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Post by Deleted on Aug 17, 2017 23:37:38 GMT -5
I've been sorting through my comics and trades, deciding what is staying and what is going in the great comic cull of 2017, and I was struck by how many different publishers I currently own comics by. A quick tally of part of my stash revealed 58 different publishers I had comics and/or trades by, and there is a whole closet of short boxes I haven't gotten too yet to go through.
I know some folks are Marvel fans, some DC sans, some Big 2 fans, some indy fans, etc. but I am curious how many different publishers' wares you folks have sampled.
the partial list for me...
DC and all its imprints (Wildstorm, Vertigo, Helix etc.)
Marvel and all it's imprints (Epic, Icon, etc.)
Image
IDW
Dark Horse
(i.e. today's big 5)
plus...
A-Plus
Aardvark-Vanaheim
AC Comics
ACG
Adam Fields (self-publisher)
Adventure
Albiogenesis
Archaia (pre-BOOM takeover)
Archie
Arrden
Avatar
BOOM!
Caliber
Cartoon Books
Charlton (including Modern Comics reprints)
Thecomic.com
Comico
Comics Journal
Continuity
Dabel Brothers
Dell
Dustin Carson (self-publisher)
Dynamite
Eagle
Eclipse
Eye-N-Apple Productions
Fantagrphics
First
Gold Key (including Whitman)
Green Man Press
Harvey
Heavy Metal Associated (HM)
Humanoids
Kitchen Sink
Legendary
Malibu (including Bravura)
Mandalay Productions
Millennium
Mirage
Oni
Pacific
Papercutz
Renegade
Slave Labor Graphics
So How 'bout Comics (self-publisher)
Speakeasy
Terra Major
Tiger Comics
Titan
Topps
Twilight Star Studios (self-publisher)
Valiant
Verotik
I am sure there are more to come and some I missed in the stuff I already went through.
I think I might need a little more variety in the comics I read...
-M
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Post by codystarbuck on Aug 18, 2017 0:44:40 GMT -5
Let's see....
Aardvark-Vanaheim
Aardwolf
AC Comics
ACG
All-American
Antarctic
Apple
Archie/MLJ/Red Circle
Atlas-Seaboard
Atomeka
Avon
Blackthorne
Bongo
Boom
Broadway
Byron Preiss Visuals
Caliber
Capital
Cartoon Books
Catalan Communications
Chaos
Centaur
Charlton
Christian Spire
Cinebook
Classics Illustrated
Comico
Comics Interview
Continuity
Continum
Crestwood
Crossgen
Crusade
Dargaud
Dark Horse
DC
DC Thomson
Defiant
Dell
Deluxe
Donning/Starblaze
Double Diamond
Dynamite
Eagle
EC
Eclipse
Fantaco
Fantagraphics
Fawcett
Fiction House
First
Fox
Gladstone
Gold Key/Western/Whitman
Harris
Harvey
Heavy Metal
Hero
Hillman
Holyoke
Humanoids
IDW
Image
Innovation
IPC
King
Kitchen Sink
Last Gasp
Lev Gleason
L Miller & Sons
Magazine Enterprises
Majestic
Malibu/Aircel/Eternity
Marvel/Atlas/Timely
MF Enterprises
Milestone
Millennium
Mirage
Moonstone
NBM
New England
Nedor/Standard
Noble
Northstar
NOW
Omni
Oni
Pacific
Personality
Pied Piper
Power Comics
Prize
Red 5
Renegade
Rip-Off Press
Quality
Quality (UK publishers of Warrior)
Sirius
Skywald
Slave Labor
Solson
St John
Star*Reach
Tekno
Texas Comics
Titan
Tokyopop
Topps
Top Shelf
Tower
Treasure Chest
Tundra
Valiant
Viz
Vortex
Warren
Most of the Golden Age stuff is digital, the rest is mostly print, with some digital, too.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 3:24:08 GMT -5
Here's my Lifetime List - 20 Companies
1. AC Comics
2. Archie
3. BOOM!
4. Charlton
5. Dark Horse
6. DC Comics
7. Dell
8. Dynamite
9. Eclipse
10. First
11. Harvey Comics
12. IDW
13. Legendary
14. Marvel Comics
15. Mirage
16. Oni
17. Pacific
18. Titan
19. Topps
20. Valiant
My top 5 are in Bold
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Post by Cei-U! on Aug 18, 2017 7:10:49 GMT -5
Counting only those publishers represented by actual paper-and-ink comics (and discounting fanzines, prozines, and trades), the magic number is 17. They are:
Archie
Charlton
Comico
Dark Horse
DC
Dell
Fantaco
First
Gold Key
IDW
King
Kitchen Sink
Marvel
Prize
Rip-Off Press
Rocket
Wally Wood/CPL/Gang Publishing
If we factor in my electronic inventory, the count goes up to 68, including
Ace
ACG
Centaur
Chesler/Dynamic
Columbia
Comics Magazine Co. (Cook-Mahon)
David McKay
Eastern Color
EC
Fawcett
Fiction House
Fox
Gilberton
Harvey
Hillman
Holyoke
Lev Gleason
Magazine Enterprises
MF Enterprises
Milson
Novelty Press
Parents' Magazine
Quality
Rural Home Companion
Standard/Better/Nedor/Pines
St. John
Street & Smith
Toby Press
Tower
Ultem
United Feature
Warren
and a whole buncha tiny fly-by-night publishers of the '40s.
Cei-U!
I summon the plethora of publishers!
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Post by berkley on Aug 18, 2017 7:30:56 GMT -5
I don't have them organised enough to even take a guess.
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Post by MDG on Aug 18, 2017 8:34:20 GMT -5
Just a guess, but probably more than 20.
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Post by Confessor on Aug 18, 2017 9:15:08 GMT -5
Great idea for a thread! Including graphic novels, newspaper strip collections, hardcovers etc, there are 59 different publishers represented in my comic collection, which is a lot more than I'd have thought. They are...
ACG
America's Best
Antarctic Press
Archaia Studios
Archie Comics
Arrow Comics
Ballantine
Boxtree
Caliber
Charlton
Cinebook
Dark Horse
DC
DC/Vertigo
Dynamite Entertainment
Eagle Comics
EC Publications
Egmont
Eros
First Glance
First Second
Fotonovel
Gemstone
Gladstone
Grove Press
Hachette Partworks
Hawk Books
Homage
IDW Publishing
IPC Magazines
Image
Jonathan Cape
Knockabout
Last Gasp
Magnet
Marvel
Marvel UK
Marvel/Icon
Marvel/Star
Norton Books
Pacific Comics
Penguin
Pioneer Comics
Quality Comics
Running Press
Russ Cochran
Sig Feuchtwanger
Signet
Skywald
Titan Books
Top Shelf Productions
Tower Comics
Virgin Comics
W. W. Norton
WaRP Graphics
Wellfleet Press
Whitman Publishing
Wildstorm
Wizard Comics
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 9:17:38 GMT -5
Archie
Atlas-Seaboard
Boom
Caliber
Capital
Chapterhouse
Charlton
Christian Spire
Classics Illustrated
Comico Com-X
Continuity
Crossgen
Dark Horse
DC
Dell
Deluxe
Dynamite
Eclipse
Fawcett
First
Gladstone
Gold Key/Western/Whitman
Harvey
IDW
Image
Malibu
Marvel/Atlas/Timely
Milestone
Oni
Pacific
Quality
Valiant
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Aug 18, 2017 9:28:15 GMT -5
I don't have them organised enough to even take a guess. Ditto. The answer is many. |
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Post by badwolf on Aug 18, 2017 10:03:16 GMT -5
I can't put a number on it without going through everything, but off the top of my head (and looking at the bookshelves right behind me)...
Marvel
DC/Vertigo
Image/Wildstorm
Dark Horse
America's Best Comics
Fantagraphics
Drawn & Quarterly
Pacific
Eros
Eclipse
Titan
Viz
Seven Seas
Del Rey
Tokyopop
Vertical
Yen
Heavy Metal
IDW
New
Abstract
Slave Labor
Oni
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Post by Deleted on Aug 18, 2017 10:13:46 GMT -5
estimates are fine if folks want to make an educated guess. I wouldn't expect folks to know the exact number off the top of their heads unless that number were very small . I wouldn't have known the number for me if I hadn't been going through things looking to purge stuff and deciding what to keep.
-M
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Post by Crimebuster on Aug 18, 2017 10:50:57 GMT -5
I think I'm around 25-30 for comics in my "collection" - i.e. stuff I bought on purpose because I want that specific thing. So that's what I voted for.
Having said that, I also love curiosities and weird, obscure indy books, so I probably have stuff from another 20 or more "publishers" that may have only put out one or two books before folding. I didn't count those because they're just kind of interchangeable in my mind.
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Post by Rob Allen on Aug 18, 2017 12:00:26 GMT -5
My inventory as of a couple of years ago has 37 publishers. I think I've acquired a few new ones since then but it will be a while before I can update the inventory.
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Post by Reptisaurus! on Aug 18, 2017 17:10:05 GMT -5
It's gotta be more than 50. Who published the Great Society Comic book, ferinstance?
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Post by String on Aug 18, 2017 18:15:26 GMT -5
Best guess at the moment would be somewhere between 20-25 publishers.
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