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| Company 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 |
Soleil Productions is a French publisher of both original and imported comic books.
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.
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]
Original and licensed properties published under the labels Soleil, Quadrants, Soleil Levant, Soleil Celtic, Start, Métamorphose, etc.
(Licensed properties) Published by Soleil / Fusion Comics:
(Licensed & original properties) Published by Végétal Manga / Soleil Manga