eidalon publishing house
The eidalon Verlag was a German publisher for comics and mangas . It was founded in 2000 and was based in Brandenburg an der Havel .
The publishing program relies on American manga-style comics ( Amerimangas ) - mainly titles from Antarctic Press - and American comics from smaller publishers (Independent Comics) - mainly titles from Oni Press . From 2004 comics and mangas by artists living in Germany began to be published. The publisher has been inactive since 2014.
Comic series
The publisher's own productions were Katran and Tomoe .
The publisher had the following Amerimangas on offer:
- Alice in Wonderland (adaptation of the novel of the same name)
- Gold digger
- Legacy
- Megatokyo
- The brave princess
- Ninja high school
- Novotopia
- Specter 7
- Twilight X
- Warrior Well Areala
The independent comics that eidalon has published include:
Series:
- Amelia rules! as Amelia is the greatest!
- Courtney Crumrin
- Halo & Sprocket
- Kissing chaos
- Love As A Foreign Language
- Polly & the pirates
- Queen & Country
- Wasteland
Andi Watson Edition:
- Breakfast after noon
- Little Star
- Geisha
Single title:
- 12 reasons to love you
- Banana Sunday by Colleen Coover
- Closer
- DEMO by Brian Wood
- Lost at Sea
- Past Lies
- Scooter Girl by Chynna Clugston-Major
The publishing program was rounded off by secondary titles from the How To Draw Manga and How To Color For Comics series .
PSP
eidalon was the first German publisher to offer comics for the PlayStation Portable (PSP). It all started with the first chapters of the Megatokyo series , one of the oldest and most famous online comics .
In February 2006, Halo & Sprocket started another series of comics adapted for the PSP. The PSP version also contains some strips that are not included in the print version. Further comics, some of which are only available for the PSP, were in preparation.
Web links
- eidalon publishing house
- official Myspace presence of Modern Tales with many reading samples
- official Myspace presence of Comikat with many reading samples
- Stefan Heitzmann, publisher - Interview by ARTE with the head of the publishing house (April 2004)