic Noir, a political comic; and a sci-fi comic; El día después. In 2006, they announced the purchase of a new superheroes series, from the ASPEN editorial (Soulfire and Fathom) and WildStorm (The Authority or Ex Machina).

References

^ Home. Norma Editorial. Retrieved on 1 May 2011. "Passeig de Sant Joan 7. 08010 Barcelona. Spain"
^ ^a ^b ^c Cuadrado 2000, p. 914.
^ Cuadrado 2000, p. 899.