Turnaround distribute a wide range of comic books and cartoon art books including. The oldest comic publishing company on this list is the nowdefunct book. The oldest comic publishing company on this list is the nowdefunct book publishing company, david mckay publications that was founded in 1882 and published comics from 1935 to 1950. Weve already launched the year with true believers comics festival in cheltenham, and attended birmingham horror con. Photograph your local culture, help wikipedia and win. Arcana began in 2004 as a studio, not just a publisher of comic books. They aim to publish books that will give fresh insights into african and caribbean life, culture and literature. As with most exciting, independent publishers, ayebia tries to give voice to diverse talent, and aims to enlighten and stimulate readers by exploring literature from an alternative perspective.
If you are not yet a turnaround customer, and would like to sell our books, please do contact email protected or call 020 8829 3000 and we will be delighted to help you. This is a list of largest uk trade book publishers, with some of their principal imprints, ranked by sales value, according to nielsen bookscan. We supply shops throughout the uk, europe and anywhere in the world. Stache publishing indie publishers of comics and graphic. For whatever reason, i decided to attempt mapping out the entire north american and ukcomic publishing industry. Most comic publishing companies were established in the united states of america where comics became popular in the mid 1900s. This latest 2019 update of all of the comic publisher submission guidelines includes 14 new additions, five subtractions, and a lot of fixed.
Find by author, publisher, series name, and publish date. The first version of this guide was birthed on march 7th, 2009 so happy 10 years. You can see the full list of books here, and for a regular diet of great. If youre looking to collaborate with one of the biggest comic book publishers in the us, dark horse. Hellbound media are kicking off 2018 with some amazing new books and attending some of the best comic conventions in the uk. All too often book publishers get someone in, they dabble around for a bit and when. Browse the independents complete collection of articles and commentary on comic books. The comic book price guide for great britain uk comic. If so, take a look at the following 19 top comic book publishers that accept submissions across the united states, canada and the uk. The course of jordan williams life changed with a visit to his local comic book shop. An independent selfpublishing company with an unrivalled combination of. Comics publishing companies of united kingdom publishersglobals list of british publishing houses that publish comics books, ebooks, magazines, newspapers. This list of comics publishing companies lists companies, specifically publishing companies. Valley press is an independent publishing house based in scarborough, north yorkshire, uk.
Ania publishing, us, 1993, 1993, imprint formed by independent publishers acme comics, african prince productions. Top digital comics distributor opens its platform to independent artists. Great british graphic novel tube map by hunt emerson. Comics publishers directory of united kingdom list of comics. Hellbound media comic book publishers specialising in. There is a woeful lack of professional comics editors in the uk i can think of. Centrinian is a small independent publishing house founded in london on. So you want to break into comics but are unsure how and where to submit. Comic books distributor uk turnaround publisher services. Welcome to the official blank slate books website, a graphic novel publisher of new talent from the uk and translated work from all over europe. Alterna comics publishes creatorowned stories distributed all over the world since 2006. Orders placed apr 1721 may ship a day or two later than usual due to temporary short staffing and the large volume of orders received since we reopened. Since this initial release, atp has grown from an independent publisher into one of the preeminent production studios in.
An art student at the time, jordan was responding to an advertisement for the continue reading. Have you just completed a comic book and are looking for a publishing house that might publish your work. Genre and pop 2000 ad online, 215 ink shop, aam markosia, action lab entertainment, and a. List of largest book publishers of the united kingdom. Newspaperbookebookmagazinejournaldigital contentmap calendaraudio. You will learn what is coming out, what we think of the books and even.
In the past decade, we have published more than 150 books of fiction, nonfiction and poetry, by authors based anywhere from york to leeds, london to bermuda, china, south africa and almost everywhere else. Emma hayley, publisher and managing director at independent publishing house selfmadehero, tells us just whats going on in todays graphic. The uks leading independent book distributor providing publisher sales and. We are responsible for awardnominated and awardwinning titles such as psychiatric tales, nelson, the silver darlings, the trains are. Anarchy, tintin, blab world, art of marvel and archie. The company outgrew its publisher by the end of 2003, leaving to map out its own destiny. A rare 75yearold comic book featuring the debut of.