Slave Labor Graphics


Slave Labor Graphics is an American independent comic book publisher, well known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat adult comics. Creators associated with SLG over the years include Evan Dorkin, Roman Dirge, Sarah Dyer, Woodrow Phoenix, Jhonen Vasquez, and Andi Watson.
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Company history

Slave Labor Graphics was started in 1986 by Dan Vado, who remains the company's president and publisher.
The first book Slave Labor Graphics published was ShadowStar #3, a female superhero character previously published independently by some of Vado's friends. The company's first wave of titles were all written by Vado, with art by a variety of creators. Other early titles, such as Hero Sandwich and It's Science With Dr. Radium, were all created by friends of Vado's from high school.
Slave Labor Graphics's first major success was Samurai Penguin #1 by Vado and Mark Buck, which sold 58,000 copies in the summer of 1986. Other successes were Milk & Cheese, a comic about mean-spirited anthropomorphic dairy products by Evan Dorkin, and Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, a comic about the adventures of a serial killer by Jhonen Vasquez. In this time period, comic book speculation was rampant, so Slave Labor Graphics was able to sell its entire print run of many titles. However, at the end of the mid-1990s speculation bubble, some distributors went out of business without paying Slave Labor Graphics.
In 1995, Slave Labor Graphics added a more genre-oriented imprint called "Amaze Ink" intended to be for all audiences; the "stranger, more adult, and more difficult to categorize material" would still be published under the main "Slave Labor" imprint.
In 2005, Slave Labor Graphics entered into a partnership with The Walt Disney Company to produce comic book series based on some of its properties: Haunted Mansion, Wonderland, Tron, and Gargoyles. Its own creations, such as Little Gloomy, Kid Gravity, and The Super Scary Monster Show: Featuring Little Gloomy, appeared regularly in Disney Adventures magazine.
In September 2008, SLG remodeled its lobby to be a smaller gallery/shop which opened as Boutiki in San Jose in December 2008. The gallery/shop is still operating as of 2014 December.
In late 2010, Slave Labor Graphics established an independent record label entitled Slab Yard Sound Company.
In January 2012, editor-in-chief Jennifer de Guzman, who had been with the company since 2001, left to become the PR and Marketing Director at Image Comics.

Titles

Absent Friends A Bag of AnteatersA Lot of Love Action Girl Comics #1–19 Adora Gone and The Electric Electric Elephant Awkward Autumn #1–5 Babyhead Magazine #1 BabysitterBad Art CollectionBarrabas #1–2 Bear #1–10 Beer and Roaming in Las VegasBill The Clown 3 issues Bloody Dreadful Black Heart BillyBombaby Screen Goddess #1–3 plus a TPB Byron: Mad, Bad, and Dangerous Caffeine #1–10 Camping with BigfootCaptain DingleberryThe Cat With The Really Big HeadCemetarians 6 issues Charm School #1–9 Chumble Spuzz The Clarence Principle CocopiazoThe Comical Tragedy of Punch and JudyComic Book HeavenCorporate Ninja Dead Eyes Open DefinitionDim Witted DarrylDork #1–11 Dr. Grave Eating Steve: A Love StoryEgg StoryElmerEmily and the Intergalactic Lemonade StandEmo Boy #1–11 Empty Love Stories #1–2 Evenfall EverwindsEverything Can Be BeatenFarewell GeorgiaFishmastersGargoyles 15 issues Ghost Ship #1–3 Ghouly BoysGloomcookie #1–28 The Griffin Halo and Sprocket #1–4 Haunted MansionHeart of a Corpse Hectic Planet Hero Sandwich #1–5 Highway 13 #1–10 HummingbirdHsu and Chan I Feel Sick #1–2 ImpIliad #1–2It's Science With Doctor Radium Java Town #1–4Jellyfist Jet Comics #1–3Jet Pack PetsJohnny the Homicidal Maniac #1–7 Kitsune Tales #1 Knights of the Living DeadLenore #1–13 Life of a Fetus #1–7Likewise #1–2 Little Gloomy #1–6 Little Gloomy Adventures one-shot Little Gloomy Crypt of Creepts one-shot Little Gloomy Hallowe'en Special one-shotLittle Scrowlie 18 issues Longshot Comics, Shanne Simmons Love In TightsMetamorphosis Odyssey Midnight SunMilk & Cheese 7 issues plus a TPB Mister Blank 15 issues Model AThe Monsters In My TummyMr. NightMurder Can Be Fun #1–12 MuZzMy Monkey's Name is Jennifer Next Exit #1–10 Nightmares & Fairy Tales #1–23 Nil: A Land Beyond Belief original graphic novel No HopeOblivion CityOddjob #1–8 On the BusOne Fisted Tales #1–11 Outlook:Grim #1–6 The Pants Ant Trouser HourParis Patty Cake 33 issues Pinocchio: Vampire SlayerPirate Club #1–10 Pirate Corp$ The PricePrivate Beach #1–7? Punk Rock & Trailer Parks The Replacement God #1–8 Rex Libris #1–13 Rogue Satellite Comics #1–3 The Royal Historian of OzSamurai Jam #3–4 Samurai Penguin #1–8 Samurai Penguin: Food Chain Follies #1SanctuaryScreenplay #1Screwtooth #1-? Serenity Rose #1–5 Seth Throb, Underground ArtistShadoweyes ShadowStar #3 Sidney Mellon's Thunderskull!The Sister's Luck Skaggy The Lost #1–4, trade paperbackSkeleton Girl Comics #1–3Skeleton Key #1–30 Sky Ape #1–4Slacker Comics #1–18 Slow News Day Street Angel #1–5 SparksSquee #1–4 Strongman by Charles SouleSuburban High Life #1-3, Volume 2 #1 Sugar Buzz #1–9 Swerve #1–2