Tekno Comix

Tekno Comix was an American publishing company that produced comic books from 1995 to 1997.

History

The company was founded by Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein as a division of their publicly traded company, Big Entertainment. The Tekno Comix brand was discontinued in 1997, though books featuring the same characters continued were published with Big Entertainment branding for the rest of that year.

Titles

Tekno Comix publications featured characters and situations created by celebrity authors and others, but were primarily scripted and illustrated by hired comics creators. Their comics included:

* Gene Roddenberry's "Lost Universe" (later renamed "Xander in Lost Universe")
* Isaac Asimov's "I-Bots"
* John Jakes' "Mullkon Empire" (six-issue limited series)
* Leonard Nimoy's "Primortals"
* Mickey Spillane's "Mike Danger"
* "Neil Gaiman's Lady Justice"
* Neil Gaiman's "Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man"
* Neil Gaiman's "Phage: Shadow Death" (six-issue limited series)
* Neil Gaiman's "Teknophage"
* "Neil Gaiman's Wheel of Worlds" (two one-shots)
* Tad Williams' "Mirror World"
* "Tekno Files" (a one-shot)
* "Neuro Jack" (a one-shot)

Big Entertainment continues as Hollywood Media Corp, which controls Tekno Comix intellectual property. [ [http://www.hollywood.com/about_us/info/id/468707 Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL) - Corporate Profile at Hollywood.com ] ]

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*comicbookdb|type=publisher|id=198|title=Tekno Comix