Defunct American comic book company
Renegade Press was an Americancomic book company, founded byCanadian Deni Loubert , that operated from 1984 to 1988. Notable titles published by Renegade includedFlaming Carrot ,Ms. Tree , andnormalman .
Loubert was publisher ofAardvark-Vanaheim until she and husbandDave Sim (owner and major contributor to Aardvark-Vanaheim) divorced, at which point she started Renegade and moved to the United States. With the move, all of Aardvark-Vanaheim's titles (with the exception ofCerebus ) left that publisher to continue with Renegade. These includedFlaming Carrot Comics ,normalman ,Neil the Horse , andMs. Tree .
Although Renegade started in high-profile fashion, its titles suffered from low print runs.[ 1] In early 1988, Renegade refit its publishing strategy,[ 2] but suspended all publications later that year. In July 1989 the publisher was shut down for good.[ 3]
3-D Zone Pack Vol. 2 (#6–10)3-D Zone Set Agent Unknown (1987–1988), #1–3Amusing Stories Howard Cruse 's Barefootz: The Comix Book Stories (1986), #1Cases of Sherlock Holmes (1986–1989), #1–15 (moved toNorthstar Publications )Cecil Kunkle Vol. 1 (1986), #1Ditko's World Featuring...Static (1986), #1–3 (considered Robin Snyder'sRevolver #7–9 as per the title page of #3)Eternity Smith (1986–1987), #1–5 (moved toHero Comics )Flaming Carrot (1985), #6–17French Ice featuring Carmen Cru (1987–1988), #1–13Friends (1987), #1–3Gene Day's Black Zeppelin Holiday Out (1987), #1–3Kafka Kilgore #1-4Love Fantasy Manimal (1986), #1Maxwell Mouse Follies (1986), #1–6Mechthings (1987–1988), #1–3Ms. Tree (1985–1989), #16–50 (from Aardvark-Vanaheim, #16–18 published with Aardvark-Vanaheim)Ms. Tree 3-D (1985), #1Ms. Tree Rock & Roll Summer Special (1986), #1Murder (1986), #1–3 (considered Robin Snyder'sRevolver #10–12 as per the title pages of #11 and #12)Neil the Horse (1984–1988), #11–15 (from Aardvark-Vanaheim)normalman (1985), #9–12, 3-D Annual #1 (from Aardvark-Vanaheim)Open Season (moved toStrawberry Jam Comics )Phony Pages (1986), #1–2Renegade Romance Robyn Snyder'sRevolver (1985–1986), #1–6 Robot Comics (1987), #0Roscoe The Dawg, Ace Detective Shadows from the Grave The Silent Invasion (1986–1987), #1–10 (moved toCaliber Comics )The Spiral Cage (1986), non-numberedStarbikers Starbinders Strata (1986), #1–5Suburban Nightmares (1988), #1–4T-Minus-1 (1988), #1Tony Bravado: Trouble-Shooter (1988), #1–2Trypto The Acid Dog (1988), #1Valentino Vicki Valentine (1985), #1Wimmen's Comix (1986–1987), #11–13 (fromLast Gasp ; continued atRip Off Press )Wordsmith (1985–1988), #1–12 (reprinted byCaliber Comics )^ "High Profile and Low Print Runs",The Comics Journal #119 (January 1988), pp. 40–48. ^ "Renegade Refits Publishing Strategy",The Comics Journal #127 (February 1989), pp. 17–18. ^ "Renegade Shuts Down",The Comics Journal #130 (July 1989), p. 23.
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