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| Parent company | Titan Entertainment |
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| Founded | 1981 |
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| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Headquarters location | Bankside,London |
| Distribution | Littlehampton Book Services (UK) Penguin Random House Publisher Services (US)[1] |
| Publication types | Books,graphic novels, magazines |
| Fiction genres | Reference books, tie-in media |
| Imprints |
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| Official website | titanbooks |
Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of the British entertainment companyTitan Entertainment, which was established asTitan Books in 1981.[2] The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cinema reference books; andgraphic novels andcomics references and art titles. Its imprints areTitan Books,Titan Comics,Titan Magazines and Titan Manga.
Titan Books is a publisher of film, video game and TV tie-in books. As of 2011, the company publishes on average 30 to 40 such titles per year, across a range of formats from "making of" books to screenplays to TV companions and novels, and has a backlist reprint program.
Titan Books' first title was atrade paperback collection ofBrian Bolland'sJudge Dredd stories from2000 AD. Titan Books followed the first title with numerous other2000 AD reprints. Subsequently, the publishing company expanded operations, putting out its first original title in 1987 (Pat Mills andHunt Emerson'sYou Are Maggie Thatcher). Around this time, Titan also began publishingEscape magazine (although the title was canceled in 1989).[3] Titan Books continues to publish both new and licensed graphic novels, as well as film and television tie-ins.
Titan Books’ range of fiction includes limited comic books tie-ins and novelizations for such films asAlien (film),Predator (film) andAlien vs. Predator,Terminator Salvation,Iron Man,The X-Files: I Want to Believe,Transformers,The Dark Knight Rises andFirefly.
Titan also publishescoffee table books on animation, popular culture, collectibles and comic and fantasy art includingHarryhausen: The Lost Movies published in 2019,Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film published in 2020 andEscape from New York: The Official Story of the Film published in 2021, all written byJohn Walsh. As of 2016, Titan Books' editorial director is Laura Price.
Titan Books also publishestrade paperbacks andgraphic novels in theUK andUnited States under the imprintTitan Comics.[5] The company has a backlist of over 1,000 graphic novels. Its titles include such licensed characters and properties asBatman,Doctor Who,Family Guy,Heroes,Nemi,Superman,Judge Dredd and other2000 AD characters, theVertigo comic-book titleSandman,The Simpsons,Star Wars,Tank Girl,The Real Ghostbusters,Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,Transformers,The Walking Dead,Life Is Strange,Roy of the Rovers,Dan Dare,WWE Heroes,World of Warcraft andBloodborne. In addition to licensed titles, Titan Comics also publishes creator-owned series, such asBloodthirsty: One Nation Under Water (2015–2016) andMan Plus (2015–2016).[6]
In 2010, Titan acquired the Americanhardboiled fiction imprintHard Case Crime, and since that time has released a number of comics and graphic novels under the Hard Case Crime brand.[7]Heroic Signatures gave Titan the license to publish new titles featuringConan the Barbarian in 2022.[8] As of 2021, Titan Comics' publishing directors are Ricky Claydon and John Dziewiatkowski.
Titan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Titan Publishing Group. Launched in 1995 withStar Trek Magazine, Titan had previously published several one shot film tie-in titles. Since then it has published many film, TV and comics titles, including poster magazines forTim Burton'sBatman.
Some of Titan's magazines are published in the US, although not all, some with an entirely separate magazine.
In April 2016,Bleeding Cool published a blog/vlog entry pertaining to concerns over Titan's UK reprints of DC titles, specifically cancellations and a lack of updates and communication with readers, as well as addressing the frequent inconsistencies regarding the publication dates of future issues.[9]
Titan ceased publication of all their DC Comics titles in December 2018, most notably ending a fifteen-year run for 'Batman Legends'.[10]
Titan Magazines currently publishes the following comics and magazines:
In 2022, the Titan Publishing Group launched Titan Manga, an imprint focused solely on manga series, with their first release being a "director's cut" ofTakashi Okazaki'sAfro Samurai.[13]
