Hispanopedia WikiAtomeka Press is a British publisher of comic books set up in 1988 by Dave Elliott and Garry Leach. Atomeka ceased publishing in 1997, was briefly revived from 2002 to 2005 and revived again in 2013.
History
Atomeka was established as a company offering creators complete freedom over their material, as well as the opportunity to own all the rights to their creations. Their first title, A1, was an anthology featuring the likes of Ted McKeever, Alan Moore, Glenn Fabry, and Simon Bisley. Seeing who was involved in the project it was natural that A1 contained some stories that were continuations of Warrior strips such as The Bojeffries Saga and Warpsmith, written by Alan Moore with art by Steve Parkhouse and Garry Leach respectively. During its run A1 won several awards, including the 1990 Harvey Award for best anthology.
During the 1990s, Atomeka continued publishing A1, as well as related specials such as A1: Bikini Confidential. The company also published some of Simon Bisley's creator-owned work during this period, in titles such as Monster Massacre and Heavy Metal. In 1992, Elliott solo-edited a four-issue sequel to A1 in colour for Marvel Comics's Epic Comics imprint.
As Tundra UK's publisher, in 1992 Dave Elliott began using the Atomeka imprint to establish its own identity within the larger company; he was also responsible for titles with all the British comic creators. Elliott brought two titles he started at John Brown Publishing, Lazarus Churchyard and White Trash, with him to complete with Tundra UK/Atomeka.
Con la desaparición de Tundra UK en 1993, Elliott fundó Blackball Comics . [ 1 ] En 1997 , Atomeka dejó de publicar, ya que Elliott y Leach se dedicaron a otros proyectos.
relanzamiento en 2002
En 2002, Atomeka resurgió para publicar Maximum Force de Simon Bisley . En 2004, Elliott y Leach revivieron la compañía, en colaboración con Ross Richie , publicando A1 Big Issue Zero , Bricktop , Mister Monster: Worlds War Three y Stalkers , con una mezcla de material reimpreso. Richie creó sus propios proyectos nuevos bajo el sello de Atomeka, como Hero Squared y GI Spy , así como nuevos trabajos de autores como Mike Mignola con Jenny Finn . La colaboración no duró mucho, ya que Richie se marchó para formar su propia compañía, Boom! Studios , llevándose consigo a Squared , Spy y Finn .
A finales de 2004, el A1 Sketchbook fue lanzado en parte por el artista responsable de la recreación de Marvelman junto con Alan Moore, Garry Leach y Atomeka Press. Contenía cuatro ilustraciones de Marvelman (aunque no se especificó directamente que fueran de Marvelman por posibles motivos legales). También se produjo una variante del cuaderno de bocetos, que presentaba una portada de Marvelman y una contraportada de Kid Marvelman, ambas ilustradas por Leach.
En 2005, la compañía publicó una reedición en tres partes de Eddy Current de Ted McKeever , y también uno (de los tres planeados) de "Bojeffries Terror Tomes", que reimprimía The Bojeffries Saga de Alan Moore y Steve Parkhouse, e incluía trabajos adicionales de Neil Gaiman y Michael Zulli , Ramsey Campbell y David Lloyd , Michael T. Gilbert y Dave Dorman , Warren Ellis y Steve Pugh , y también Eddy Current de Ted McKeever y un relato en solitario de la monja de Eddy Current .
Relanzamiento en 2013
In 2013 Atomeka relaunched their flagship title A1 in two formats through Titan Books. The first was a six-issue limited series serializing three strips — Carpe Diem, Odyssey, and Weirding Willows — over six months that were collected in 2014. Then came a separate 160-page tome, A1 Volume 1: World's Greatest Comics. Also relaunched at the same time was Monster Massacre, an anthology which features B.E.M. (Bug Eyed Monsters) comics. Monster Massacre is a twice-yearly anthology while A1 is an annual.
Titles published
Atomeka 1.0
- A1 (1989)
- A1 True Life Bikini Confidential (1990)
- Bisley's Scrapbook (1993)
- The Bogie Man: Chinatoon (1993)
- Carnosaur Carnage (1993)
- Lazarus Churchyard (1992)
- Ammo Armageddon (1993)
- Monster Massacre (1993)
- Night Vision (1992)
- Sugarvirus (1993)
- SweetMeats (1993)
- White Trash (1992)
Atomeka 2.0
- A1 Bojeffries Terror Tome (2005)
- A1 Sketchbook (2004)
- Bricktop A1 Special (2004)
- Dan Norton's Space 1958 (2004)
- The Dave Johnson Sketchbook (2004)
- Eddy Current (2005)
- Hero Squared X-tra Sized Special (2005)
- Jenny Finn: Doom (2005)
- Maximum Force (2002)
- Mr. Monster: Who Watches the Garbagemen? (2005)
- Mr. Monster: Worlds War Two (2004)
- Stalkers (2005)
Atomeka 3.0
- A1 (2013)
- A1 Volume 1: World's Greatest Comics (2014)
- Monster Massacre (2014)
References
Notes
- ↑"Newswatch: Dave Elliott Forms Blackball Comics". The Comics Journal (165): 14. January 1994.
Sources
- Atomeka Press at the Grand Comics Database
- Atomeka Press at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
- Review of A1 issue zero at Comics Bulletin
- Atomeka preview at Issuu
- Elliott's "An Authentic Citizen" at DeviantART
- Comic book publishing companies of the United Kingdom
- Companies established in 1988
- 1988 establishments in the United Kingdom