Alias Enterprises

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Alias Enterprises
Company type Private
Genre Comics
Founded2005
Founder Brett Burner and Mike S. Miller
Headquarters
San Diego, California
,
United States
Website www.aliasenterprises.com

Alias Enterprises is an American publishing company. Their main divisions are Alias Comics (all-ages comic books) and Cross Culture (Christian comic books). Based in San Diego, California, it was founded in January 2005 by Brett Burner and Mike S. Miller. They publish comics such as Lullaby , The 10th Muse , The Legend of Isis , and Sixgun Samurai.

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History

Alias was founded by artist Mike S. Miller and publisher Brett Burner (also owner of Lamp Post Publications [1] ). In January 2005, they launched their first productions through Image Comics filling a virtually untapped market with three all-ages titles: Lullaby: Wisdom Seeker, Lions, Tigers and Bears , and The Imaginaries. All three were successful projects in the independent marketplace, particularly Lullaby, which has seen continuing success since its initial release. Also in 2005, Alias expanded into a self-publishing company with plans to launch 12 titles in April of that year with cover prices of 75 cents. The titles all shipped late and were released irregularly afterwards, but landed them a spot with Diamond Comic Distributors as a Top 20 Publisher.

Alias Comics offered 25-cent preview issues, 75-cent introductory issues, and 50,000 copies of free (to retailer) preview books called "the Comic Book Digest" as marketing efforts, but continued to have problems with shipping. In mid-2005, Alias chose to move its comic printing stateside, but due to the accumulation of problems at the domestic printer, decided to go back to its original partner in South Korea. The subsequent lapse in shipping, going from a domestic printer to a South Korean printer, resulted in a two- to three-month lapse in delivery of Alias comic books to comic stores. Being gone from the shelves for so long created several problems for the fledgling company, causing a loss of retailer and consumer confidence.

Nearly a year after opening their doors, several Alias comic book creators began to leave the publisher, citing various concerns. In 2005, studios Monkey Pharmacy, Runemaster Studios, and Dabel Brothers Productions stopped producing books for publication by Alias. In November, Alias underwent a restructuring plan. [2] Its publisher, Brett Burner, purchased majority shares of the company in order to take control of the company's financial records.

In March 2006, Alias announced a new policy toward its creators requiring work to be completed and in-hand before being solicited for publication, citing an effort to maintain a more exact release schedule. [3] Later, Alias signed an agreement with Christian publisher Zondervan to produce 24 manga or graphic novels to be released over the next few years through its Cross Culture division, consisting of three 8-book series. [4] These titles included Hand of the Morningstar, Kingdoms, and The Manga Bible.

Also in 2006, Alias' Christian division, Cross Culture Entertainment, began publication of Bubblemag, a Christian pop culture magazine. [5] In Fall 2006, Alias executives announced their intention to rebrand Alias Comics as a Christian comic company. Within a few weeks, Abacus Comics opened for business. Abacus Comics is owned solely by Miller, and was opened for the express purpose of publishing several of his "creator-owned" titles which were initially run through Alias Comics.

In 2007, Lamp Post Inc. obtained full rights to all Alias and Cross Culture properties, placing them under its label.

Publications

In alphabetical order:

Comics that went to other venues after publication at Alias:

Comics that came to Alias after initial publication at another venue:

Cancelled Alias comics:

Circulation

According to the sales estimates from industry resource site ICv2, Alias' top-selling monthly comics for their first year were:

NOTE: These are only initial pre-order sales via Diamond Comic Distributors U.S. and do not include possible reorders or sales through other channels.

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  2. ↑ Brice, Jason (November 9, 2005). "Alias Comic's Emancipation Proclamation". Comics Bulletin.
  3. ↑ [ dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Zondervan's Manga Debut". Zondervan . Archived from the original on 2007-01-17. Retrieved 2007-01-16.
  5. ↑ Bubblemag Archived December 17, 2014, at the Wayback Machine
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