Slave Labor Graphics
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Slave Labor Graphics (often abbreviated "SLG") is an independent comic book publisher in the United States. It focuses on darkly humorous, offbeat comics such as Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Squee!,or Roman Dirge's Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl, and The Monsters In My Tummy, for which it is most known. Another notable series for the publisher has been Gloomcookie, which focuses on the goth subculture that SLG's books tend to appeal to.
SLG was started in 1986 by Dan Vado, who is still the company's president and publisher. The first few titles, such as Hero Sandwich and It's Science With Dr. Radium, were all created by friends of Vado's from high school. SLG's first success was Milk & Cheese, a comic about mean-spirited anthropomorphic dairy products by Evan Dorkin.
The first book SLG published was Shadow Star #3. SLG's first major success was Samurai Penguin #1 by Dan and Mark Buck, which sold 58,000 copies in the summer of 1986. In this time period, comic book speculation was rampant, so SLG was able to sell its entire print run of many titles. However, at the end of the speculation bubble, some distributors went out of business without paying SLG.
External link
- Slave Labor Graphics official site (http://www.slavelabor.com)