Slave Labor Graphics
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| Slave Labor Graphics | |
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| Type | Comic publisher |
| Founded | 1986 |
| Founder | Dan Vado |
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| Industry | Comics |
| Website | SLG Comic.com |
Slave Labor Graphics or commonly SLG, is an independent American comic book publisher.
It is well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics such as Roman Dirge's Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl and Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, though its output is not restricted to this style. Another notable series for the publisher has been Serena Valentino's Gloomcookie, which focuses on the goth subculture to which SLG's books tend to appeal.
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[edit] 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.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] However, at the end of the speculation bubble, some distributors went out of business without paying SLG.[citation needed]
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.[1] Its own creations, such as Little Gloomy (1999-2005), Kid Gravity (2003-present) and The Super Scary Monster Show: Featuring Little Gloomy (2005-present), appear/have appeared regularly in Disney Adventures Magazine.[2]
[edit] 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 (2004 - 2005)
- Beer and Roaming in Las Vegas
- Bill The Clown
- Black Heart Billy
- Bombaby Screen Goddess
- Camping with Bigfoot
- Captain Dingleberry
- Cemetarians #1-?
- Charm School
- The Clarence Principle
- 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
- Fishmasters
- Gargoyles (a continuation of the TV series)
- Ghouly Boys
- Gloomcookie #1-28 (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 & Chan
- I Feel Sick #1-2 (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 (1995-1997)
- Kitsune Tales #1 (2003)
- Lenore #1-? (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
- Milk & Cheese
- The Monsters In My Tummy
- Mister Blank
- Mr. Night
- My Monkey's Name is Jennifer
- Next Exit
- Nightmares & Fairy Tales
- No Hope
- Oddjob
- On the Bus
- Outlook:Grim #1-6 (2003-2004)
- The Pants Ant Trouser Hour
- Paris
- Patty Cake
- Pirate Club
- Private Beach #1-7? (2002?)
- The Replacement God
- Rex Libris
- Samurai Jam #3-4 (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
- Sky Ape #1-4
- Slacker Comics
- Street Angel #1-5
- Sparks
- Squee #1-4 (1997 – 1998)
- SugarBuzz
- The Cat With The Really Big Head
- The Super Scary Monster Show: Featuring Little Gloomy
- Tales from the Heart
- Tron: The Ghost in the Machine (2006-8; miniseries following up the movie and the video game TRON 2.0)
- Trouble With Igor, The #1 (2006)
- Truth Serum
- Ubu Bubu #1 (2008)
- Ursa Minors #1-? (2006)
- Vaistron #1-5 (2005)
- Weird Science (1986)
- Where's It At, Sugar Kat?
- Whistles
- Wonderland
- Zombies Calling by Faith Erin Hicks
