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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 10:32:55 GMT -5
In the next few days, I'll introduce the third in our series of CCF Classic Comic Polls. The topic for this one will be Best Non "Big Two" Publisher of All-Time (use your own criteria to define "best"), so I'm looking for nominations.
So far, we've got:
Aardvark/Vanaheim
Acclaim
ACG
Ait/Planet Lar
Ajax/Farrell
All-American
Antarctic Press
Apex Novelties
Apple
Archie / MLJ
Atlas (1970s)
Avatar
Broadway
Centaur
Charlton
Checker
Chesler
Comico
Crossgen
Dark Horse
Defiant
Dell
Drawn and Quarterly
EC
Eclipse
Eerie
Fantagraphics
Fawcett
Fiction House
First
Fox
Gold Key
Harris
Harvey
Humanoids
IDW
IPC/Fleetway
Image
Kitchen Sink
Last Gasp
Lev Gleeson
Mad
Malibu
Oni
PC/Pacific Comics
Print Mint
Prize/Crestwood
Quality
Renegade
Rip-Off
Skywald
Slave Labor
Standard
Starblaze
Top Shelf
Topps
Tower
Tundra
Valiant
Warren
WildStorm
Note: I am not including publishers whose success is due solely to one property (i.e. WaRP, Mirage, etc). I'm still on the fence as to whether to include any of the publishers known primarily for the Disney titles (Egmont, Gladstone, etc)
Also remember that this community decided a "classic comic" is one published ten or more years ago; thus any nominee in this poll would be judged for its output thru 2005.
Obviously, there are countless more publishers out there, but I'd like to know what others you feel might be worthy of a vote for this poll.
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 1, 2015 10:57:29 GMT -5
Pacific Comics is conspicuously absent. I wouldn't vote them over First. But they were one of the cornerstones of the 80s Independent boom.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 11:00:03 GMT -5
Pacific Comics is conspicuously absent. I wouldn't vote them over First. But they were one of the cornerstones of the 80s Independent boom.  |
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Post by Slam_Bradley on Jul 1, 2015 11:01:42 GMT -5
Pacific Comics is conspicuously absent. I wouldn't vote them over First. But they were one of the cornerstones of the 80s Independent boom. I would likely never have connected the two. |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 11:06:07 GMT -5
I would likely never have connected the two. Most Pacific Comics covers featured a "PC" logo, rather than the full name. I don't see it as being any different than our commonly referring to another publisher as "DC" instead of "Detective Comics".  |
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Post by fanboystranger on Jul 1, 2015 11:15:34 GMT -5
I would throw in Rebellion as their favorable position in regards to creators' rights has been the polar opposite of earlier 2000AD publishers like IPC/Fleetway and Quality, and arguably the past fifteen years of 2000AD and its sister books has been its best in terms of overall quality.
I'm not sure if we're limiting this to Anglophonic comics, but even so, Humanoids belongs on the list.
Drawn and Quarterly and Top Shelf deserve some attention, too, considering some of the important books they've published. I think you could make an argument for Kitchen Sink and Tundra, too, by that standard.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 11:17:13 GMT -5
Atomic Book Company - Lulu, Eightball, etc.
Idaho Comics Group - Did an excellent Tarzan Comic.
Retrofit Comics - New, just heard about them, came out in 2011.
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Post by Crimebuster on Jul 1, 2015 11:27:02 GMT -5
Fiction House I think is a must!
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Post by adamwarlock2099 on Jul 1, 2015 11:33:59 GMT -5
Avatar, though a lot is borderline 10 years old. They took over a lot of defunked publishers of bad girl comics, so probably not popular here. Lady Death, Nira X, Gypsy, Glory, Hellenia, Shi. They also have some franchise material like Stargate, Robocop and Friday the 13th. Starting in the late 90's but gaining more titles by the early to mid 00's there should be enough that qualifies as classic.
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 11:51:30 GMT -5
I would throw in Rebellion as their favorable position in regards to creators' rights has been the polar opposite of earlier 2000AD publishers like IPC/Fleetway and Quality, and arguably the past fifteen years of 2000AD and its sister books has been its best in terms of overall quality. As we're discussing this in the classic comics section, we could only count them based upon what they did up to ten years ago. Do you think their first five years alone would make them worthy of inclusion? Did they publish anything worthy of note beyond The Incal prior to 2005? Good calls. |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 11:53:08 GMT -5
Atomic Book Company - Lulu, Eightball, etc. "printing quality publications since 2005" Does not fit the community's definition of a classic comic. Again, I'm avoiding publishers known for only one property. Does not fit the community's definition of a classic comic. |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 11:53:47 GMT -5
Fiction House I think is a must! This one's new to me. Looks interesting. |
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 11:54:15 GMT -5
Avatar, though a lot is borderline 10 years old. They took over a lot of defunked publishers of bad girl comics, so probably not popular here. Lady Death, Nira X, Gypsy, Glory, Hellenia, Shi. They also have some franchise material like Stargate, Robocop and Friday the 13th. Starting in the late 90's but gaining more titles by the early to mid 00's there should be enough that qualifies as classic. Borderline, but you make a good case for its inclusion. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2015 11:56:31 GMT -5
Fist Second Publishing. Relatively new to the game but putting seminal stuff out there as OGN to the traditional book market rather than solely to the direct market.
A list of what they have published just through 2013 from wikipedia
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Post by shaxper on Jul 1, 2015 11:58:10 GMT -5
Fist Second Publishing. Relatively new to the game but putting seminal stuff out there as OGN to the traditional book market rather than solely to the direct market. A list of what they have published just through 2013 from wikipedia -M Remember that the community's definition of a classic comic is one that is ten or more years old. Thus any publisher in this poll would be judged on its output thru 2005. |
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