Blatant Comics

Blatant Comics is an independent American comic book publisher founded in 1997 by Chris and Bobby Crosby. Blatant is known for publishing parody comic books such as "Sloth Park", "XXXena: Warrior Pornstar", and "Dead Sonja: She-Zombie with a Sword", and humor comics like "+EV" and "Impeach Bush!". On May 5, 2007 as part of Free Comic Book Day, Blatant ventured into less humorous subject matter with a straight horror comic called "Last Blood". [ [http://blatantcomics.com/lastbloodpr.html Blatant Comics: LAST BLOOD Press Release ] ] [ [http://freecomicbookday.com/sponsors_silver.asp Free Comic Book Day May 5th 2007 ] ]

Blatant's titles are distributed to comic book stores by Diamond Comic Distributors. Back issues are available through Mile High Comics. [ [http://milehighcomics.com/mcgi-bin/search.cgi?action=smpublisher&publisher=BLAT MHC: Internet Store ] ]

List of Blatant Comics titles

* "+EV" (2006, collection of the poker comic strip) [ [http://www.plusev.net EV * A Poker Comic with Positive Expected Value ] ]
* "Anger Grrrl" (1999, parody of "Danger Girl")
* "Busty The Vampire Murderer" (1998, parody of "Buffy The Vampire Slayer")
* "Dead Sonja: She Zombie with a Sword" (2006, parody of "Red Sonja")
* "The EboniX-Files/The Ungrammatical EboniX-Men" (1998 flipbook, parodies of "The X-Files" and "X-Men")
* "Gen 113" (1998, parody of "Gen¹³")
* "Impeach Bush!" (2006, political graphic novel)
* "Last Blood" (2007, zombie/vampire horror comic)
* "Phathom" (1999, parody of "Fathom")
* "Sloth Park" (1998, two issues, parody of "South Park")
* "When Beanies Attack" (1999, parody of Beanie Babies toys)
* "XXXena: Warrior Pornstar" (1997-1999, five issues, parody of "")
* "Marry Me" (2007-June 2008, romantic comedy - 1 paperback issue so far, graphic novel to be released July 2008.)

ales

* According to the Diamond Comic Distributors Top 300 charts Blatant's highest selling title to date is "Sloth Park #1" (1998), which ranked #232 with estimated sales of 5,000 copies. [ [http://www.cbgxtra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1567 JUNE 1998 Comic Book Preorders from Diamond Comic Distributors ] ]

* The 2007 Free Comic Book Day issue "Last Blood #1" had a circulation of "about 20,000 copies." [ [http://www.lastblood.net/main/2007/03/12/free-comic-book-day-cover/ LAST BLOOD » Archive » Free Comic Book Day Cover ] ]

Reviews

* Las Vegas Weekly reviewed "Dead Sonja" [http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2006/12/07/comics.html] and "Impeach Bush". [http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2006/10/12/comics.html]

* Salon.com reviewed "Last Blood #1". [ [http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/05/free_comics/index_np.html Steal this comic | Salon Books ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.blatantcomics.com Blatant Comics] - Official Site