Amigo Comics

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Amigo Comics
Parent company Behemoth Comics [1]
StatusActive
Founded2012 (2012) [2]
FounderJuan "El" Torres
Country of originSpain
Distribution Diamond Comic Distributors [3]
Publication types Comics
Fiction genres Horror
Fantasy
Science fiction
Official website amigocomics.com

Amigo Comics is a Spanish company which publishes creator-owned comic books. However, despite being a Spanish company, its titles are solely published in the United States through Behemoth Comics. [4] [1] Titles are also licensed out to other foreign publishers via foreign licensing agreements. In 2019, the company received its first Eisner nomination through the Best Archival Collection/Project—Strips category for their title Sky Masters of the Space Force: The Complete Sunday Strips in Color. [5] In March 2020, the company agreed to an imprint deal with Behemoth that would see all future releases published through Behemoth in the US. [1]

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Titles

Comic books published by Amigo in the format of ongoing or limited series are:

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Johnston, Rich (24 February 2020). "Behemoth Buys Publisher Amigo Comics, Launches Osiris Path and Prom Of The Dead in May 2020 Solicitations". Bleeding Cool . Retrieved 20 December 2020.(in English)
  2. Arrant, Chris (3 January 2013). "El Torres Steps out with his own company, Amigo Comics". Comic Book Resources. Archived from the original on 2022-08-20.
  3. "Item Search". Previews World. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 20 December 2020.(in English)
  4. Cano, Jose A. (3 April 2013). "El sello español que sólo vende en EEUU" [The Spanish label that only sells in the U.S.]. El Mundo (Spain) (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2018-08-16.
  5. McMillan, Graeme (26 April 2019). "Eisner Award Nominees Revealed". The Hollywood Reporter . Archived from the original on 2022-05-31.