Red Giant Entertainment, Inc. is a Florida-headquartered

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publisher and "

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" entertainment company established in 2005. Red Giant was founded by Benny R. Powell, former marketing writer for Priceline.com. Other key players included David Campiti, director and COO; and Chris Crosby, CTO and the CEO of Keenspot Entertainment. Mark " Markiplier" Fischbach joined the board in November 2014.

History

The company was incorporated June 27, 2005, in

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under the name Castmor Resources, Ltd. Red Giant Entertainment, Inc., meanwhile, was established in

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, in 2010. Castmore acquired Red Giant Entertainment on June 11, 2012; changing its name to Red Giant Entertainment, Inc. on June 26, 2012. On March 4, 2013, Red Giant acquired ComicGenesis, LLC (" ComicGenesis"), a Nevada

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that operated a user-generated comics site that hosted over 10,000 independent

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. David Campiti of Glass House Graphics joined Red Giant's board of directors in 2013, as board director and COO; he left the company in 2018.

Works

Comics

Webcomics

Red Giant published webcomics with partner

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. Titles included ''Wayward Sons: Legends'', ''Exposure'', ''Jade Warriors'', ''Buzzboy'', ''Medusa's Daughter'', ''Katrina'', and ''

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Giant-Size Comics

Red Giant's ''Giant-Size Comics'' was a print comic book line of free, ad-supported anthology titles which debuted on May 3, 2014, as part of

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. The line featured work by Mort Castle, story editor Brian Augustyn, and

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. As of 2019, Red Giant began crowdfunding projects under the Absolute Comics imprint. Comics falling under this label are all set within one shared universe, with cross-over events happening frequently. Some of the series in the Absolute Comics Universe are ''White Widow'', ''Dual Identity'', and ''Wayward Sons''.

Collections

* ''The Cartoon Art of Mike Deodato, Jr.'' (Dec 2013) * ''Mike Deodato's Jade Warriors'' (Spring 2014) * ''Mike Deodato's Comics & Stories'' (Summer 2014) * ''Mike Deodato Jr's Sketchbook'' (2014)

Graphic novels

: Source: * ''Banzai Girl Volume 1 Dreams Betrayed'' (November 2014) * ''Buzzboy: Sidekicks Rule!'' Paperback (January 3, 2012) * ''Drow Tales Volume 1: Moonless Age'' TP Paperback (July 3, 2012) * ''Exposure Volume 1'' (January 21, 2014) * ''Exposure Volume 2 Blind Faith'' (November 2014) * ''Medusa's Daughter'' Graphic Novel HC (2012) * ''Medusa's Daughter'' Graphic Novel Library HC (February 17, 2015) * ''Roboy Red'' Graphic Novel Comic (2012) * ''Wayward Sons Volume 1 (Wayward Sons: Legends)'' (December 2011) * ''Wayward Sons Volume 2 (Wayward Sons: Legends)'' (February 2014) * ''Wayward Sons Volume 3'' (April 2014) * ''Wayward Sons Volume 4'' (October 2014)

Film

The following Red Giant Media film projects are in various stages of development, production or release: * ''Niko: The Journey To Magika'' (Released on

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on December 12, 2014) * ''Katrina'' (status: In production) * '' Omphalos (2014)'' (status: post-production) * '' Shockwave, Darkside'' (status: RELEASED; UK Premiere: August 21, 2014)

Television

The following Red Giant television projects are in various stages of development and production. * ''Exposure'' (status: development announced;

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producer)

Video Games and Apps

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America Inc. announced a partnership to provide more comic influenced games on July 23, 2014.

Controversy

Red Giant became embroiled in controversy related to a benefit comic it sponsored in response to the March

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. In April 2011 the company announced it was spearheading ''Japan Needs Heroes'', a

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crowd-funded anthology project which was intended to benefit "victims of Japan's tragedies." Including a foreword by

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, and contributions from, among others,

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, and

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, the project was described this way: The project was fully funded in May 2011, and a second round of funding took place in 2013. By January 2014, however, nothing had been delivered to project backers. Finally, in January 2015, digital downloads were sent to the Kickstarter backers. In regardings to the printed hardcover and paperback books, however, although Red Giant claimed the project had gone to the printer, as of at least February 2015 nothing had not been mailed to project backers. In the summer of 2015, at

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, Lee and Campiti displayed printed copies of ''Japan Needs Heroes'' (although still no hard copies had been delivered). Finally, after many years of silence, Powell of Red Giant claimed that the books (and associated merchandise) had been held by the warehouse company and not released. Ultimately, Red Giant issued refunds and released the donations to the Japan Society.

References

External links

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