Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Lead too short Template:Infobox company Com.x is a British comic publishing company.
History
2000–2002
Com.x was founded in 2000 by Eddie Deighton, Russell Uttley and Neil Googe. Deighton later described how the group came together in 1999:
The company published a number of titles in the following couple of years like Cla$$war by Rob Williams and Trevor Hairsine,[1][2] Puncture by Uttley and Ben Oliver,[3] Razorjack by John Higgins[4] and Bazooka Jules by Googe.[5]
Rob Williams suggested that the relatively greater impact Com.x had on the American publishing companies was:
The downside of this for the company was that their artists, like Trevor Hairsine,[6] Ben Oliver, Joshua Middleton[7] and Neil Googe, were snapped up by Marvel and DC.[8]
They ran into bigger problems in 2002 when their offices were burgled[9] and it took them time to recover.[10] Other named projects, like Battle Raven Six by Antony Johnston,[11] were never published and the company went quiet for over a year.
2003–2004
The second phase of the company's activity took place in 2003 and 2004.[12] The first three issues of Cla$$war were collected into a trade paperback in 2003[13][14] and the series was finished in 2004 with new artist Travel Foreman.[15][16] However, when interviewed in 2004 Googe said he did not feel the company had fully returned:
Other titles that were announced as returning, but never appeared, include Bazooka Jules with new artist LeSean Thomas[17][18] and Thomas' own Cannon Busters.[19]
2008–present
The company returned fully to comics publishing in 2008, led by Eddie Deighton and business partner Benjamin Shahrabani, with a more sustainable business model.[20] To avoid delays in the releasing of series, Deighton said that "[o]ur publishing model, at least for the time being, is going to focus on graphic novel format, collected editions, complete story-arcs, etc."[21]
This included the release of new original graphic novel Path by Gregory Baldwin,[20] along with the collection of Razorjack[4][22] and Cla$$war.[2][23] Then they will roll out other titles, including Forty-Five written by Andi Ewington[24] with forty-five comics artists,[25][26] a softcover collection of Cla$$war and another creator-owned comic.[21]
Titles
Template:Unsourced Titles published include:
- Babble by writer Lee Robson, with art by Bryan Coyle
- Bazooka Jules by Neil Googe
- BlueSpear by writer Eddie Deighton/Andi Ewington, with art by Cosmo White
- Cla$$war by writer Rob Williams, with art by Trevor Hairsine/Travel Foreman. Coloured by Len O'Grady
- Codename: Babetool by writer Jose Luis Gaitan, with art by Walter Taborda
- Duppy'78 by writer Casey Seijas, with art by Amancay Nahuelpan. Coloured by Daniel Warner
- Forty-Five by writer Andi Ewington, with art by various artists
- The Last American by writers Alan Grant/John Wagner, with art by Mike McMahon
- Monster Myths by John Lupo Avanti
- N-jin by writer Guy Haley, with art by Dan Boultwood. Coloured by Len O'Grady
- O:R:E by writer Eddie Deighton and Jim Alexander
- Path by Gregory Baldwin
- Primal by writer Russell Uttley, with art by Joshua Middleton/Ben Oliver
- Puncture by writer Russell Uttley, with art by Ben Oliver
- Razorjack by John Higgins
- SEEDS by Ross Mackintosh
- Sky Between Branches by Joshua Middleton
Notes
References
External links
- ↑ Cla$$ Act, Sequential Tart, January 2002
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Finally Collected: Rob Williams Talks Cla$$war, Newsarama, 2 April 2009
- ↑ The Final Puncture: Russ Uttley on Com.x's PunctureTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 13 October 2003
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 A Very Personal Vision: John Higgins on 'Razorjack', Newsarama, 7 April 2009
- ↑ Neil Googe: Talking Com.x, Majestic, & MoreTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 27 December 2004
- ↑ Trevor Hairsine's Captain America With Cla$$ Template:Webarchive, Comicon.com, 18 December 2002
- ↑ Middleton Exclusive With Marvel Template:Webarchive, Newsarama, 1 April 2003
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<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs named2000adrev - ↑ Com.X Office Burglarized; Currently Assessing Extent of Damages And Losses Template:Webarchive, Comics Bulletin, September 2002
- ↑ A Com.x UpdateTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 11 December 2002
- ↑ Creepy Curves, Sequential Tart, July 2001
- ↑ Com.x's Act Together, Titles To Return in MarchTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 4 December 2003
- ↑ Com.x Announces Cla$$war Trade, N-jinTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 30 April 2003
- ↑ Cla$$war's Rob Williams Entertains You Template:Webarchive, Comics Bulletin, 11 December 2003
- ↑ Cla$$war Returns With a New ArtistTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 23 June 2003
- ↑ The Ongoing War - A Preview & Update on Cla$$warTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 25 March 2004
- ↑ Bazooka Jules Returns With LeSean ThomasTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 2 September 2003
- ↑ Bazooka Jules - There and Back Again For LeSean ThomasTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 26 January 2004
- ↑ LeSean Thomas' Cannon Busters Lands at Com.xTemplate:Dead link, Newsarama, 14 November 2003
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ 21 Questions With John Higgins, Mindless Ones, 9 March 2009
- ↑ Cla$$war & the Resurrection of Com.X, Comic Book Resources, 12 March 2009
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