Company type | Independent Publisher |
---|---|
Industry | Publishing |
Founded | 2004 |
Founder | Liam Sharp (publisher) Christina McCormack |
Headquarters | Derby |
Key people | Liam Sharp (Editor-in-chief) Christina McCormack-Sharp John Bamber Tom Muller |
Products | Comics, Graphic Novels, Novels |
Mam Tor Publishing is an English independent comic book publisher founded by Liam Sharp and his wife Christina McCormack. The company's headquarters are in Derby, East Midlands.
The name "Mam Tor" comes from the landmark high peak near Castleton in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England.
During 2004, Mam Tor Publishing was established by Liam & Christina McCormack-Sharp to publish Sharpenings, The Art of Liam Sharp. [1] It, a personal artbook featuring previously unreleased art samples of Sharp, was initially a portfolio showcase he could send publishers.
Mam Tor has published the anthology Mam Tor: Event Horizon. [1]
Currently Mam Tor is releasing stand-alone graphic novels, like Matt Coyle's Worry Doll [2] and Sharp's Lap Of The Gods, as well as developing other properties for comics, books, and film.
They have just started publishing a quarterly free comic given away in Time Out . Four Feet From a Rat [3] is a 16-page comic comprising 4 stories, all written by the advertising company Mother, Stories in the first issue are "The Crane Gods" Liam Sharp, "The Little Guy" by Chris Weston, "Routemaster" by Dave Kendall and "Don Pigeone" by Kev Crossley. [4] [5] [6] The third issue got press attention thanks to the story illustrated by Roger Langridge "Young Boris," which featured the adventures of London mayor Boris Johnson. [7]
The books mascot Viking Zombie Elvis, who opens and closes each book has made the leap from the printed page to (undead) life in the shlock mock rock doc "Paul Hammond's Rumours of Ragnorok? a Historiography" [8]
Mam Tor are now in production with various other media projects, including the above-mentioned Zombie Elvis feature.[ citation needed ]
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