Blatant Comics: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Emhilradim (talk | contribs) |
Emhilradim (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
* ''When Beanies Attack'' (1999, parody of [[Beanie Babies]] toys) |
* ''When Beanies Attack'' (1999, parody of [[Beanie Babies]] toys) |
||
* ''XXXena: Warrior Pornstar'' (1997-1999, five issues, parody of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]]) |
* ''XXXena: Warrior Pornstar'' (1997-1999, five issues, parody of [[Xena: Warrior Princess]]) |
||
* [[Marry Me]] (2007-????, one issue so far) |
* [[Marry Me]] (2007-????, one issue so far, romantic comedy) |
||
==Sales== |
==Sales== |
||
Revision as of 18:58, 21 June 2007
Blatant Comics is an independent 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.[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]
References
- ^ http://blatantcomics.com/lastbloodpr.html
- ^ http://freecomicbookday.com/sponsors_silver.asp
- ^ http://milehighcomics.com/mcgi-bin/search.cgi?action=smpublisher&publisher=BLAT
- ^ http://www.plusev.net
- ^ http://www.cbgxtra.com/Default.aspx?tabid=1567
- ^ http://www.lastblood.net/main/2007/03/12/free-comic-book-day-cover/
- ^ http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2006/12/07/comics.html
- ^ http://www.lasvegasweekly.com/2006/10/12/comics.html
- ^ http://www.salon.com/books/feature/2007/05/05/free_comics/index_np.html
External links
- Blatant Comics - Official Site
