Sirius Entertainment was an American

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company which operated from 1994 to 2007. Sirius Entertainment was founded by Robb Horan, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Larry Salamone, Fassbender, Tom. "A Sirius Interview: With Two Sirius Guys," '' Capital Comics Internal Correspondance'' (May 1995), pp. 1–3. and was dedicated from the outset to publishing

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properties. Originally based in

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. Sirius published popular titles such as Linsner's ''

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'', Drew Hayes' ''

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'',

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's '' Akiko'',

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's '' Scary Godmother'', and Mark Smylie's epic fantasy '' Artesia''. Linsner left the company around 2001. In the early 2000s, Sirius signed a bookstore distribution agreement with Diamond Comic Distributors."Sirius Entertainment Signs with Diamond for Bookstore Distribution,"
Diamond News. Retrieved Dec. 27, 2021. Sirius appears to have gone defunct in 2007; by 2010, the company's line of back issues were being sold by Horan via his websit
CosmicTherapy.com
By 2021 the Sirius Entertainment website, sirius-entertainment.com, had changed hands.

Titles (selected)

* '' Akiko'' by

(52 issues, Dec. 1995–Feb 2004) * ''

Animal Mystic ''Animal Mystic'' is a comic book series by Greg "Dark One" Williams. Publication history ''Animal Mystic'' debuted in 1993 and ran through 1995, originally published by Cry For Dawn Productions and then by Sirius Entertainment. Other ...

'' by Dark One (4 issues, 1994–1995) — acquired from Cry For Dawn Productions * ''Angry Christ Comix'' by Joseph Michael Linsner (one-shot, 1994) * '' Artesia'' by Mark Smylie (two limited series, 1999–2001) — moved to Archaia Studios Press * '' Banzai Girl'' by

Jinky Coronado James Connolly Johnstone (30 September 1944 – 13 March 2006) was a Scottish footballer who played as an outside right. Known as "Jinky" for his elusive dribbling style, Johnstone played for Celtic for 13 years, and was part of the ' Lis ...

and

Wilson Tortosa Wilson "Wunan" Tortosa is a Filipino comic book artist best known for his works on ''Tomb Raider'' and the American re-launch of ''Battle of The Planets'' for Top Cow Productions. Wilson studied in the Philippine Cultural High School and graduate ...

Banza Girls website
Archived at the Wayback Machine. (5 issues, 2002–2003) — moved to Arcana Studio * ''Chi-Chian'' by

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(6 issues, 1997–1998) * ''

'' by Joseph Michael Linsner (various series and one-shots, 1995–2000) — acquired from Cry For Dawn Productions; moved to Image Comics * ''Deady'' by

(2007) * ''Demongate'' by Bao Lin Hum, Steve Blevins, and Colin Chan (10 issues, 1996–1997) * '' Dogwitch'' by Daniel Schaffer (18 issues, Dec. 2002–Oct. 2005) * ''Eleven or One: An Angry Christ Comic'' by Joseph Michael Linsner (one-shot, 1995) * ''Empty Zone'' by Jason Shawn Alexander (8 issues, 1998–1999) * ''Fang'' by Kevin J. Taylor (two limited series, 1995–1996) * ''Halo, an Angel’s Story'' by Christopher Knowles (4 issues, 1996) * ''Model by Day'' by Kevin J. Taylor (1994) * ''Oh My Goth!'' by

(various short series and one-shots, 1998–2002) * ''

'' by Drew Hayes (80 issues plus various short series and one-shots, une1995–Nov. 2007) — acquired from Drew Hayes' Mulehide Graphics; moved to Ape Entertainment * ''Safety Belt Man'' by Robb Horan and Dark One (6 issues, 1994–1996) * '' Scary Godmother'' by

(various short series and one-shots, 1997–2005) * '' Super Information Hijinks: Reality Check!'' by

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(12 issues, 1996–Oct. 1998) * ''Tower'' by

Sean McKeever Sean Kelley McKeever (born 1972) is an American comic book writer. Born in Appleton, Wisconsin he grew up in Eagle River. Career Since the end of his creator-owned teen drama series '' The Waiting Place'', which was published from 1997 to 20 ...

(2002)

References

External links

*
CosmicTherapy.com

Official site
(cache)
List of characters
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