Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,050 |
10 Facts About Eclipse Comics
1.
2.
Eclipse Comics published one of the first original graphic novels, and the first to be sold through the new "direct market" of comic-book stores, Sabre: Slow Fade of an Endangered Species by Don McGregor and Paul Gulacy.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,051 |
3.
McGregor went on to write two additional early graphic novels for Eclipse Comics, each set in contemporary New York City and starring interracial-buddy private eyes Ted Denning and Bob Rainier: Detectives, Inc : A Remembrance of Threatening Green, with artist Marshall Rogers, and Detectives, Inc : A Terror Of Dying Dreams, with artist Gene Colan, who would become a frequent collaborator.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,052 |
4.
Creators whose early work appears in Eclipse Comics publications include Chuck Austen, Donna Barr, Dan Brereton, Chuck Dixon, James Hudnall, Scott McCloud, Peter Milligan, Tim Truman, and Chris Ware.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,053 |
5.
Veterans published by Eclipse Comics include Steve Englehart, Don McGregor, Gene Colan, and Mark Evanier.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,054 |
6.
In February 1986, Eclipse Comics lost most of its back-issue stock in a catastrophic Guerneville flood, which submerged the company's offices.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,055 |
7.
In 1988 Eclipse created a new division, Eclipse International, as it partnered with the British independent publisher Acme Press to distribute Acme's comics in the American market.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,056 |
8.
Eclipse Comics distributed Acme's two-issue anthology Point Blank, which promoted itself as "The Best of European Strip Art".
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,057 |
9.
In 1988, in partnership with Viz Communications and Studio Proteus, Eclipse Comics published some of the earliest English-translated Japanese manga, such as Area 88, Mai, the Psychic Girl, and The Legend of Kamui.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,058 |
10.
Eclipse Comics's last publication was its Spring 1993 catalog, which was a complete bibliography of its publications.
| FactSnippet No. 1,589,059 |