Markosia is a British

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publishing company.

History

Markosia was founded by Harry Markos in 2004. He employed Richard Emms (previously of APC) as the Editor-in-chief as well as lead designer. in

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

. Markosia had already published Harry Gallan's ''The Lexian Chronicles'' novel and the initial plan was to produce comic adaptations of novels, such as ''The Lexian Chronicles'' and G.P. Taylor's '' Shadowmancer''. They subsequently secured the license to adapt ''

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'', leading to a broadening in the business plan. This would further expand when Markosia brought Chuck Satterlee on board as Director of Operations. Satterlee moved over from

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after their troubles in

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and he assisted in bringing over a number of titles with him, giving Markosia a range of original comic titles. These included ''The Hunger'' by creators Jose Torres and Chris Dibari and Chimaera Studios's with their 8 titles. In

2007 2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year. Events January * January 1 **Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...

Markosia re-branded themselves for the comics Direct Market by merging with AAM (Associated Arts and Media) to form AAM Markosia. In

2008 2008 was designated as: *International Year of Languages *International Year of Planet Earth *International Year of the Potato *International Year of Sanitation The Great Recession, a worldwide recession which began in 2007, continued throu ...

the company signed a number of properties such as The Boy Who Made Silence, Ritual, N-Guard, Serpent Wars and Eagle Award nominated anthology title Eleventh Hour.

Publications

Their titles include: *''Abiding Perdition'' (by Nick Schley and Pedro Delgado) *''Alpha Gods'': **''Alpha Gods: Emergence'' (by Ian Sharman and Ezequiel Pineda) **''Alpha Gods: Betrayal'' (by Ian Sharman and Ezequiel Pineda) **''Alpha Gods: Revelation'' (by Ian Sharman and JJ Alonso) **''Alpha Gods: Omnibus'' (by Ian Sharman, Ezequiel Pineda and JJ Alonso) *''

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'' (adapted from

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by Petri Hiltunen) *''

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'' (by Steve Stern and Chris Steininger) * ''The Boy Who Made Silence'' (by Joshua Hagler) *''Breathe'' (by John Sheridan and Kit Wallis) *''

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'' (by Alan Grant, David Bircham and Daley Osiyemi, issue 7 onwards and a trade paperback, August 2006. ) *''Brothers - The Fall of Lucifer'' (by

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and Wendy Alec/Sam Hart) * Chrono-Cat (by Stu Perrins and Armando Zanker.) *''Cosmic Debris'' (Stu Perrins and John E. Murphy) *''Dark Mists'' (by Annika Eade and

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, Markosia, 2005-) *''Dryland Book One'' (2016) by Con Chrisoulis *''Done to Death'' (by Andrew Foley and

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, 5-issue miniseries, 2006) *''Eleventh Hour'' (anthology edited by Ian Sharman) *''The Hand of Glory (''by Mark Bertolini and numerous artists), pulp anthology *''Hero: 9 to 5'': **''Hero: 9 to 5'' (by Ian Sharman and David Gray) **''Hero: 9 to 5 - Quietus'' (by Ian Sharman and David Gray) **''Hero: 9 to 5 - Disposable Heroes'' (by Ian Sharman and David Gray) *''Hero Killer'' (by Tony McDougall and Martinho Abreu) *''Hollow Girl'' (by Luke Cooper) *''Hypergirl'' (by Ian Sharman and David Wynne) *''The Intergalactic Adventures Of Zakk Ridley'' (by Ian Sharman, Pete Rogers and Ewan McLaughlin) *''Kate and William: A Very Public Love Story'' (written by

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, 60 pages, April 2011, ) collects: **'' William Windsor: A Very Public Prince'' (with art by

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, 36 pages, April 2011, ) **''

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: A Very Private Princess'' (with art by Mike Collins, 36 pages, April 2011, ) *''Knowledge'' (by Mark Bertolini, Jerome Eyquem) *''Kong: King of Skull Island'' (by Joe DeVito, Andy Briggs, Chuck Satterlee, Dan O'Connor and Scott Larson) *''The Lady & The Lost World'' (by Ian Sharman, Hakan Aydın and Loles Romero) *''The Last Magician'' (by Sean Meighen and Thien Uncage) *''The Lexian Chronicles'' (by Harry Gallan with art by Inaki Miranda and

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) *''Long Gone'' (by Mark Bertolini, Ted Pogo, OGN) * Megatomic Battle Rabbit (by Stu Perrins and Israel Huertas.) *''Midnight Kiss'' (by

and

/Kieran Oats, 5-issue mini-series) *''Mutation'' (by George T. Singley and

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) *''N-Guard'' (by Jon Bryans and Philip Jackson) *''Of Bitter Souls'' (by Chuck Satterlee and

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) *''Project Eon'' (by Brett Thompson, Freddie Williams II and Shawn McGuan) *''Pumpernickel'' (by Luke Cooper) *''Return Of The Son Of Eleventh Hour'' (anthology edited by Ian Sharman) *''Reya'' (by Morag and Sergei Lewis) *''Ritual'' (by Andy Briggs and Shawn McCauley) *''Scatterbrain'' by Brendan Deneen and Szymon Kudranski *''Serpent Wars'' (by Christian Rodríguez, Chris Campanozzi and Antonio Rojo) *''Seven Tales from King Arthur's Court by Edmund Dulac and John Erskine Editor Albert Seligman *'' Shadowmancer'' (by

and G.P. Taylor/Pedro Delgado, 10-issue adaptation) *''Silent Ghost'' (by George T. Singley, Thien Do and Brett Weldele) *''Smoke & Mirror'' (by Chuck Satterlee) *''

'': **''Blaze of Glory'' (by

and Sam Hart, previously published through

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) **''Dead Man's Hand'' (by

and Neil Edwards) **''Damaged Justice'' (by

and Shanth Enjeti) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' #1-4 ''Marooned'' (by

and Chris DiBari) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' #5-8 ''Bad Blood'' (by Cy Dethan and Paul Green) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' #9-10 ''Triple Threat'' (by Cy Dethan,

, Christian Beranek - stories and Scott James, Jim Boswell, Neil Edwards - art) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' #11-14 ''Fool's Errand'' (by Cy Dethan and Diego Simone) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' ''War Stories - Vandals One Shots'' (by Cy Dethan and Various) *''The Tizzle Sisters'' (by

and G.P. Taylor, Dan Boultwood,

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hybrid, October 2006) *''The Flying Friar'' (by

and Thomas Nachlik) *''The Hill'' (by Sal Cipriano and Jok) *''Hope Falls'' (by

and Dan Boultwood, 5-issue mini-series) *''Jazan Wild's Carnival of Souls'' (by Jazan Wild, Stefan Petrucha, and Kevin Conrad) *''Haven'' (by Leonardo Ramirez, ongoing series) *''Serpent Wars'' (by Christian Rodriguez and Chris Campanozzi/Antonio Rojo, graphic novel) *''The Dark'' (by Chris Lynch and Rick Lundeen, 4-issue mini-series) *''Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth'' (by Cy Dethan and Stephen Downey, 6-issue mini-series) *''The Indifference Engine: A Holographic Novel'' (by Cy Dethan and Rob Carey, 4-issue mini-series) *''

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(''adapted by Adam Fyda from the novel of

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, graphic novel'')'' *''Slaughterman's Creed'' (by Cy Dethan and Stephen Downey, 5-issue mini-series) *'' Bayou Arcana'' (by Various Male Writers and Various Female Artists, graphic anthology) *''Urban Legends'' (by Steven Stone and various artists, graphic novel anthology) *''Voyaga'' (by Brandon Barrows, Ionic and Rudolf Montemayor, graphic novel. . October 2012) *''Dark Lies, Darker Truths'' (by Dino Caruso and Sami Kivelä, graphic novel. . October 2012) *''Z Time'' (by Fernando Gabriel Sosa,graphic novel. March 2012) *''Words On A Wall'' (by Ian Sharman)

Notes

References

*
Markosia
at the International Catalogue of Superheroes

External links

*{{official website, http://www.markosia.com

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