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Renegade Press
Renegade Press was an American comic book company, founded by Canadian Deni Loubert, that operated from 1984 to 1988. Notable titles published by Renegade included '' Flaming Carrot'', '' Ms. Tree'', and '' normalman''. History Loubert was publisher of Aardvark-Vanaheim until she and husband Dave Sim (owner and major contributor to Aardvark-Vanaheim) divorced, at which point she started Renegade and moved to the United States. With the move, all of Aardvark-Vanaheim's titles (with the exception of ''Cerebus'') left that publisher to continue with Renegade. These included '' Flaming Carrot Comics'', '' normalman'', ''Neil the Horse'', and '' Ms. Tree''. Although Renegade started in high-profile fashion, its titles suffered from low print runs. In early 1988, Renegade refit its publishing strategy, but suspended all publications later that year. In July 1989 the publisher was shut down for good."Renegade Shuts Down", ''The Comics Journal'' #130 (July 1989), p. 23. Titles * ''Age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deni Loubert
Denise "Deni" Loubert (born September 30, 1951) Miller, John Jackson"Comics Industry Birthdays" ''Comics Buyer's Guide'', June 10, 2005. Accessed July 19, 2011WebCitation archive is a Canadian comics publisher, co-founder of Aardvark-Vanaheim, and founder of Renegade Press. She is the ex-wife of Dave Sim, with whom she founded Aardvark-Vanaheim and published '' Cerebus'' from issues #1 to #77 (1977–1985). Loubert and Sim met in 1976 and were married from October 6, 1978 to August 20, 1983. The barbarian aardvark Cerebus was sketched initially by Sim as a mascot to accompany Loubert's proposed fanzine, ''Cerebus,'' so titled when Loubert misspelled Cerberus, the name of the mythical dog guarding Hades. (The fanzine went unpublished.)Sim, Dave"Memoir: WHY AN AARDVARK? Part Two,"CerebusFanGirl. Accessed July 19, 2011.. Aardvark-Vanaheim, managed by Loubert, began publishing other comics besides ''Cerebus'', such as William Messner-Loebs' '' Journey'' and Bob Burden's '' Flaming ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barefootz
Howard Cruse (May 2, 1944 – November 26, 2019) was an American alternative cartoonist known for the exploration of gay themes in his comics. First coming to attention in the 1970s during the underground comix Underground comix are small press or self-published comic books that are often socially relevant or satirical in nature. They differ from mainstream comics in depicting content forbidden to mainstream publications by the Comics Code Authority, ... movement with ''Barefootz'', he was the founding editor of ''Gay Comix'' in 1980, created the gay-themed strip ''Wendel'' during the 1980s, and reached a more mainstream audience in 1995 when an imprint of DC Comics published his graphic novel ''Stuck Rubber Baby.'' Early life Cruse was born on May 2, 1944 in Birmingham, Alabama and raised in nearby Springville, Alabama, Springville, the son of a preacher and a homemaker. His earliest published cartoons were in ''The Baptist Student'' when he was in high school. His work l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |