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" " | Piranha Press was DC's first attempt at constructing a "mature readers" brand of serious pictorial fiction. It was also the first DC imprint to allow for creator ownership. Edited by Mark Nevelow, the label was perhaps too ambitious for its time- and really spawned only one success- Kyle Baker's "Why I Hate Saturn". Although Gregory and Epicurus the Sage had moderate public accepatance. This is a complete list of all known Piranha projects. If I missed any, please let me know. |
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Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children |
1-30 | Jun89-Sep92 | Mark Nevelow edits. by Dave Louapre and Dan Sweetman. A monthly 32 page comic book, with no continuing characters. The first issue "Cotton Candy Autopsy" features hard-bitten clowns out partying on the town. |
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1-5 | Jul 89-Dec90 | Tim Conrad (Script and layouts); Michael Davis (pencils) Mark Nevelow edits. The clone of a geneticist becomes a media superstar. |
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Aug 89 | by Alec Stevens. A story about a descent into madness. Color. An old beggar looks back over his past. 48 pages. | |
Desert Streams |
Aug 89 | or "Miriam's Search for Divine Bliss". The tale of a poor little rich girl and her search for happiness, by Alison Marek. Black and white. 120 pages. | |
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1 | Oct 89 | by Marc Hempel, edited by Mark Nevelow. Gregory is a little guy with a big head who wears a straitjacket and lives in a tiny cell." Herman Verman is a rat who shares his cell. 120 pages, black and white. |
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1-4 | Nov 89-Mar90 | Gerard Jones and Mark Badger. 48 pages. Prestige Format. "A psychological thriller with political overtones." |
Epicurus theSage |
1 | Dec 89 | William Messner-Loebs (Script), Sam Kieth (art). Persephone is kidnapped by Hades, and Epicurus has to get her back, or the world will suffer under Demeter's wrath. Edited by Mark Nevelow. 48 pages, color. Magazine size. |
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1 | Jan 90 | by Dave Louapre and Dan Sweetman. 128 pages, black and white, full page cartoons. Many of these originally appeared in the L.A. Reader and Fangoria. |
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1 | Feb 90 | by Alec Stevens. A story about skinhead gangs, primarily devoted to "fast-paced action." 56 pages, color. |
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1 | Apr 90 | bu Douglas Michael |
Sparrow |
1 | May 90 | by Allison Marek |
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1-6 | Jun 90-Nov 90 | 6 issue mini by John Blair Moore |
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1 | Jun 90 | Kyle Baker- probably the most popular of the Piranha books. Went through multiple printings. "Two sisters, one of whom thinks she's from Saturn, the other one is insane." 208 pages. |
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Jul 90 | Charlie Boatner/ Steve Parkhouse. Edited by Karen McBurnie. The Hiding Place is where things go that no longer fit on Earth, such as satyrs, jackalopes, mermades and unicorns. Trouble ensues when when the Trogs try to bring in heavy industry. 104 pages. | |
Nation of Snitches |
Sep 90 | Jon Hammer | |
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Oct 90 | Jennifer Waters and Gil Ashby | |
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Jan 91 | Part reprinted from Beautiful Stories by Dave Louapre and Dan Sweetman | |
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1 | Jan 91 | by Jon Hammer |
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Epicurus the Sage |
2 | Mar 91 | William Messner-Loebs (Script), Sam Kieth (Pencils), Sam Kieth (Inks). Epicurus is called upon to discover why Danae is happy. It turns out Zeus is behind it. Edited by Mark Nevelow |
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Wouldn't That Be Hell |
1 | Apr 91 | by Dave Louapre and Dan Sweetman. Edited by Mark Nevelow. |
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1 | Dec 91 | An attempt to meld rock and comics. Written by Dwayne McDuffie. Drawn by Dennis Cowan. Edited by Margaret Clark. |
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1 | Mar 92 | Damon Cardwell and Glenn Barr |
Fast Forward |
1-3 | Dec 92 | Piranha Press, an anthology of short stories by different writer/ artist teams. |
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2-4 | Feb 93-Dec93 | by Marc Hempel edited by Margaret Clark |