Renegade Press was an American

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

company, founded by

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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

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until she and husband

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(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 ''

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'') left that publisher to continue with Renegade. These included '' Flaming Carrot Comics'', '' normalman'', ''

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'', 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

* ''Agent Unknown'' * ''Amusing Stories'' * ''3-D Zone Pack'' Vol. 2 (#6–10) * ''3-D Zone Set'' * ''

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'' * ''Cases of Sherlock Holmes'' (1986–1989), #1–15 (moved to Northstar Publications) * ''Cecil Kunkle'' Vol. 1 (1986) * '' Ditko's World Featuring...Static'' (actually ''Revolver'' #7–9) * ''Eternity Smith'' (#1–5, then moved to Hero Comics) * '' Flaming Carrot'' (1985) (#6–17) * ''French Ice'' * ''Friends'' * ''Gene Day's Black Zeppelin'' * ''Holiday Out'' * ''Howard Cruse's Barefootz: The Comix Book Stories'' * ''Kafka'' * ''Kilgore'' * ''Love Fantasy'' * ''Manimal'' * ''Maxwell Mouse Follies'' * ''Mechthings'' * '' Ms. Tree'' * ''Ms. Tree 3-D'' * ''Ms. Tree Rock & Roll Summer Special'' * ''Murder'' (actually ''Revolver'' #10–12) * ''

'' * '' normalman'' (1985) (#9–12, 3-D Annual #1) * '' Open Season'' (moved to

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) * ''Phony Pages'' * ''Renegade Romance'' * ''Revolver'' * ''Robot Comics'' * ''Roscoe The Dawg, Ace Detective'' * ''Shadows from the Grave'' * '' The Silent Invasion'' (moved to

Caliber Comics Caliber Comics or Caliber Press is an American comic book publisher founded in 1989 by Gary Reed. Featuring primarily creator-owned comics, Caliber published over 1,300 comics in the decade following its inception and is ranked as one of America ...

) * ''Spiral Cage'' * ''Starbikers'' * ''Starbinders'' * ''Strata'' * ''Suburban Nightmares'' * ''T-Minus-1'' * ''Tony Bravado: Trouble-Shooter'' * ''Trypto The Acid Dog'' * ''Valentino'' * ''Vicki Valentine'' * ''

Wimmen's Comix ''Wimmen's Comix'', later titled ''Wimmin's Comix'', is an influential all-female underground comics anthology published from 1972 to 1992. Though it covered a wide range of genres and subject matters, ''Wimmen's Comix'' focused more than other an ...

'' #11–13 * ''Wordsmith'' (moved to

)

References

{{Authority control Defunct comics and manga publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1984