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Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several influential "indendent" publishers during the 1980s. Eclipse was known for its eclectic mix of titles and products, and was the first comics company to publish trading cards. Many noteworthy creators got their start or did early work there, including Chuck Austen, Dan Brereton, Chuck Dixon, Mark Evanier, James Hudnall, Scott McCloud, Peter Milligan, Tim Truman, and Chris Ware. They are perhaps best known for their role in the publication history of the acclaimed and contested series Miracleman. A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ...
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Chuck Austen is an American writer and artist of comic books. ...
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Mark Evanier (born March 2, 1952 in Santa Monica, California) is an American writer. ...
James Hudnall at a comic convention James David Hudnall (born April 10, 1957 in Santa Rosa, California) is an American writer, who began his career in the comic book field in 1986 with the series Espers, published by Eclipse Comics. ...
Scott McCloud (born 1960 in Massachusetts, USA) is a cartoonist and a leading popular scholar of comics as a distinct literary and artistic medium. ...
Peter Milligan is an Irish writer most known for his work for 2000 AD, Marvel Comics and DC Vertigo. ...
Timothy Truman (born February 9, 1956 in Gauley Bridge, West Virginia is an American writer, artist and musician best known for his stories and Western Movie-style comic book art. ...
Chris Ware ( 1967–Present) is an American comic book artist and cartoonist, best-known for a series of comics called the Acme Novelty Library, and a graphic novel, Jimmy Corrigan, the Smartest Kid on Earth. ...
Miracleman (originally Marvelman) was a British-authored superhero comic, first published on February 3, 1954. ...
History
The company was founded as Eclipse Enterprises by brothers Jan and Dean Mullaney in 1977. Eclipse published one of the first American graphic novels, Sabre (1978) by Don McGregor and Paul Gulacy. The company also had early success with the Sabre spinoff comic-book series, as well as with the detective series Ms. Tree. Eclipse moved from Staten Island, NY to Sonoma County, California in the early 1980s where it expanded operations under editor cat yronwode. In 1989, Eclipse lost most of its back-issue stock in a flood. The company ceased operations in the early 1990s. 1977 was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1977 calendar). ...
Graphic novel (sometimes abbreviated GN) is a term for a kind of book, usually telling an extended story with sequential art ( comics). ...
One of the first graphic novels, Sabre (subtitled Slow Fade of an Endangered Species), was written by Don McGregor and illustrated by Paul Gulacy, and published in October 1978 by the company that would become known as Eclipse Comics. ...
Don McGregor (born June 15, 1945) is an American Comic Book Writer. ...
Paul Gulacy is an American Comic Book Artist. ...
cat yronwode (born Catherine Manfredi in San Francisco, May 12, 1947 - ) is a writer and editor notable for her extensive career in comic books, in particular for her role as an editor for Kitchen Sink Press and the now-defunct Eclipse Comics company; she now works for Claypool Comics. ...
Eclipse titles (incomplete) - Airboy by Chuck Dixon
- Axel Pressbutton by Pedro Henry, Steve Dillon, and Brian Bolland
- Aztec Ace
- Berni Wrightson, Master of the Macabre by Berni Wrightson
- Black Terror
- Clive Barker: Dread (1992) by Fred Burke and Dan Brereton
- Clive Barker: The Life of Death (1993) by Fred Burke, Steve Niles, Stewart Stanyard and Hector Gomez
- Clive Barker: Son of Celluloid (1991) by Steve Niles and Les Edwards
- Clive Barker: Rawhead Rex (1994) by Steve Niles and Lionel Talaro
- Clive Barker: Revelations (1992) by Steve Niles and Lionel Talaro
- Clive Barker: Tapping the Vein 1989-92 anthology series, edited by Fred Burke (and Valerie Jones, Book 5)
- Clive Barker: The Yattering and Jack (1991) by Steve Niles and John Bolton
- Crossfire by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle
- Destroyer Duck
- Espers by James Hudnall
- Groo Special by Mark Evanier and Sergio Aragones
- Masked Man
- Miracleman by Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and others
- Ms. Tree by Max Allan Collins and Terry Beatty
- Sabre by Don McGregor and Billy Graham
- Scout by Timothy Truman
- Siegel and Shuster, Dateline 1930s
- Skywolf
- Strange Days by Peter Milligan, Brendan McCarthy, and Brett Ewins
- Surge by Mark Evanier, Rick Hoberg, and Al Gordon
- The DNAgents by Mark Evanier
- The Prowler
- The Rocketeer
- Weasel Patrol
- Winterworld
- Zot! by Scott McCloud
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