Slave Labor Graphics

Infobox Company
company_name = Slave Labor Graphics
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company_type = Comic publisher
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foundation = 1986
founder = Dan Vado
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industry = Comics
homepage = [http://www.slgcomic.com SLG Comic.com]

Slave Labor Graphics or commonly SLG, is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.

Company history

SLG was started in 1986 by Dan Vado, who is still the company's president and publisher.

The first book SLG published was "Shadow Star" #3, a female superhero character previously published independently by some of Vado's friends. SLG's first major success was "Samurai Penguin" #1 by Dan and Mark Buck, which sold 58,000 copies in the summer of 1986. Fact|date=August 2007 The first few titles, such as "Hero Sandwich" and "It's Science With Dr. Radium", were all created by friends of Vado's from high school. Another success was "Milk & Cheese", a comic about mean-spirited anthropomorphic dairy products by Evan Dorkin. In this time period, comic book speculation was rampant, so SLG was able to sell its entire print run of many titles. Fact|date=August 2007 However, at the end of the speculation bubble, some distributors went out of business without paying SLG. Fact|date=February 2007

In 1995, SLG added an imprint called "Amaze Ink" intended to be for all audiences and more genre-oriented; the "stranger, more adult, and more difficult to categorize material" would still be published under the "Slave Labor" imprint.

In 2005, SLG entered into a partnership with The Walt Disney Company to produce comic book series based on some of its properties: "Haunted Mansion", "Wonderland", "Tron", and "Gargoyles". [ [http://www.newsarama.com/SLG/Disney/Vado_Disney.html Dan Vado on SLG's Disney Deal] , Newsarama] Its own creations, such as Little Gloomy (1999-2005), Kid Gravity (2003-present) and (2005-present), appear/have appeared regularly in Disney Adventures Magazine. [ [http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=15534 NYCC: Slave Labor Graphics' Dan Vado Talks Disney Licensed Comics] . February 26, 2007]

Titles

* "Absent Friends" (2004)
* "A Bag of Anteaters"
* "Action Girl Comics" #1-19 (1994 – 2001)
* "Autumn" #1-? (2004 – present)
* "Babyhead Magazine" #1 (2004)
* "Babysitter"
* "Barrabas" (1986)
* "Bear" #1-10 (by Jamie Smart, 2004 - 2005)
* "Beer and Roaming in Las Vegas"
* "Bill The Clown"
* "Black Heart Billy"
* "Bombaby Screen Goddess" (by Antony Mazzotta)
* "Camping with Bigfoot"
* "Captain Dingleberry"
* "The Cat With The Really Big Head"
* "Cemetarians" #1-?
* "Charm School"
* "Chickenhare"
* "Chumble Spuzz"
* "The Clarence Principle" (by Fehed Said and Shari Chankhamma, 2007)
* "Cocopiazo"
* "The Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy"
* "Comic Book Heaven"
* "Corporate Ninja" (2005)
* "Dead Eyes Open" (2005)
* "Definition"
* "Dim Witted Darryl"
* "Doctor Grave"
* "Emily and the Intergalactic Lemonade Stand"
* "Emo Boy"
* "Evenfall"
* "Everwinds"
* "Everything Can Be Beaten"
* "Farewell Georgia"
* "Fillerbunny" (by Jhonen Vasquez)
* "Fishmasters"
* "Gargoyles " (a continuation of the TV series)
* "Ghouly Boys"
* "Gloomcookie" #1-28 (by Ted Naifeh, 1999-)
* "Halo and Sprocket" #1-4 (2002)
* "Haunted Mansion"
* "Hectic Planet" (previously known as Pirate Corp$)
* "Hero Sandwich" #1-5 (1987-1989)
* "Highway 13"
* "Hsu and Chan" (by Jeremy "Norm" Scott)
* "I Feel Sick" #1-2 (by Jhonen Vasquez, 1999-2000)
* "Imp"
* "Iliad" #1-2
* "It's Science With Doctor Radium (1986)
* "Jet Comics" #1-3
* "Jet Pack Pets"
* "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac" #1-7 (by Jhonen Vasquez, 1995-1997)
* "Kitsune Tales" #1 (by Woodrow Phoenix and Andi Watson, 2003)
* "Lenore" #1-? (by Roman Dirge, 1998-)
* "Life of a Fetus" #1-7
* "Likewise" #1-2 (2002)
* "Little Gloomy" #1-6 (1999)
* "Little Gloomy Adventures" oneshot (2003)
* "Little Gloomy Crypt of Creepts" oneshot (2004)
* "Little Gloomy Hallowe'en Special" oneshot
* "Little Scrowlie"
* "Love In Tights"
* "Lowlife"
* "Metamorphosis Odyssey" (by Jim Starlin)
* "Milk & Cheese"
* "Mister Blank"
* "The Monsters In My Tummy"
* "Mr. Night"
* "My Monkey's Name is Jennifer"
* "Next Exit"
* "Nightmares & Fairy Tales" (by Serena Valentino)
* ""
* "No Hope"
* "Oddjob"
* "On the Bus"
* "Outlook:Grim" #1-6 (2003-2004)
* "The Pants Ant Trouser Hour"
* "Paris" (by Andi Watson, 2005-2006)
* "Patty Cake"
* "Pirate Club"
* "The Price"
* "Private Beach" #1-7? (2002?)
* "The Replacement God"
* "Rex Libris"
* "Samurai Jam" #3-4 (by Andi Watson, 1993, previously "Samurai Funnies", published by Solson Publications)
* "Samurai Penguin" #1-8 (1986-1988)
* "Samurai Penguin: Food Chain Follies" #1
* "Screenplay" #1
* "Screwtooth" #1-? (2006)
* "Serenity Rose"
* "Shadow Star" #3 (1986; #1-2 published by Savage Graphics)
* "Sidney Mellon's Thunderskull!"
* "Skaggy The Lost" #1-4, trade paperback
* "Skeleton Girl Comics" #1-3
* "Skeleton Key" (by Andi Watson, 1995)
* "Sky Ape" #1-4
* "Slacker Comics"
* "Slow News Day" (by Andi Watson, 2001)
* "Street Angel" #1-5
* "Sparks"
* "Squee" #1-4 (1997 – 1998)
* "SugarBuzz"
* "Swerve" #1-2 (by "Downer" creator Kyle S. Hunter)
* ""
* "Tales from the Heart"
* "" (2006-2008; mini-series following up the movie and the video game "TRON 2.0")
* "The Trouble With Igor" #1 (2006)
* "Truth Serum"
* "Ubu Bubu" #1 (2008)
* "Ursa Minors" #1-? (2006)
* "Vaistron" #1-5 (2005)
* "The Waiting Place"
* "Weird Science" (1986)
* "Where's It At, Sugar Kat?"
* "Whistles"
* "Wonderland"
* "Zombies Calling" (by Faith Erin Hicks, 2007)

References

External links

* [http://www.slgcomic.com Slave Labor Graphics Official Site]
* [http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?p=3289151&posted=1#post3289151 WONDERCON '07: Slave Labor panel report] , Newsarama