Soleil Productions
Soleil Productions is a French publisher of both original and imported comic books.
History
Soleil was founded in 1989 in Toulouse by Mourad Boudjellal.Soleil quickly became known as a publisher of cartoons and parodies such as Rahan, Blek le Roc et Tarzan. It soon went into the heroic fantasy.
In the 1994, it picked up and published the Lanfeust comic series. Lanfeust became a rapid and huge success and propelled the Toulouse publishing house to the rank of the largest French comic book publishers.
Partnerships and collaborations
In 2004, Soleil and Delcourt created a joint venture called DelSol, a partnership distribution society for France, Belgium and other Francophone countries.In 2008, Marvel Comics collaborated with the publisher on English translations of several of their titles, including Sky Doll, Universal War One, Samurai: Legend, Scourge of the Gods and Ythaq: The Forsaken World.
In 2008, Panini and Soleil created a joint venture called Fusion Comics in order to diffuse some U.S. comics into the French-language countries market.
In June 2011, Mourad Boudjellal sold all of his shares to Delcourt editions.
List of current titles
Bandes dessinées
Original and licensed properties published under the labels Soleil, Quadrants, Soleil Levant, Soleil Celtic, Start, Métamorphose, etc.Aberzen Les Ailes du Phaéton Akron Aleph Angeline Angor Les Arcanes du Midi-Minuit L'Assassin Royal Atalante Les Aventures du Gottferdom Studio Bad Legion Billy Brouillard Le Bleu du ciel Les Blondes Les Brumes d'Asceltis Cañari Les Carnets Secrets du Vatican Cixi de Troy Les Conquérants de Troy CrossFire Le Dernier Troyen Les Échaudeurs des Ténèbres Le Feul Les Feux d'Askell Le Fléau des Dieux La Geste des Chevaliers-Dragons Le Grimoire de Féerie Héroïc Pizza Hana Attori Husk les Insurgés d’Edaleth Kookaburra, K, Universe Lanfeust de Troy Lanfeust des Etoiles Lanfeust Odyssey Léo Loden Luuna La Marche du Crabe Marlysa Moréa Les Naufragés d'Ythaq Nocturnes Rouges One of Us Paradis Perdu Rahan Servitude Sha Sky Doll Slhoka Le Syndrome de Caïn Trolls de Troy UW1 Verseau Yiu Zéro Absolu- ''Zorn & Dirna''
Comics
Published by Soleil / Fusion Comics:Breathe Buffy contre les vampires, Saison une Buffy contre les vampires, Saison huit Conan Danger Girl Emily the Strange The Federal Vampire and Zombie Agency GameKeeper Gears of War Jackie Foxxx MetalGear Solid Ramayan Révélations 7 Brothers Snake Woman La Tour Sombre TransFormers Voodoo Child Wanderers Warhammer WarHammer 40 000 World of Warcraft- ''X-Files''