Otter Press is an Australian

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company, which releases the American ''

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'' series in Australia. Otter began publishing in 1998 with ''Simpsons Comics'' #32, and have published hundreds of different Simpsons books since then, spanning over ten series. They have also published various

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, movie, and other

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History

''Simpsons Comics'' were initially published in Australia by Trielle Corporation (Trielle Komix), between 1993 and 1997. In 1998 Trielle went into

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at which time Rik Booth and Ross Alexander approached

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, the American producers of ''Simpson Comics'' and secured the Australasian publishing rights to the comics. Booth had previously worked as a consultant for

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in the Australasian market. They then established Otter Press, with their first issue of ''Simpsons Comics'' (Issue No. 32) released in 1998. The comics were originally printed bi-monthly, but due to popular demand, earlier issues were released every month that a "new" edition was unavailable. Issues #15 to #31 were released between 1999 and 2001 in four American trade paperback editions. The ''Bart Simpson'' comics series, for the first 15 issues, was padded out to 64 pages with a free ''Radioactive Man'' issue inside. Later editions dropped

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, and combined two US comics into one release. In 2008, Otter Press began releasing

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comics every two months instead of their old quarterly schedule. Recent editions now alternate between reprinting two US editions of the comic in a single issue, with the next issue containing one US edition and older stories taken from the ''One Shot Wonders'' series. Otter Press also published titles featuring

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characters,

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, and

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. They have also issued one-shot comic book movie adaptations (including ''Batman Begins'', ''X-Men: The Last Stand'') as well as magazines based on popular toy lines, such as Action Man Magazine.Currently their page is shut down as well as their comics which they stopped making a couple years back. So there is no longer new issues of any of their series of comics as of 2018.

Comics titles published

* '' Futurama Comics'' * ''

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'' The Official Magazine 2009- * ''

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'' Digest * ''

'' Activity Special 2009- * ''

'' All-Star 2008 * ''

'' Comic Capers! Magazine 2009- * ''

'' Magazine 2008 * ''

'' Magazine 2008- * ''

'' 1998- * ''

'' The Official Magazine 2007- * ''

Shrek ''Shrek'' is a 2001 American animated fantasy comedy film directed by Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson, and written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman, loosely based on the 1990 children's picture boo ...

'' 2004 * ''

Tom and Jerry ''Tom and Jerry'' is an American Animated cartoon, animated media franchise and series of comedy short films created in 1940 by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera. Best known for its 161 theatrical short films by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the series ...

'' Activity Special * ''

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'' Digest * ''

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'' Digest * ''

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'' Digest * '' Batman: The Brave and the Bold ''SuperMag 2012-''

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History

Comics titles published

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