Aspen MLT

Infobox Company
company_name = Aspen MLT
company_
company_type = Comic publisher
company_slogan =
foundation = 2003
founder = Michael Turner
key_people = Michael Turner
location = Santa Monica, California
industry = Comics
homepage = [http://www.aspencomics.com AspenComics.com]

Aspen MLT is an entertainment company headed by artist Michael Turner. Known best for creating comic books and statues, the company launched in January 2003.

The name "Aspen" comes from the main character in the company's best-selling comic series, "Fathom", with "MLT" standing for Michael Layne Turner.

Located at 1004 Santa Monica Blvd. in Santa Monica, California. There is also a studio in Marina Del Rey, California.

History

Created by Turner in January 2003, Aspen MLT was instantly recognized thanks to the "superstar" status of its creators. Aspen successfully launched the fantasy-adventure Soulfire in 2004, the first ongoing maxi-series to premiere from Aspen. Ekos, in its final development stages, was scheduled to follow shortly thereafter. 2005 marked the return of the popular series, Michael Turner's Fathom, which was originally published by Image Comics Comic artist Koi Turnbull took over illustrating the title, highlighting what the company described as "a fresh new creative team that would usher in a new era for the extremely popular series."Aspen is expanding its media operations outside the comics arena. A live action Fathom feature film is currently being developed by James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment, while several additional live-action and animated projects are currently in negotiation. With the addition of possible video games, increased mass market licensing, and a growing in-house design department, Aspen's ambitions are continuing to expand.

Cross Company Work

Aspen MLT has worked together with both DC Comics and Marvel Comics on major cross company collaborations. The most well known of which were DC's and , where creators of Aspen MLT worked together with DC to create art and story for these comics. Since then both DC and Marvel have worked with Aspen to engage Michael Turner to produce covers for their top series.

Aspen/DC Work

*Flash
*Identity Crisis
*Supergirl (variant covers - #1-5, interior colors #1-4)
* (covers)
* (covers and interiors - #8-13)
*Superman/Batman #26 (covers A and B)
*Teen Titans (variant cover - #1)

Aspen/Marvel Work

*Blank Panther (#23-25 - covers (Turner) and interiors (Turnbull))
*Civil War (variant covers - #1-7)
*Incredible Hulk (variant cover - #100)
*Ms. Marvel (variant cover - #1)
*Onslaught: Reborn (variant cover - #1)
*Ultimate Wolverine (covers and interiors - 2007)
*Ultimate X-Men (variant cover - #75)
*Wolverine: Origins (variant cover - #1)

Titles

*Aspen
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*Ekos
*Fathom
*Heroes
*Iron and the Maiden
*Shrugged
*Soulfire

Key People

President - Michael Turner
Executive Vice President - Frank Mastromauro
Vice President of Publishing - Peter Steigerwald
Director of Marketing - Vince Hernandez
Director of Design and Production - Mark Roslan

Noteworthy creators

*Talent Caldwell
*Koi Turnbull
*Micah Gunnell
*Marcus To
*Geoff Johns
*J. T. Krul
*Frank Mastromauro
*Jeph Loeb
*Peter Steigerwald
*Mark Roslan
*Beth Sotelo
*David Morán
*Christina Strain
*Jason Gorder
*Vince Hernandez
*Don Ho
*Michael Turner

External links

* [http://www.aspencomics.com Aspen MLT Inc.] - official site