Viper Comics
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| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | Comics |
| Founded 📆 | |
| Founder 👔 | |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | , Dallas, Texas , United States |
Area served 🗺️ | |
Key people | Jessie Garza (President/Publisher) Dale Mettam (Editor-in-Chief) Tony Garza (Senior Creative and Digital Director) |
| Products 📟 | Comic books, graphic novels, trade paperbacks |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | vipercomics.com |
| 📇 Address | |
| 📞 telephone | |
Viper Comics is an American comics publisher that first published works in 2003.
History[edit]
Viper Comics is based in Texas, USA;[1] according to its website it is based in Irving, an inner ring suburb of Dallas.[2][non-primary source needed] Its president since its foundation is Jessie Garza.[3][4] The company was established in 2001, though its first comics were printed in 2003, launching with Dead@17 and Moon Rush.[1][5] Dead@17 was a "sleeper hit" for the company and received positive reviews.[6]
Viper comic books have been distributed by Diamond Comic Distributors and their graphic novels are distributed through Diamond, Ingram Books, Baker & Taylor, Inc., and other distributors.[7][non-primary source needed]
Works published[edit]
The following is a list of titles published by Viper Comics:[8][unreliable source?]
- Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
- A Bit Haywire
- Battle Smash Vs. The Saucermen From Venus[9]
- Blue Agave & Worm
- Daisy Kutter
- Dead@17 – one of Viper Comics' first two titles,[5][10] but later moved to Image Comics.[11]
- Dummy's Guide to Danger
- Emily Edison – recommended by The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALS) in 2007 as one of its Great Graphic Novels for Teens[12]
- "The Expendable One"
- Hell House: The Awakening[13]
- Inspector Gadget
- Karma Incorporated
- Kid Houdini and the Silver Dollar Misfits[14][15]
- The Lost Books of Eve
- The Middleman – recommended by The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALS) in 2007 as one of its Great Graphic Novels for Teens[12]
- Missing Linx
- Moon Rush – one of Viper Comics' first two titles[5]
- Nosferatu[16]
- Oddly Normal – first published with Viper Comics but later moved to Image Comics[17]
- Random Encounter
- Sasquatch (Sasquatch Comic Anthology)
- Stu Bear in the 25th Century
- Villains
- Vendor
Web[edit]
Viper Comics' website has also featured several webcomics, though the current site does not host any webcomics:
- Bob the Squirrel
- Brinkerhoff
- The Horrible Pirates
- Muffin Time
- RiverSide
- Small Wonder
- Ugly Hill
- You'll Have That
Adaptations to other media[edit]
Viper's comic series The Middleman was adapted into a TV show of the same name, though the show was cancelled after one season.[18][19]
Current activity[edit]
Though the Viper Comics website is still online, it has not updated since 2014 and its shop page is not functioning.[20][21] Its Twitter account has also been inactive since 2014.[22]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 St-Louis, Hervé (October 5, 2003). "Introducing Viper Comics". www.comicbookbin.com. Retrieved 2021-04-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Contact – Viper Comics". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Viper Comics". 2003-03-12. Archived from the original on 2003-03-12. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "About Us – Viper Comics". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Ness, Alexander (October 18, 2003). "Viper Comics: New Kids On The Block". slushfactory.com. Archived from the original on 2003-10-19. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Singh, Arune (February 2, 2004). "Alive and Well: Jessie Garza Previews 'Dead @17 #4'". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2004-06-14. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Viper Comics, About Us". 2010.
- ↑ "Comic Book DB - Viper Comics". www.comicbookdb.com. 2007.
- ↑ Battle Smash Vs. The Saucermen From Venus - review, Broken Frontier, May 26, 2010
- ↑ 2DArtist Magazine Issue 002 February 2006. p. 27. Search this book on
- ↑ "Dead@17". Image Comics. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 "2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens". YALSA. 2007. Archived from the original on 2009-07-28. Retrieved 2009-11-12. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Hell House: The Awakening - Synopis and Review, MoreHorror.com, October, 2010
- ↑ Silver Dollar Mystery: An Inter-Review - Part 1, Broken Frontier, August 14, 2008
- ↑ Silver Dollar Mystery: An Inter-Review - Part 2, Broken Frontier, August 15, 2008
- ↑ Rue Morgue 106 (Nov 2010). p. 51. Search this book on
- ↑ "Big News For Oddly Normal! A Conversation With Otis Frampton". bleedingcool.com. August 7, 2015. Retrieved 2021-04-20. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "The Middleman". The Hollywood Reporter. 2008-06-12. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ 'The Middleman': ABC Family TV Show Canceled, No Season Two Archived 2009-02-23 at Archive.today
- ↑ "Viper Comics - Comics, Graphic Novels, Web Comics". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "Shop – Viper Comics". Retrieved 2021-04-20.
- ↑ "the viperbot". Twitter. Retrieved 2021-04-20. Unknown parameter
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