Innovation Publishing

Innovation Publishing

Infobox Company
company_name = Innovation Publishing
company_
company_type = Comic publisher
company_slogan =
foundation = 1988
founder = David Campiti
key_people =
location = Wheeling, West Virginia
industry = Comics
homepage =

Innovation Publishing was an American comic book company based in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was co-founded by David Campiti in 1988 after writing a business proposal and raising US$400,000 to finance its launch. Innovation became #4 in market share, below Marvel Comics, DC Comics, and Dark Horse Comics.Verify source|date=July 2007

The company published many adaptations and tie-in series of existing media properties, such as Anne Rice's novels "Interview with the Vampire", "The Vampire Lestat", and "Queen of the Damned". It also published Piers Anthony's ""; the TV series "Dark Shadows", "Quantum Leap", "Beauty and the Beast" and "Lost in Space"; and the movie series "Child's Play", "A Nightmare on Elm Street" among others.

Innovation's original series included "Angel Heat"; Campiti's "The Bodacious Adventures of Biff Thundersaur"; "Dangerous Secrets"; "Dream Angel"; "The Experimentals"; writer Al Rio's "Exposure"; "Galaxy Girl"; "Greylore"; writer Kevin Juaire's "Hero Alliance"; "Legends of the Stargrazers"; and writer Mike Barr's "The Maze Agency" (continuing a series originally published by Comico).

Innovation was one the first companies to delve heavily into recruiting talents from Brazil, starting the American careers of Mike Deodato and Joe Bennett, among othersVerify source|date=July 2007. The 1992 Russ Manning "Best Newcomer" Award-winner, Mike Okamoto, broke into comic books illustrating "The Maze Agency" #15 (Aug. 1990) and "Hero Alliance" #11-12 (Nov.-Dec. 1990).

In 1994, Innovation closed, a year after Campiti left to launch Glasshouse Graphics, a studio/agency for illustrators, writers, painters, and digital designers.

References

* [http://www.comiccovers.net/Innovation.html Innovation Comics Checklist]
* [http://www.comics.org/publisher_details.lasso?id=612 Grand Comics Database: Innovation Comics]


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