For whatever reason, I decided to attempt mapping out the entire North American—and UK—comic publishing industry. I started assembling the rough files while I was updating this years’ comic submission guidelines directory.
I thought – why not tackle something bigger?
This graphic is not perfect – more like the beginning of a conversation. We’re now at Vers. 1.1 after the first round of revisions. The ~200 publishers and imprints are collected from 12 months of Diamond Previews customer order form info. The burgeoning Emerald Comics Distro does not have any publicly listed information on publishers that they’re dealing with – so I stuck with Diamond as my source.
Some things to note.
▶ All of the categories are arbitrary. I invented them. You may have other ideas about where things fit.
▶ Here’s a Google Sheet that lists every active publisher that I sourced, their website URL, and their Twitter, FB and Instagram profiles (if applicable).
▶ No publisher is listed or ranked according to market share. I’m not a data visualization pro – but maybe one day we can implement this.
▶ There are so many imprints, corporate mergers and *sister companies* in the publishing world that it made my head spin a little.
▶ Some of these publishers might be out of business and Diamond is merely selling off past inventory in their warehouses. I’ll try to keep up.
This graphic is only my personal interpretation of the comic publishing space and will probably contain errors and omissions (with apologies). You can publicly identify or clarify your company in the comments section below – and I’ll update the graphic in the following revision.
You can view the uncompressed and full-size infographic here. You can download this graphic in an assortment of sizes.
I expressly grant permission to reproduce copies of this graphic in full and “as is” on any website, up to a resolution of 3000 x 2896. A backlink to this very post would be greatly appreciated.
Comic Publisher Directory Google Sheet
You can access the Google sheet here:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17tncjaYcI_YVDwfvgYpsRWUuj6RbalwsgAV2xlrFypA/edit?usp=sharing
Comic book, Graphic Novel and Manga Publishers Included in the graphic.
:01 FIRST SECOND
12-GAUGE COMICS
215 INK
2CLOUD
451 MEDIA GROUP
801 MEDIA INC
AAM MARKOSIA
AARDVARK VANAHEIM
AAZURN PUBLISHING
ABOUT COMICS
ABRAMS
- ABRAMS COMICARTS
- AMULET BOOKS
ABSTRACT STUDIOS
AC COMICS
ACCENT UK
ACTION LAB ENTERTAINMENT
ADAPTIVE BOOKS
ADASTRA COMIX
ADHOUSE BOOKS
AFTERSHOCK COMICS
AIRSHIP ENTERTAINMENT
ALBATROSS FUNNYBOOKS
ALTERNA COMICS INC
ALTERNATIVE COMICS
AMAZE INK/SLAVE LABOR GRAPHICS
AMDALE MEDIA LLC
AMERICAN GOTHIC PRESS
AMERICAN MYTHOLOGY PRODUCTIONS
AMIGO COMICS
AMRYL ENTERTAINMENT
ANDREWS MCMEEL
- AMP! COMICS FOR KIDS
ANTARCTIC PRESS
APOSTLE ARTS
ARCANA STUDIO
ARCHIE COMICS
ARH COMIX
ARSENAL PULP PRESS
ASPEN MLT INC
AVATAR PRESS INC
- BLEEDING COOL
- BOUNDLESS COMICS
AVERY HILL PUBLISHING
BANANA TALE PRESS
BENITEZ PRODUCTIONS
BERGEN STREET PRESS
BHP COMICS
BIG CITY COMICS
BIG FINISH
BIG PLANET/ RETROFIT COMICS
BIG WOW ART
BIRDCAGE BOTTOM BOOKS
BLACK MASK COMICS
BLACKBOX COMICS
BLISS ON TAP
BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT
BLOOMSBURY
BLUE FOX COMICS
BLUE JUICE COMICS
BONGO – UNITED PLANKTON PICTURES
BONGO COMICS
BREAKDOWN PRESS
BROADSWORD COMICS
CALIBER ENTERTAINMENT
CAMPFIRE
CANDLEWICK PRESS
- TOON BOOKS
CANTON STREET PRESS
CAPSTONE PUBLISHING
CARTOON BOOKS
CHAPTERHOUSE COMICS
CINEBOOK
CLASSIC COMICS PRESS
CLASSICS ILLUSTRATED
COFFIN COMICS
COMFORT AND ADAM
COMIC BOOK LEGAL DEFENSE FUND
COMICHAUS
COMICMIX
COMIXTRIBE
CONUNDRUM PRESS
COSMIC TIMES
CREATURE
CRUSADE ENTERTAINMENT
- E./DYNAMITE ENTERTAINMENT
DARK HORSE
DARKROSE STUDIOS
DARKSTORM COMICS
DC COMICS
- VERTIGO
- MAD MAGAZINE
DEAD CANARY COMICS
DEADHEAD COMICS
DEVILS DUE /1FIRST COMICS, LLC
DIGITAL MANGA DISTRIBUTION
DISNEY LUCASFILM PRESS
DOVER PUBLICATIONS
DRAWN & QUARTERLY
DYNAMIC FORCES
E-COMIX
EC COMICS
ENIGMA ENDEAVORS
EPICENTER COMICS
FAKKU
FANFARE PRESENTS PONENT MON
FANTAGRAPHICS BOOKS
FIREFLY BOOKS LTD.
GAMES WORKSHOP
GEMSTONE PUBLISHING
GRAND CENTRAL PUBLISHING
GRAPHIC INDIA PTE. LTD
GRAPHIX
GROUNDWOOD BOOKS
GUILDED AGE
HACHETTE
- NATION BOOKS
HARPER COLLINS PUBLISHERS
- BALZER + BRAY
HASHTAG COMICS
HEAVY METAL MAGAZINE
HERMES PRESS
HERO TOMORROW COMICS
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN HARCOURT
HOUSE OF ANANSI PRESS
HUMANOIDS INC
I BOX PUBLISHING
IDW PUBLISHING
- EURO COMICS
- THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS
- TOP SHELF PRODUCTIONS
- YOE BOOKS
IMAGE COMICS
- SHADOWLINE
- SKYBOUND
- TODD MCFARLANE PRODUCTIONS
- TOP COW PRODUCTIONS INC.
IMPROPER BOOKS
INSIGHT COMICS
IRON CIRCUS COMICS
JOE BOOKS INC.
KEENSPOT ENTERTAINMENT
KENZER & COMPANY
KNOCKABOUT COMICS
KNOPF DOUBLEDAY
- KNOPF PUBLISHING
- PANTHEON BOOKS
KODANSHA COMICS
KOYAMA PRESS
LAST GASP
LEGENDARY COMICS
LIBERTY COMICS
LION FORGE
LITTLE BROWN & COMPANY
LO SCARABEO
LOST ART BOOKS
MACMILLAN
- FARRAR, STRAUS AND GIROUX
- FEIWEL & FRIENDS
- HENRY HOLT
- HILL & WANG
- SQUARE FISH
MARVEL COMICS
MICROCOSM PUBLISHING
MYRIAD EDITIONS
NBM
NBM – EUROTICA
NEW ENGLAND COMICS
NEW YORK REVIEW COMICS
NOBROW PRESS
NORTH ATLANTIC BOOKS
NORTHWEST PRESS
ONE PEACE BOOKS
ONI PRESS INC.
OUTLOOK WORDS & ART
PANINI PUBLISHING LTD
PAPERCUTZ
- CHARMZ
PENGUIN
- DIAL BOOKS
- RIVERHEAD
PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
- JONATHAN CAPE
- TUNDRA BOOKS
POCKET BOOKS
PS ARTBOOKS
RANDOM HOUSE
- BALLANTINE BOOKS
- BANTAM / SPECTRA
- DEL REY
- RANDOM HOUSE BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS
REBELLION / 2000AD
RED 5 COMICS
REGNERY PUBLISHING
ROTHIC
SCHOLASTIC
- GRAPHIX
SCOUT COMICS
SELFMADEHERO
SECRET ACRES
SEVEN SEAS ENTERTAINMENT LLC
SIMON AND SCHUSTER
- ATHENEUM BOOKS
- ATRIA BOOKS
- GALLERY BOOKS
SLOTH COMICS
SOARING PENGUIN PRESS
SPACE GOAT PUBLISHING
SQPINC
STORM KING PRODUCTIONS, INC
STRANGER COMICS
STUDIO FARLAINE
SUBLIME
SUNDAY PRESS BOOKS
SUPER GENIUS
T PUB
TASCHEN AMERICA L.L.C.
CROWN PUBLISHING
- TEN SPEED PRESS
THE PHOENIX
TH3RD WORLD STUDIOS
TILBURY HOUSE PUBLISHERS
TITAN COMICS
TITAN1STUDIOS
TOKYOPOP
TOONHOUND STUDIOS LLC
TOR BOOKS
TWOMORROWS PUBLISHING
UDON ENTERTAINMENT CORP
- MANGA CLASSICS
UNCIVILIZED BOOKS
VALIANT ENTERTAINMENT LLC
VAULT COMICS
VERTICAL COMICS
VITAL PUBLISHING
VIZ MEDIA LLC
WW NORTON
YEN PRESS
YOUNEEK STUDIOS
Z2 COMICS
ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT INC
