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| Founded | 1977 |
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| Founder | Stanley R. Harris |
| Defunct | 2016; 9 years ago (2016) |
| Successor | Athlon Media Group |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Publication types | Consumer magazines,comic magazines |
| Nonfiction topics | Lifestyle, business, health, guns and weaponry, automotive, decorating, gardening, beauty, sports, outdoor living, entertainment, history |
| Official website | [1] |
Harris Publications Inc. was an American special interest media company, operating over 75 brands with print, digital, mobile and live-event platforms prior to its sale toAthlon Media in 2016.[1] It produced magazines that educate, entertain and inform. Subject matters spanned an array of interests including decorating, gardening, beauty, automotive, entrepreneurship and small business, sports, outdoor living, history, tactical, entertainment and wellness. Harris' titles covered a variety of markets and focused on niche special interests, primarily in the United States.
Harris Comics (sold in 2010 toDynamic Forces) published the former Warren Publishing characterVampirella for nearly two decades.[2] Harris sold additional magazine brands including the basketball magazine Slam in 1998,[3] African-American women's lifestyle magazine Honey in 1999,[4]Guitar World in 2003 and XXL in 2014.[5] Athlon Media acquired Harris Publications' magazine brands and websites in 2016 including Harris Farmers Almanac, American Frontiersman, Flea Market Style, Real Gardens and Music Icons.[6]
Harris Publications was founded in 1977 byStanley R. Harris, who had been in the magazine publishing business since the late 1960s.[7] Harris's father William invented the Harris Press printing press.[8]
One of Harris Publications' first successful and long-running titles wasGuitar World, which it published beginning in 1980, before selling the property toFuture US in 2003.[9] The company sold its music and millennial division including XXL to Townsquare Media in 2014. XXL was one of the largest music sites focusing on hip-hop and urban culture.[5]
On April 28, 2016, Harris Publications operations and its magazine brands and trademarks were acquired by Athlon Media. Athlon integrated many of Harris' brands into its Decorating & Gardening group and announced plans to further distribute Harris' content through its newspaper distribution resources.[6]
In 1983, Harris acquired the assets of the defunctWarren Publishing, including their well-knownhorror magazinesCreepy,Eerie, andVampirella. FormingHarris Comics in 1985,[7] Harris published a single issue ofCreepy (#146), but legal murkiness[10][11] and a 1999 lawsuit by Warren publisherJames Warren[12][13] resulted in his reacquisition of the rights toCreepy and sister publicationEerie.
In the early 1990s Harris Comics revivedVampirella, publishing Vampirella stories in various series and formats from 1991 to 2007. A number of British creators worked for Harris on its Vampirella titles, includingGrant Morrison,Gary Frank,Mark Millar,John Smith,Ian Edginton, andMalachy Coney. In January 2007Fangoria Comics[14] made the announcement that the character Vampirella was now owned byFangoria, however, in April Harris replied that this was not factual,[15] and began publishingVampirella Quarterly.
Harris Comics also published a number of non-Vampirella comics in the superhero and science fiction genres. The 2002–2003 imprintAnarchy Studio publishedmanga comics featuring the charactersVampi andXin. Harris Comics operated until 2008, and in March 2010Dynamite Entertainment acquired the Vampirella property.[16]
Small Business Magazine, a Harris bi-monthly publication for first time entrepreneurs was launched in 1988 by Susan Rakowski. Two spinoff publications were published and sold worldwide.
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