- Antarctic Press
Infobox Company
company_name = Antarctic Press
company_
company_type = Comic publisher
company_slogan =
foundation =1984
founder =Ben Dunn
key_people =
location =San Antonio
industry =Comics
homepage =Antarctic Press is a
San Antonio -basedcomic book publishing company which publishes 'American Manga' style comic books.Founded by
Ben Dunn in 1984, Antarctic Press has produced over 850 titles with a total circulation of over 5 million. Among its titles are some of the most respected and longest-running independent comic series.History
Its earliest titles were "Mangazine" and "Extremely Silly Comics".
Many now-established names have started at Antarctic, with most continuing to work there including Brian Denham, Ben Dunn, Eisner-nominated Rod Espinosa, Guru eFX, Joseph Wight and Chris Bunting.
The company also produces a wide range of 'how to' and 'you can' comics, instructing on many areas of comic book creation and craft.
Many of Antarctic's staple characters from titles including "Warrior Nun Areala"," Ninja High School", "Gold Digger", "The Courageous Princess", and "Dragons Arms", came together in the 2005 "How to Break into Comics", which also featured their creators in the narrative.
In April 2006, popular title Warrior Nun was re-launched as Warrior Nun Lazarus and included CGI coloring.
In the 1990s, the company also published numerous furry comic books such as a revived "
Albedo Anthropomorphics ". In 1998, some of these titles moved off to a separate company,Radio Comix .Recently, Antarctic has announced
David Hutchison 's "Final Girl", where voters can choose who lives and who dies in the limited series.Titles
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Albedo Anthropomorphics "
*"Battle Girls "
*"The Courageous Princess "
*"Dinowars "
*"Dragon Arms "
*"Far West"
*"Final Girl"
*"Furrlough "
*"Genus"
*"Gold Digger"
*"Hepcats "
*"History of Webcomics "
*"AP's How to Draw Manga "
*"Luftwaffe 1946 "
*"MetaDocs "
*"Mighty Tiny "
*"Neotopia "
*"Ninja High School "
*"Pirates versus Ninjas "
*"The Prince of Heroes "
*"Pose File "
*"Robotech"
*"The Science Fair "
*"Shanda The Panda "
*"Shōjo "
*"Strangers in Paradise "
*"Tank Vixens "
*"Twilight X "
*"Twilight X Storm"
*"Warrior Nun Areala "
*"Weapons File "
*"Wild Life"References
*gcdb publisher|id=670|title=Antarctic Press
*comicbookdb|type=publisher|id=31|title=Antarctic Press
* [http://www.comics-db.com/Other_Publishers/A/Antarctic_Press/index.html Antarctic Press] at theBig Comic Book DataBase External links
* [http://www.antarctic-press.com Antarctic Press Website]
* [http://squeee.purehubris.com/tankvixens/ A "Tank Vixens" history]
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