- Desperado Publishing
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Desperado Publishing Type Comic book publisher Industry Comics Founded 2004 Founder(s) Joe Pruett Headquarters Norcross, Georgia Key people Joe Pruett Website DesperadoPublishing.com Desperado Publishing is an American independent comic book publisher, established in 2004. Located in Norcross, Georgia, Desperado's president is Joe Pruett, its creative director is Stephan Nilson, and its director of business development is former Caliber Press publisher Gary Reed.
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Overview
With a background as former creative director of Caliber Press and editor of Caliber's 1990s anthology Negative Burn, Pruett founded Desperado in 2004.
After initially planning on launching the Desperado line alone, Pruett instead announced in September 2004 that Desperado had joined Image Comics' publishing lineup. The debut titles under the Desperado/Image publishing partnership were Bob Burden's Flaming Carrot and a specially priced preview book, Desperado Primer, which gave readers a chance to sample the talent assembled under the Desperado umbrella. (The Desperado Primer featured stories written by Paul Jenkins, with art by Adam Hughes, Brian Stelfreeze, Cully Hamner, Phil Hester, Kelsey Shannon, and Jason Pearson, and a prologue to Tony Harris's Roundeye).
In addition, Pruett and Desperado revived Negative Burn, starting with two seasonal specials in 2005, and seguing into a monthly title in 2006. Pruett views the new incarnation of Negative Burn as a potential launching pad for new creators: "I'm offering Negative Burn as a way for a new creator to break in with us. If a creator shows promise and potential with his/her short story contributions then I might try to find them work with an already established creator or title in our library of titles.... I believe there needs to be an outlet for new talent... and [I] will try to do what I can to help them."[1]
In March 2007, Desperado separated from Image after a two-and-a-half-year publishing partnership to become a self-sufficient publishing entity. (Negative Burn volume two's first eleven issues were published by Image.) As such, Desperado would publish under its own banner.[2]
Desperado is also producing a line of art books, which kicked off with the Eisner Award-winning The Art of Brian Bolland. Other titles include Archetype: The Art of Tim Bradstreet, The Art of P. Craig Russell, and The Art of Joe Jusko.
Creators
In addition to the aforementioned Burden, Harris, Hester, Jenkins, and Stelfreeze; notable creators involved with Desperado include Brian Bolland, P. Craig Russell, Andrew Robinson, Joe Jusko, Michael Gaydos, Tim Bradstreet, Goran Sudzuka, John McCrea, J.M. DeMatteis, Mike Ploog, and Keith Giffen.
Titles
- Antoine Sharp (formerly The Atheist)
- Atomik Mike
- Cherubs!
- Common Foe
- Deadworld
- Detectives Inc.
- Flaming Carrot
- Hatter M
- Monsterpocalypse
- Necessary Evil
- Negative Burn
- The Revenant
- Roundeye
- Sabre
- Starchild
- Thirteen Steps
Awards
Two Desperado titles won 2007 Eisner Awards:
- Best Humor Publication: Flaming Carrot Comics by Bob Burden
- Best Comics-Related Book: The Art of Brian Bolland, edited by Joe Pruett
References
- ^ Benjamin Ong Pang Kean (August 8, 2007). "Joe Pruett on Relaunching Desperado Publishing". Newsarama. http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=124471. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
- ^ Schneider, Karl (March 15, 2007). "Desperado Publishing Leaving Image Comics". Mania.com. http://www.mania.com/desperado-publishing-leaving-image-comics_article_53951.html. Retrieved 2008-08-31.
External links
- Official site
- Desperado Publishing at the Comic Book DB
Categories:- Comic book publishing companies of the United States
- Companies established in 2004
- Companies based in Georgia (U.S. state)
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