Teshkeel Comics ( ar, تشكيل كومكس, translit=taškeel komiks, or more formally تشكيل للقصص المصورة ''taškeel li-l-qiṣaṣ al-muṣawwara'') is a

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, and a division of Teshkeel Media Group, a company focused on creating, re-engineering and exploiting all forms of children's media based on or infused with localised culture in the

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History

Teshkeel Comics was founded by Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa while studying for his

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in 2003. In

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, Teshkeel had established a partnership with

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to publish their comic book titles in the

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to be released for audiences in the Middle East and

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n regions, which are an Arab-speaking majority. On March 16, 2006, Teshkeel released their first published comic, which was an issue of ''

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'' in Arabic. Teshkeel also made deals with

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and

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comics, Teshkeel also published an original

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comic book series, ''

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''. ''The 99'' debuted in May 2006, and continued to be published until September 2013. Teshkeel published ''The 99'' in

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, Arabic, and

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, among other languages. ''The 99'' was distributed in

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via

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. Teshkeel Comics also published a licensed children's magazine based on

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's characters and series. This magazine was published in both English and Arabic.

Published works

Original titles

* ''

'' (Arabic and English)

Licensed titles

* ''

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'' (Arabic only) * ''Archie and Friends'' (Arabic only) * ''

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'' (Arabic only; based on Volume 2) * ''Cartoon Network Magazine'' (Arabic and English) * ''

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'' (Arabic only; based on the 2000 series) * ''Marvel'' (Arabic only; umbrella title for various stories of miscellaneous Marvel characters, such as

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) * ''

'' (Arabic only) * ''

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'' (Arabic only) * ''

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'' (Arabic only) * ''

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'' (Arabic only)

References

External links

{{Portal, Comics
Teshkeel Comics
at the Comic Book DB

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'', September 28, 2006
Comics to Battle for Truth, Justice and the Islamic Way
''

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'', January 22, 2006
Can Comics Change the Arab World?
''

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'', February 15, 2007
Teshkeel in India - Comicology
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