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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.^[1]^[2]

Blatant's titles are distributed to comic book stores by Diamond Comic Distributors. Back issues are available through Mile High Comics. ^[3]

List of Blatant Comics titles

+EV (2006, collection of the poker comic strip)^[4]
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 (comics))
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 Xena: Warrior Princess)
Marry Me (2007-????, one issue so far, romantic comedy)

Sales

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.^[5]

The 2007 Free Comic Book Day issue Last Blood #1 had a circulation of "about 20,000 copies."^[6]

Reviews

Las Vegas Weekly reviewed Dead Sonja^[7] and Impeach Bush.^[8]

Salon.com reviewed Last Blood #1.^[9]

References

External links

Blatant Comics - Official Site

[1] Blatant Comics: LAST BLOOD Press Release

[2] Free Comic Book Day May 5th 2007

[3] MHC: Internet Store

[4] EV * A Poker Comic with Positive Expected Value

[5] JUNE 1998 Comic Book Preorders from Diamond Comic Distributors

[6] LAST BLOOD » Archive » Free Comic Book Day Cover

[7] ttp://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2006/12/07/comics.html

[8] ttp://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2006/10/12/comics.html

[9] Steal this comic | Salon Books

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	'''Blatant Comics''' is an independent [[United States\|American]] [[comic book]] publisher founded in 1997. 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''.<ref>[http://blatantcomics.com/lastbloodpr.html Blatant Comics: LAST BLOOD Press Release<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://freecomicbookday.com/sponsors_silver.asp Free Comic Book Day May 5th 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>		'''Blatant Comics''' is an independent [[United States\|American]] [[comic book]] publisher founded in 1997 by [[Chirs Crosby\|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''.<ref>[http://blatantcomics.com/lastbloodpr.html Blatant Comics: LAST BLOOD Press Release<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://freecomicbookday.com/sponsors_silver.asp Free Comic Book Day May 5th 2007<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

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