Palliard Press was a small, independent comic book

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 publishing house co-founded by Phil Foglio

Phil Foglio

Philip "Phil" Foglio is an American cartoonist and comic book artist best known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy work.-Early life and career:...

, illustrator of such titles as Buck Godot

Buck Godot

Buck Godot is the title character in a science fiction/comedy comic book series collected in two volumes and assorted comic books, including the eight-issue "Gallimaufry" series, all written and drawn by their creator, Phil Foglio.-Overview:Buck's adventures take place in a future where a...

, Girl Genius

Girl Genius

Girl Genius is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company, Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment...

, and Robert Asprin's MythAdventures

MythAdventures

MythAdventures or Myth Adventures is a fantasy series by Robert Lynn Asprin and Jody Lynn Nye. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Nye continued the series with seven more books...

, and Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis, Minnesota

Minnesota

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Palliard Press published several titles over its short existence, most notably the humorous science fiction

Science fiction

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 miniseries Buck Godot

Buck Godot

Buck Godot is the title character in a science fiction/comedy comic book series collected in two volumes and assorted comic books, including the eight-issue "Gallimaufry" series, all written and drawn by their creator, Phil Foglio.-Overview:Buck's adventures take place in a future where a...

: Zap Gun For Hire: The Gallimaufry, and the erotic series Xxxenophile

XXXenophile

XXXenophile is an American comic book series, published by Palliard Press and later Studio Foglio. It is an anthology of short, whimsical, erotic fantasy and science fiction stories, written and penciled by Phil Foglio. Each story is inked by a different artist.XXXenophile was originally...

, both illustrated by Foglio. Palliard also published a collection of Tim Barela

Tim Barela

Tim Barela , is an acclaimed gay cartoonist, best known for his creation of the comic strip, Leonard & Larry. The Leonard & Larry characters first appeared in a 1984 issue of Gay Comix, then were later featured in The Advocate and Frontiers magazines...

's gay

Gay

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 comic strip

Comic strip

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, Leonard and Larry.