Plem Plem Productions

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Plem Plem Productions is a German comic publisher founded in 2008 by Christopher Kloiber .

Plem Plem Productions

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founding 2008
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Christopher Kloiber at Comic Con Germany Stuttgart 2019

Plem Plem Productions

Plem Plem Productions started out as a "one-man kitchen table publisher". Christopher Kloiber, a lifelong comic fan, started with his own ideas for a comic series, but couldn't get them to work with any of the comic publishers established at the time. Kloiber then decided to publish his ideas on his own and founded Plem Plem Productions in Wörth . This resulted in the first published comic book Whoa! Comics # 1 . This first edition was stylistically very close to the underground comix , with Whoa! Comics # 2 changed the look of the comics and switched to the Funny division.

The second series followed in 2009 with Bok-Man and the Asi-Animal , drawn by Dennis "Bouncie D." Lehmann. More comics like Sanchez Adventures and Teenage Superfreaks followed. In 2009 Plem Plem Productions exhibited for the first time at the Munich Comic Festival and in 2011. For the first time in 2012 at the Erlangen Comic Salon , which was repeated in 2014.

In September 2013, Plem Plem Productions released their most successful series to date, The Changer . Written by Kloiber and drawn by the draftsman and newcomer Thomas Wagner , they achieved their first commercial success with 500 copies of the first edition sold, as well as the sale of the second edition in May 2015. In addition to a commercial success, The Changer was also praised by the critics:

“The comic strips [sic!] Have a lot of depth, are filigree, realistic and rich in detail. [ The Changer ] reminds a bit of the villain Bruce Wayne from Batman and the hero Even from the film Butterfly Effect . "( Katrin Langhaus : Süddeutsche Zeitung )

In 2014, Plem Plem Productions published more than 15 comic book series and single titles. Other illustrators also published at Plem Plem Productions, including the then 14-year-old Maxim Seehagen, who presented his first comic book Herrmann Comix at the comics salon . Since 2014, Plem Plem Productions has been publishing translated foreign works in German for the first time, and various comics are being re-translated on the American comic book platform comiXology , published in English and German.

Imprints

Plem Plem Productions maintains two imprints :

  • Beyond Reality publishes series based on American superhero comics,
  • Whoa! Kids comics for a younger audience.

In addition, Plem Plem groups thematically similar comic series into publishing "subgroups":

  • Metaverse ( The Metahuman $ ; RIOT )
  • Plem Plem Allstars ( Bok-Man and the Asi Beast ; Dopey & Horst ; Sanchez Adventures ; Sanchez & Petey )
  • Plem Plem Central ( Permit, Mr. Kill ; Hermann Comix ; Teenage Superfreaks )
  • Whoa! ( Whoa! Comics ; Whoa! Horror )

such as

  • Plem Plem imports for imported comics ( Leftovers ; Portland Underground )
  • Plem Plem XXX for Adult Comics ( Cocktales )

format

Plem Plem Productions' publications are based on the format of the American comic market, the US comic book format is used . The average number of pages is 24–36.

With the current program, the publisher covers the genres of superheroes , comedy , cartoon , erotic , action , crime , mystery . Finally, the comics by Robot Sanchez are intended to appeal to a younger audience.

Publications

  • Whoa! Comics (since 2008, 15 issues)
  • Bok-Man and the Asian Beast (2009)
  • Sanchez Adventures (since 2011, 6 issues)
  • Teenage Superfreaks (2011)
  • Whoa! Horror (2012)
  • The Changer (since 2013, 4 issues)
  • Dopey and Horst (since 2013, 2 issues)
  • Cocktales (since 2014, 2 issues)
  • Mr. Kill (since 2014, 5 issues)
  • Herrmann Comix (since 2014, 4 issues, 1 anthology)
  • Into the Mirror Volume 1 (2014, anthology)
  • The Metahuman $ (since 2014, 5 issues, 1 anthology)
  • Portland Underground (since 2014, 2 issues)
  • Riot (since 2014, 5 issues)
  • Sanchez & Petey (since 2014, 3 issues)
  • Leftovers (since 2015, 2 issues)
  • Guttertown (2015)
  • Shark Farmer (2016)
  • Tracht Man (2017, 4 issues)
  • Salvagers (since 2015, 2 issues)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Report of the Süddeutsche Zeitung on Christopher Kloiber