Platinum Studios
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Platinum Studios, Inc. is a publicly traded media company based in the United States. It controls a large independent library of comic book
characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media including print, film, online, mobile / wireless, gaming, and merchandising. Platinum Studios claims a library of more than 5,600 comic characters in many genres and styles. Platinum Studios has full control of the film and television rights to all characters and stories acquired by the company.
Platinum Studios posted net losses of $4.3 million in 2006 and $5.1 million in 2007.
following his role as founder and head of Malibu Comics
. At Malibu Comics, Rosenberg published comics lines including the Men In Black comic book, which he later brought to Columbia/Sony Pictures. Other notable titles under the Malibu label include Ultraforce
, The Night Man, Exiles
, and Black September.
Shortly after Platinum Studios began work on its Macroverse in 1997, the company acquired the film and television rights to Dylan Dog
. Created by Tiziano Sclavi
and published by Sergio Bonelli Editore, Dylan Dog has sold over 65 millions copies and is the source material for the upcoming Platinum Studios produced film, Dead of Night. Also in that same year, Platinum Studios acquired the rights to the long-running European graphic novel series Jeremiah.
Over the next ten years, Platinum Studios continued to increase the size and of their portfolio through licensing, publishing, film, and television contracts with comic book creators. Platinum Studios' publishing partners include Awesome Comics
(in spite of repeated criticism of Platinum from Awesome's primary creator, Rob Liefeld
), Hexagon Comics
(Europe's largest creator-owned comic book syndicate), Crisis Comics (created by Platinum Studios, no comic has ever been published under the Crisis banner), UFO Magazine
, and Top Cow Productions
, Inc.
, MGM, Miramax, New Line Cinema
, Sony Pictures, and Universal Studios
. Platinum Studios has a slate of feature films based on its portfolio, including the feature film projects Cowboys & Aliens
, Unique, Dead of Night, Ghosting, The Darkness
, Red Mantis (Mal Chance) , Witchblade
, and The Weapon, in which Wizards of Waverly Place
star David Henrie
is set to star. To date, the only Platinum Studios television or film project to complete production and appear onscreen is Jeremiah
, a science-fiction TV series running on Showtime from 2002 to 2004. Currently, Platinum has in development a number of TV projects, including Indestructible Man at FOX 21
.
In July 2009, Platinum Studios wrapped principal photography on the first feature film they independently financed and produced, Dead of Night, based on the Italian comic Dylan Dog
.
created Cowboys & Aliens in 1997. It was initially bought by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures based on a one-sheet of a cowboy being chased by a spaceship. Platinum Studios published the graphic novel, written by Fred Van Lente
and Andrew Foley in October 2006. In September 2009, it was reported that Jon Favreau
would sign on to direct the film. Transformers and Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman
& Roberto Orci
are writing the script as well as producing along with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
, Brian Grazer, and Ron Howard.
Platinum Studios has signed several option agreements with DrunkDuck.com community members since the purchase. Currently, an intermingling of Platinum Studios-owned pro comics and independently owned non-pro comics can be found on DrunkDuck.com.
, and comics by the winners of its Comic Book Challenge talent contest, including Hero by Night by D.J. Coffman (whose later public claims of non-payment for work and criticism of Platinum's business practices led Platinum CFO Brian Altounian to imply Coffman was breaking the law, though Platinum had not paid the creator for the work he unwittingly signed into their possession until the public announcements). Some of Platinum Studios Comics are intended to be distributed both online and in print, in association with DrunkDuck.com and the company’s online store. Online release will be slated to start before in-store print release. However, the company also has a significant inventory of partly or fully completed comic work that appears unlikely to ever appear, either online or in print. In addition, some Platinum Studios Comics titles are being developed for film, television, and other media, and images and content from all comics are also available for cell phones and mobile devices via Platinum's mobile storefront.
creators sponsored by Platinum Studios and NBC
. The Comic book Challenge was started in 2006. Platinum Studios’ Comic Book Challenge is presented by AT&T.
The 2007 judge’s panel consisted of Scrubs
regular, Donald Faison
, Shrek
producer John Williams, and Platinum Studios Chairman, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
. The judging is based on the quality of art as well as on the quality of writing presented by the over 1,000,000 applicants that enter the contest each year. After hearing all the pitches, the judges narrow the talent pool and turn over the final decision to the voting public. Winners receive prizes from software to graphics tablet
s and new PCs
, while competing for the first prize award of publishing their comic with Platinum Studios as well as other possible media ventures. The winner of the first Comic Book Challenge in 2006 was D. J. Coffman
, who wrote the Hero by Night comic book until suspending work on the book, citing late payments from the company as the reason. I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space by Megan Rose Gedris
made the final and was subsequently also published by Platinum.
The 2007 winner was Jorge Vega with his series Gunplay
, of which the first novel has just been released.
website WOWIO CEO, Dr. David Palumbo expressed his avid support of the acquisition when he was quoted as saying,
The companies projected that a transaction would be concluded early in the third quarter of 2008, and that appears to be the case. Since then, several publishers have not been paid their second quarter 2008 earnings. It appears third quarter earnings for the year, calculated on a new formula more favorable to Wowio, have been paid. Platinum Studios has since sold WOWIO, without paying second quarter royalties.
WOWIO was acquired from Platinum Studios in July 2009 and has since paid all partnering publishers in full. Platinum no longer has ownership or any percentage of WOWIO as it was acquired by Alliance Acquisitions, LLC in 2010.
In June 2010, WOWIO raised an additional $1.7 million in funding led by WOWIO CEO Brian Altounian and purchased the online community WEvolt. WEvolt enables comic book artists to create and share their work with their fans. Its online platform allows creators of comics, and soon other media, to generate revenues by participating in ad sales and other activities such as merchandising. Users can create and submit their original material for broader distribution consideration, or they can simply use the site as an aggregator of their favorite online content. WEvolt was created by Jason Badower, a comic artist from Australia who has illustrated and colored several Heroes graphic novels, and Matt Jacobs.
WOWIO later acquired the Web comics community site, DrunkDuck. DrunkDuck lets its 95,000 members post comics they have created and connect with fans.
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...
characters, which it seeks to adapt, produce, and license for all forms of media including print, film, online, mobile / wireless, gaming, and merchandising. Platinum Studios claims a library of more than 5,600 comic characters in many genres and styles. Platinum Studios has full control of the film and television rights to all characters and stories acquired by the company.
Platinum Studios posted net losses of $4.3 million in 2006 and $5.1 million in 2007.
History
Platinum Studios was founded in 1997 by Scott Mitchell RosenbergScott Mitchell Rosenberg
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is a film, television producer, comic book publisher, and the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a large independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media...
following his role as founder and head of Malibu Comics
Malibu Comics
Malibu Comics was an American comic book publisher active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, best known for its Ultraverse line of superhero titles. The company's headquarters was in Calabasas, California. Malibu imprints included Aircel Comics and Eternity Comics...
. At Malibu Comics, Rosenberg published comics lines including the Men In Black comic book, which he later brought to Columbia/Sony Pictures. Other notable titles under the Malibu label include Ultraforce
Ultraforce
The Ultraforce is a fictional superhero group that appears in comic books published by Malibu, and later Marvel, as well as an animated series produced by DIC. Their purpose was to protect the public and keep other Ultras from getting out of line...
, The Night Man, Exiles
Exiles (Malibu Comics)
Exiles was the name of two American comic book series, both of which were published by Malibu Comics.-Exiles :The first Exiles comic was written by Steve Gerber and illustrated by Paul Pelletier, with plot contributions from Tom Mason, Dave Olbrich and Chris Ulm Exiles was the name of two American...
, and Black September.
Shortly after Platinum Studios began work on its Macroverse in 1997, the company acquired the film and television rights to Dylan Dog
Dylan Dog
Dylan Dog is an Italian horror comics series featuring an eponymous character created by Tiziano Sclavi for the publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore...
. Created by Tiziano Sclavi
Tiziano Sclavi
Tiziano Sclavi is an Italian comic book author, journalist and writer of several novels. Sclavi is most famous as creator of the comic book Dylan Dog in 1986, for Italian publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore...
and published by Sergio Bonelli Editore, Dylan Dog has sold over 65 millions copies and is the source material for the upcoming Platinum Studios produced film, Dead of Night. Also in that same year, Platinum Studios acquired the rights to the long-running European graphic novel series Jeremiah.
Over the next ten years, Platinum Studios continued to increase the size and of their portfolio through licensing, publishing, film, and television contracts with comic book creators. Platinum Studios' publishing partners include Awesome Comics
Awesome Comics
Awesome Comics or Awesome Entertainment was an American comic book studio formed in 1997 by Image Comics co-founder Rob Liefeld...
(in spite of repeated criticism of Platinum from Awesome's primary creator, Rob Liefeld
Rob Liefeld
Rob Liefeld is an American comic book writer, illustrator, and publisher. A prominent artist in the 1990s, he has since become a controversial figure in the medium....
), Hexagon Comics
Hexagon Comics
Hexagon Comics is a syndicate of French, Italian and Spanish comic book writers and artists formed in early 2004, after French publisher Semic Comics decided to cancel its line of comic books....
(Europe's largest creator-owned comic book syndicate), Crisis Comics (created by Platinum Studios, no comic has ever been published under the Crisis banner), UFO Magazine
UFO Magazine
UFO Magazine is an American magazine that is devoted to the subject of unidentified flying objects and the extraterrestrial hypothesis . It was founded in 1986 by Vicki Ecker and Sherie Stark, and is now published by Bill Birnes and edited by his wife Nancy Hayfield Birnes...
, and Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions
Top Cow Productions is an American comics publisher, a partner studio of Image Comics founded by Marc Silvestri in 1992.-History:...
, Inc.
Film and television production
Platinum has begun film and television projects with several Hollywood studios, including Disney, DreamWorksDreamWorks
DreamWorks Pictures, also known as DreamWorks, LLC, DreamWorks SKG, DreamWorks II Distribution Co., LLC, DreamWorks Studios or DW Studios, LLC, is an American film studio which develops, produces, and distributes films, video games and television programming...
, MGM, Miramax, New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema
New Line Cinema, often simply referred to as New Line, is an American film studio. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye and Michael Lynne as a film distributor, later becoming an independent film studio. It became a subsidiary of Time Warner in 1996 and was merged with larger sister studio Warner...
, Sony Pictures, and Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
. Platinum Studios has a slate of feature films based on its portfolio, including the feature film projects Cowboys & Aliens
Cowboys & Aliens (film)
Cowboys & Aliens is a 2011 American science fiction Western film directed by Jon Favreau and starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde. The film is based on the 2006 graphic novel of the same name created by Scott Mitchell Rosenberg...
, Unique, Dead of Night, Ghosting, The Darkness
The Darkness (comics)
The Darkness is a series of ongoing American comic books created by Marc Silvestri, Garth Ennis, and David Wohl and produced by Top Cow Productions. The comic first appeared in 1996 and enjoyed an initial period of relative success during the Top Cow/Image Comics boom of the late 1990s. However,...
, Red Mantis (Mal Chance) , Witchblade
Witchblade
Witchblade is an American comic book series published by Top Cow Productions, an imprint of Image Comics, from 1995 until present. The series was created by Top Cow editors Marc Silvestri and David Wohl, writers Brian Haberlin and Christina Z, and artist Michael Turner.The series follows Sara...
, and The Weapon, in which Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place
Wizards of Waverly Place is a Disney Channel Original Series that premiered on October 12, 2007. It won "Outstanding Children's Program" at the 61st Primetime Emmy Awards in 2009...
star David Henrie
David Henrie
David Clayton Henrie is an American actor, television writer, and producer. He is noted for playing Ted Mosby's future son on How I Met Your Mother, Justin Russo in Wizards of Waverly Place and Larry on That's So Raven...
is set to star. To date, the only Platinum Studios television or film project to complete production and appear onscreen is Jeremiah
Jeremiah (TV series)
Jeremiah is an American television series starring Luke Perry and Malcolm-Jamal Warner that ran on the Showtime network from 2002 to 2004. The series takes place in a post-apocalyptic future where most of the adult population has been wiped out by a deadly virus.Developed by Babylon 5 creator J...
, a science-fiction TV series running on Showtime from 2002 to 2004. Currently, Platinum has in development a number of TV projects, including Indestructible Man at FOX 21
Fox 21
Fox 21 is a low-scripted and reality television production arm of 20th Century Fox, which is a division of the Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation...
.
In July 2009, Platinum Studios wrapped principal photography on the first feature film they independently financed and produced, Dead of Night, based on the Italian comic Dylan Dog
Dylan Dog
Dylan Dog is an Italian horror comics series featuring an eponymous character created by Tiziano Sclavi for the publishing house Sergio Bonelli Editore...
.
Cowboys & Aliens
Platinum Studios Chairman & CEO Scott Mitchell RosenbergScott Mitchell Rosenberg
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is a film, television producer, comic book publisher, and the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a large independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media...
created Cowboys & Aliens in 1997. It was initially bought by DreamWorks and Universal Pictures based on a one-sheet of a cowboy being chased by a spaceship. Platinum Studios published the graphic novel, written by Fred Van Lente
Fred Van Lente
Fred Van Lente is an American writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels.-Career:Van Lente is the co-founder, along with artist Ryan Dunlavey, of Evil Twin Comics, which produces his and Dunlavey’s non-fiction comic books, the first and most famous of which is Action Philosophers.Recent...
and Andrew Foley in October 2006. In September 2009, it was reported that Jon Favreau
Jon Favreau
Jonathan Kolia "Jon" Favreau is an American actor, screenwriter, film director and comedian. As an actor, he is best known for his roles in Rudy, Swingers , Very Bad Things, and The Break-Up. His notable directorial efforts include Elf, Iron Man and its sequel, and Cowboys & Aliens...
would sign on to direct the film. Transformers and Star Trek writers Alex Kurtzman
Alex Kurtzman
Alex Kurtzman is an American film and television screenwriter and producer.Kurtzman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where he met his high school friend and long time collaborator Roberto Orci...
& Roberto Orci
Roberto Orci
Roberto Gaston Orci is a Mexican-American film producer, television producer, and screenwriter.-Biography:Orci was born in Mexico City to a Mexican father and a Cuban mother. His mother had left Cuba for Mexico after Fidel Castro came to power. He is the older brother of screenwriter-producer J....
are writing the script as well as producing along with Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is a film, television producer, comic book publisher, and the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a large independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media...
, Brian Grazer, and Ron Howard.
Digital Publishing
Platinum Studios’ Digital Publishing works in three areas: web comics publishing, mobile content, and comic news and resources. It also owns the webcomics publisher DrunkDuck.Drunk Duck
On September 25, 2006, a New York Times article reported that Platinum Studios had purchased DrunkDuck.com for an undisclosed sum. DrunkDuck.com was, at the time, a web-comics community of mostly artists of non-professional status. The purchase caused slight discord amongst the community. Some felt it would help Drunk Duck's popularity and the community could only get bigger and better. Others felt Platinum comics was going to start "taking over" and claiming the rights to peoples' comics. Despite the criticism, Platinum Studios has never claimed ownership of any comic that did not enter into legal documentation with it. The DrunkDuck community actually has grown, with more subscribed users worldwide.Platinum Studios has signed several option agreements with DrunkDuck.com community members since the purchase. Currently, an intermingling of Platinum Studios-owned pro comics and independently owned non-pro comics can be found on DrunkDuck.com.
Platinum Studios Comics
Platinum Studios Comics has released books such as KISS 4K, produced in conjunction with the rock band KissKISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
, and comics by the winners of its Comic Book Challenge talent contest, including Hero by Night by D.J. Coffman (whose later public claims of non-payment for work and criticism of Platinum's business practices led Platinum CFO Brian Altounian to imply Coffman was breaking the law, though Platinum had not paid the creator for the work he unwittingly signed into their possession until the public announcements). Some of Platinum Studios Comics are intended to be distributed both online and in print, in association with DrunkDuck.com and the company’s online store. Online release will be slated to start before in-store print release. However, the company also has a significant inventory of partly or fully completed comic work that appears unlikely to ever appear, either online or in print. In addition, some Platinum Studios Comics titles are being developed for film, television, and other media, and images and content from all comics are also available for cell phones and mobile devices via Platinum's mobile storefront.
Comic Book Challenge
The Comic Book Challenge' is an annual, televised competition among aspiring comic bookComic 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...
creators sponsored by Platinum Studios and NBC
NBC
The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
. The Comic book Challenge was started in 2006. Platinum Studios’ Comic Book Challenge is presented by AT&T.
The 2007 judge’s panel consisted of Scrubs
Scrubs (TV series)
Scrubs is an American medical comedy-drama television series created in 2001 by Bill Lawrence and produced by ABC Studios. The show follows the lives of several employees of the fictional Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital. It features fast-paced screenplay, slapstick, and surreal vignettes...
regular, Donald Faison
Donald Faison
Donald Adeosun Faison is an American actor, comedian, and voice actor best known for his role as Dr. Chris Turk in the ABC comedy-drama Scrubs and as Murray in the film Clueless and the subsequent television series of the same name.Faison has also co-starred in the films Remember the Titans ,...
, Shrek
Shrek
Shrek is a 2001 American computer-animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, featuring the voices of Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and John Lithgow. Loosely based on William Steig's 1990 fairy tale picture book Shrek!...
producer John Williams, and Platinum Studios Chairman, Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg
Scott Mitchell Rosenberg is a film, television producer, comic book publisher, and the chairman of Platinum Studios, an entertainment company that controls a large independent library of comic book characters and adapts them for film, television and other media...
. The judging is based on the quality of art as well as on the quality of writing presented by the over 1,000,000 applicants that enter the contest each year. After hearing all the pitches, the judges narrow the talent pool and turn over the final decision to the voting public. Winners receive prizes from software to graphics tablet
Graphics tablet
A graphics tablet is a computer input device that enables a user to hand-draw images and graphics, similar to the way a person draws images with a pencil and paper. These tablets may also be used to capture data or handwritten signatures...
s and new PCs
Personal computer
A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...
, while competing for the first prize award of publishing their comic with Platinum Studios as well as other possible media ventures. The winner of the first Comic Book Challenge in 2006 was D. J. Coffman
D. J. Coffman
D. J. Coffman is an American cartoonist. Coffman is best known as the creator of the Hero by Night comic series and the webcomic Yirmumah. He has illustrated several other published comic books listed at this online comicography...
, who wrote the Hero by Night comic book until suspending work on the book, citing late payments from the company as the reason. I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space by Megan Rose Gedris
Megan Rose Gedris
-YU+ME:dream:YU+ME:dream is a manga-styled webcomic about a teenage girl called Fiona who spends all her time dreaming, until she meets Lia, who she falls in love with...
made the final and was subsequently also published by Platinum.
The 2007 winner was Jorge Vega with his series Gunplay
Gunplay (comics)
Gunplay is a graphic novel, written by Jorge Vega, with art by Dominic Vivona. It was published by Platinum Studios in 2008.-Publication history:Jorge was the winner of the 2007 Platinum Studios Comic Book challenge, besting over 2 million submissions....
, of which the first novel has just been released.
WOWIO
In June 2008, Platinum Studios announced that it had begun talks to acquire the online comics publishing company WOWIO. WOWIO is an American-based online destination that provides users the ability to share and consume digital media content, such as eComics and eBooks, while providing revenue generating opportunities for creators and publishers through advertising and merchandising programs. Its stated reason for the acquisition was that acquiring WOWIO would be a "major cornerstone" of "a global digital publishing distribution initiative" and help the company expand. In a press release on the Project FanboyProject Fanboy
Project Fanboy is an American website that publishes news, interviews and reviews about the American comic book industry. In addition, the site is host to comic-book fan voted awards...
website WOWIO CEO, Dr. David Palumbo expressed his avid support of the acquisition when he was quoted as saying,
Joining with Platinum Studios would allow WOWIO to fulfill its founding mission of increasing access to free books to all and would significantly enhance reaching our goal of becoming the world's leading digital content distribution source for the publishing world.
The companies projected that a transaction would be concluded early in the third quarter of 2008, and that appears to be the case. Since then, several publishers have not been paid their second quarter 2008 earnings. It appears third quarter earnings for the year, calculated on a new formula more favorable to Wowio, have been paid. Platinum Studios has since sold WOWIO, without paying second quarter royalties.
WOWIO was acquired from Platinum Studios in July 2009 and has since paid all partnering publishers in full. Platinum no longer has ownership or any percentage of WOWIO as it was acquired by Alliance Acquisitions, LLC in 2010.
In June 2010, WOWIO raised an additional $1.7 million in funding led by WOWIO CEO Brian Altounian and purchased the online community WEvolt. WEvolt enables comic book artists to create and share their work with their fans. Its online platform allows creators of comics, and soon other media, to generate revenues by participating in ad sales and other activities such as merchandising. Users can create and submit their original material for broader distribution consideration, or they can simply use the site as an aggregator of their favorite online content. WEvolt was created by Jason Badower, a comic artist from Australia who has illustrated and colored several Heroes graphic novels, and Matt Jacobs.
WOWIO later acquired the Web comics community site, DrunkDuck. DrunkDuck lets its 95,000 members post comics they have created and connect with fans.
Titles
Some of Platinum Studios’ titles include:- Alien at Large
- Alien Circus
- Atlantis Rising
- Big Amoeba
- Big Badz (by Chuck DixonChuck DixonCharles "Chuck" Dixon is an American comic book writer, best known for long runs on Batman titles in the 1990s.-Biography:Dixon grew up in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area, reading comics of all genres...
and Enrique Villagran) - Bird and Worm
- Blood NationBlood NationBlood Nation is a four-issue comic book mini-series by Platinum Studios. -Plot:In the future, the world is reeling from an outbreak of vampirism...
- Complex(by Geoffrey ThorneGeoffrey ThorneGeoffrey Thorne is an American screenwriter, novelist and actor.Thorne was born in the United States. After a successful career as a television actor, Thorne began writing professionally, winning Second Prize in Simon & Schuster's sixth annual Strange New Worlds anthology with his story "The Soft...
) - Consumed
- Cowboys & Aliens (by Fred Van LenteFred Van LenteFred Van Lente is an American writer, primarily of comic books and graphic novels.-Career:Van Lente is the co-founder, along with artist Ryan Dunlavey, of Evil Twin Comics, which produces his and Dunlavey’s non-fiction comic books, the first and most famous of which is Action Philosophers.Recent...
and Andrew Foley) - Hero by Night
- Ghosting
- GunplayGunplay (comics)Gunplay is a graphic novel, written by Jorge Vega, with art by Dominic Vivona. It was published by Platinum Studios in 2008.-Publication history:Jorge was the winner of the 2007 Platinum Studios Comic Book challenge, besting over 2 million submissions....
(by Jorge Vega, with art by Dominic Vivona) - Hot Shot & Mighty Girl
- I Was Kidnapped By Lesbian Pirates From Outer Space (by Megan Rose GedrisMegan Rose Gedris-YU+ME:dream:YU+ME:dream is a manga-styled webcomic about a teenage girl called Fiona who spends all her time dreaming, until she meets Lia, who she falls in love with...
) - Incursion
- KISS 4K
- Modest Medusa
- Nightfall
- Positive
- Red Mantis
- Unique
- The WeaponThe Weapon (comics)-Plot:Martial arts enthusiast Tommy Zhou invented a means to create solid objects from light—and invented a superhero persona to promote it, The Weapon! He even concocted an origin story for himself based on ancient Chinese legends, his grandfather told him, as a child...
External links
- http://www.animationmagazine.net/article/6608
- http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/070720/20070720005157.html?.v=1
- http://www.platinumstudios.com/news/article.php?article=138
- http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/06/20/breaking-work-for-hire-is-bad
- Interview with the Cowboys and Aliens II Creative Team