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After the best year in our company’s history, (over 5,000 books sold and receiving the prestigious JLG Gold Selection for Shadows on the Ice), our distributor Diamond Comics has filed for bankruptcy, owing us over $28,000. We need your help to stay in business.
New Releases
Our latest and greatest graphic novels. Beautiful, original, and authentic titles from a diverse roster of creators.
Founder’s Note
Comics are for dorks and little kids. At least that’s what I’d heard for most of my early life, and it seemed to be true. The only places I could get them were two little comic shops in my hometown, where some dateless, greasy nerd with thick glasses schooled me on how uncultured I was for not knowing The Swamp Thing.
But I loved them anyway. Spider-Man, The X-Men, Bone, I couldn’t get enough. Then something changed. I got a girlfriend, and a driver’s license, and started going out more. I didn’t have time for reading comics anymore, let alone drawing them. Comics were for kids. Sure, I came back to them once in a while when something serious caught my eye, like V for Vendetta or Craig Thompson’s Blankets.
Studying in Europe, I walked into the library one day, hoping to find something to help me learn French. To my amazement, there it was, a whole section with comic books, filled from floor to ceiling. Could it be? Or was this some sort or mirage?
All alone in France with no girlfriend or driver’s license, I decided to give in to my guilty pleasure. After all, who would know?
Thus my first love was reignited. I began to draw again, to read more and more comics of all sorts of new genres, and even to come back to many of those classics I discovered as a kid. That phase lasted more than ten years, and I’m happy to say I’m not showing any signs of growing out of it any time soon.
Comics giants like Scott McCloud, Alan Moore, Marjane Satrapi, and Will Eisner taught me that the scope of what comics can achieve is unlimited. To me, and I say this with total conviction, comics are the highest form of art.
News & Blog
What’s going on in the world of indie graphic novels.
Webcomic: Glass half full
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Graphic Novel Review: Keeping Two by Jordan Crane
I haven't read any other reviews of this book -- I usually don't, because I wanted to form my own opinion. I'm a huge fan of Fantagraphics and I wouldn't dare troll a competitor, even if they're way bigger and they probably wouldn't notice me anyway, but I just didn't...
Our Creators
We work with talented creators from all over the world, regardless of their education or experience. They all have one thing in common: they know how to tell a great story.
Jamison Odone, USA
Claire Duplan, France
Noémie Honein, Lebanon
Eric Glickman, USA
Bartosz Sztybor, Poland
Augusto Mora, Mexico
Contact Us
Black Panel Press Inc.
Andrew Benteau, Founder
25 Capreol Crt, Toronto, ON, Canada
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