Soleil Productions

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Soleil Productions
Type Private
Industry Publishing
Founder Mourad Boudjellal
Headquarters Toulon, Var, P.A.C.A., France
Area served
French-speaking countries
Key people
Jean Wacquet, Editor-in-chief
Mourad Boudjellal, Publisher
Christophe Arleston, Periodical Editor-in-Chief
Products Bandes dessinées
Comics
Manga
Parent DelSol distribution (with Delcourt)
Fusion Comics (with Panini)
Website www.soleilprod.com

Soleil Productions is a French publisher of both original and imported comic books.

Contents

History

Soleil was founded in 1989 in Toulouse by Mourad Boudjellal. [1]

Soleil quickly became known as a publisher of cartoons and parodies such as Rahan, Blek le Roc et Tarzan. It soon went into the heroic fantasy. [2]

In the 1994, it picked up and published the Lanfeust comic series. Lanfeust became a rapid and huge success and propelled the Toulouse publishing house to the rank of the largest French comic book publishers.

Partnerships and collaborations

In 2004, Soleil and Delcourt created a joint venture called DelSol, a partnership distribution society for France, Belgium and other Francophone countries.

In 2008, Marvel Comics collaborated with the publisher on English translations of several of their titles, including Sky Doll , Universal War One , Samurai: Legend , Scourge of the Gods and Ythaq: The Forsaken World . [3]

In 2008, Panini and Soleil created a joint venture called Fusion Comics in order to diffuse some U.S. comics (like Dark Tower or World of Warcraft) into the French-language countries market.

In June 2011, Mourad Boudjellal sold all of his shares to Delcourt editions. [4]

List of current titles

Bandes dessinées

Original and licensed properties published under the labels Soleil, Quadrants, Soleil Levant, Soleil Celtic, Start, Métamorphose, etc.

Comics

(Licensed properties) Published by Soleil / Fusion Comics:

Manga and manhwa

(Licensed & original properties) Published by Végétal Manga / Soleil Manga

Periodicals

Artbooks and collectibles

See also

Notes

  1. "Les Éditions Soleil | soleil". www.editions-soleil.fr. Retrieved 2023-09-26.
  2. "Découvrez l'actu de la BD, Manga, Comics et Jeunesse des Editions Soleil". www.soleilprod.com (in French). Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  3. Hudson |, Laura. "French Publisher Soleil Finds Success at Marvel". PublishersWeekly.com. Retrieved 2022-10-26.
  4. "Delcourt prend le contrôle des éditions Soleil". ActuaBD (in French). Retrieved 2023-09-26.

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