- Tundra Publishing
Infobox Company
company_name = Tundra Publishing
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company_type = Comic publisher
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foundation =1990
founder =Kevin Eastman
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location =Northampton, Massachusetts
industry =Comics
homepage =Tundra Publishing was a
Northampton, Massachusetts -basedcomic book publisher founded byKevin Eastman in1990 . [ [http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/trri/tundra.htm Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection, Special Collections Division, Michigan State University Libraries: "Tundra" to "Tuniques"] . Michigan State University Libraries. Accessed October 14, 2007.]Overview
Tundra was meant to provide a venue for high-quality work by talented cartoonists and illustrators. Its publications were noted in the trade for their high
production values , including glossy paper stock, full-color printing, and non-saddle-stitch binding. Notable works published by Tundra include:*
Scott McCloud 's "Understanding Comics "
*Dave McKean 's "Cages"
*Steve Bissette 's horror anthology "Taboo", where portions ofAlan Moore 's "From Hell " (withEddie Campbell ) and "Lost Girls " (withMelinda Gebbie ), as well asNeil Gaiman 's unfinished "Sweeney Todd " (withMichael Zulli ), were first serialised
* Mark Martin andJim Woodring 's children's comic "Tantalizing Stories ", where most of Woodring's early "Frank" stories appeared
*Mike Allred 's "Madman Adventures "
*Mark Bodé and Larry Todd's continuation ofVaughn Bodé 's "Cobalt 60"
*Al Columbia 's first solo comic book, "Doghead"Tundra UK
In 1991 a British arm of the company, Tundra UK, opened in
London . Led byDave Elliott , an editor at "Deadline" and a founder ofAtomeka Press , the UK branch worked with creators already on board with Tundra in the US as well as developing new projects. Tundra UK's titles included:*
Peter Milligan andBrendan McCarthy 's groundbreakinggraphic novel "Skin"
* "White Trash" byGordon Rennie and the late New Zealand artistMartin Emond
* "Lazarus Churchyard " byWarren Ellis andD'Israeli
* "The Lords of Misrule" by John Tomlinson andGary Erskine
* The anthology "Monster Massacre", featuring work bySimon Bisley ,Dave Gibbons ,James O'Barr ,Henry Flint ,Dave Elliott ,Doug Braithwaite andKevin O'Neill Closure
Despite its ambitious start, Tundra never became a profitable enterprise. It closed its doors in
1993 after burning through $14 million in three years. [Wolk, Douglas. "Reading Comics: How Graphic Novels Work and What They Mean" (Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2007), 45.]Kitchen Sink Press acquired its holdings [ [http://www.icv2.com/articles/home/2681.html Comic Bubble, Deal Craze, Foreshadowing the Crash: Ten Years Ago this Month in Internal Correspondence] . IcV2.com. April 30, 2003. Accessed October 14, 2007.] ; itreprint ed popular Tundra publications such as "Understanding Comics" and continued to publish some Tundra series such as "Taboo".Citations
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