Publisher List
Read-only publisher endpoints for the public v2 API surface.
GET /api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=18
{ "count": 17690, "next": "https://beta.comics.org/api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=19", "previous": "https://beta.comics.org/api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=17", "results": [ { "id": 16463, "name": "Andrew Taylor", "year_began": 2011, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-01-04T23:28:04Z", "modified": "2022-01-04T23:42:03Z" }, { "id": 9009, "name": "Andrew Wildman", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "Writer-artist Andrew Wildman's self-published comics.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2013-12-03T18:29:52Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:11Z" }, { "id": 600, "name": "Andrews McMeel", "year_began": 1970, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/", "notes": "Jim Andrews and John McMeel began Universal Press Syndicate in 1970, with one of their first syndicated properties being Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury. In 1973, Universal acquired Sheed and Ward and entered the book publishing business as Andrews and McMeel. In 1997 the corporate name was changed to Andrews McMeel Universal. ", "series_count": 701, "issue_count": 929, "brand_count": 4, "indicia_publisher_count": 10, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-08-17T00:20:20Z" }, { "id": 5764, "name": "Andries Blitz", "year_began": 1963, "year_ended": 1965, "country": "nl", "url": "", "notes": "Jaartallen gebaseerd op bekende uitgaves.", "series_count": 6, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-01-30T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2023-05-09T11:13:56Z" }, { "id": 6858, "name": "Andrion Books", "year_began": 1987, "year_ended": 1987, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-07-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2018-09-16T04:23:01Z" }, { "id": 6724, "name": "Andromeda Comics", "year_began": 1995, "year_ended": 1995, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-06-28T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2017-10-02T06:38:17Z" }, { "id": 11691, "name": "Andromeda Entertainment", "year_began": 2000, "year_ended": 2001, "country": "us", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20010516224750/https://www.andromeda-entertainment.com/", "notes": "Website no longer active", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-11-21T04:51:19Z", "modified": "2026-04-17T18:57:19Z" }, { "id": 3019, "name": "Andromeda Publications", "year_began": 1977, "year_ended": 1977, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "\"owned and operated by Silver Snail Comica Ltd.\"", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 9, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-06-03T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:11Z" }, { "id": 16367, "name": "Andy Papelitzky", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 4, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2021-11-19T12:10:44Z", "modified": "2021-11-19T12:34:24Z" }, { "id": 15469, "name": "Andy Smith", "year_began": 2020, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://www.andysmithart.com/", "notes": "Self-publishing for North Carolina-based cartoonist Andy Smith.\r\n\r\nNone of these comics have a publishing company name on them, so we are using the name of the person doing the publishing as the name of the publishing company, per GCD policy.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-08-04T12:32:47Z", "modified": "2025-02-07T17:35:55Z" }, { "id": 18312, "name": "andy_drws", "year_began": 2022, "year_ended": null, "country": "au", "url": "https://www.andydrws.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-05-24T14:44:10Z", "modified": "2024-05-25T14:41:07Z" }, { "id": 8181, "name": "Ange", "year_began": 2006, "year_ended": null, "country": "fr", "url": "http://editionsange.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 12, "issue_count": 17, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-08-06T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-01-05T19:54:24Z" }, { "id": 5871, "name": "Angel Comics Group", "year_began": 1990, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-02-21T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:11Z" }, { "id": 6084, "name": "Angel Entertainment", "year_began": 1996, "year_ended": 1998, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "A.K.A. Adam Post, Inc. President/publisher: Adam Post (former owner/publisher of Personality Comics and Whitney Publishing Co.., a.k.a. Pop Comics). Headquarters: El Jobean, FL.", "series_count": 101, "issue_count": 135, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 7, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-04-07T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-04-12T06:17:03Z" }, { "id": 5439, "name": "Angel Shuppan", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": 0, "country": "jp", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-09-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:12Z" }, { "id": 12151, "name": "Angela Melick", "year_began": 2010, "year_ended": null, "country": "ca", "url": "http://www.wastedtalent.ca/", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-05-24T18:26:55Z", "modified": "2017-05-24T18:26:56Z" }, { "id": 12622, "name": "Angelica", "year_began": 1982, "year_ended": null, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-11-07T10:44:41Z", "modified": "2017-11-07T10:59:08Z" }, { "id": 16026, "name": "Angelo Fasani", "year_began": 1962, "year_ended": 1967, "country": "it", "url": "", "notes": "Il 25 settembre 1964 cambia ragione sociale in Ed. S.E.P.I.M.", "series_count": 7, "issue_count": 333, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2021-05-07T22:19:28Z", "modified": "2024-02-04T15:52:49Z" }, { "id": 9816, "name": "Angelo Quattrocchi", "year_began": 1979, "year_ended": null, "country": "it", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-03-04T05:36:42Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:12Z" }, { "id": 14912, "name": "Angels and Demons Publishing", "year_began": 2018, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20220319202211/https://rachaelselk.com/", "notes": "Self-publishing for Colorado-based cartoonist Rachael Selk.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-12-01T07:28:26Z", "modified": "2026-06-23T14:05:00Z" }, { "id": 7640, "name": "Angelus Press", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Kansas City publisher, offering color reprints of Catechetical Guild originals.", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-10-31T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:12Z" }, { "id": 109, "name": "Anglo-American Publishing Company Limited", "year_began": 1941, "year_ended": 1951, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "Address for promotion in November-December 1944 was 172 John Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.\r\n\r\nAddress in March 1948 was 3 Beverly Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.\r\n\r\nAddress in December 1950 was 2001 Eglinton Ave. East, P.O. Box 308 Terminal \"A\" Toronto, Ontario, Canada.\r\n\r\nThis Canadian publisher is not to be confused with the British, Streamline indicia publisher, United Anglo-American Book Co., Ltd.", "series_count": 45, "issue_count": 482, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-01-26T15:50:06Z" }, { "id": 7524, "name": "Anglo-Hellenic Agency", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "gr", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 28, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-09-05T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:12Z" }, { "id": 11872, "name": "Angoulême C.R.D.", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "fr", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-01-29T12:47:15Z", "modified": "2017-01-29T16:35:58Z" }, { "id": 13592, "name": "Angry Bear Press", "year_began": 2018, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.indyplanet.us/angry-bear-press", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-01-12T19:22:57Z", "modified": "2019-01-12T20:52:28Z" }, { "id": 4056, "name": "Angry Dog Press", "year_began": 2000, "year_ended": 2000, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Small Press publisher", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-10-01T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2019-01-02T01:40:22Z" }, { "id": 18485, "name": "Angry Eggman", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/angryeggman/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-09-24T00:16:54Z", "modified": "2025-05-14T17:49:44Z" }, { "id": 7257, "name": "Angry Faerie", "year_began": 2010, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20170915085154/http://angryfaerie.com/", "notes": "Self-publishing for Denver-based cartoonist Scott Springer", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-04-08T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-05-27T15:24:46Z" }, { "id": 7283, "name": "Angry Gnome", "year_began": 2006, "year_ended": 2009, "country": "us", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20181227221053/http://angrygnomecomics.com/", "notes": "Dates are estimates based on books' appearances at comixpress.com, a print-on-demand service.", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 11, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-04-14T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-05-06T13:15:36Z" }, { "id": 1148, "name": "Angry Isis Press", "year_began": 1990, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-03-26T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2016-01-30T19:50:36Z" }, { "id": 3550, "name": "Angry Naked Comics", "year_began": 2000, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20130103061618/http://angrynakedpat.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-04-01T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-07-29T00:21:13Z" }, { "id": 14631, "name": "Angry Robot", "year_began": 2009, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "https://www.angryrobotbooks.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-06-26T08:45:41Z", "modified": "2019-06-27T01:27:04Z" }, { "id": 6901, "name": "Angry Viking Entertainment", "year_began": 2006, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://angryvikingpress.com/", "notes": "Indicia publisher and/or brand may be Angry Viking Press.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-08-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2022-06-25T04:06:29Z" }, { "id": 11541, "name": "Angus & Robertson", "year_began": 1883, "year_ended": null, "country": "au", "url": "http://www.angusrobertson.com.au/", "notes": "In 1884, David Angus opened a bookstore in Sydney. Angus & Robertson was created in 1886 when George Robertson and David Angus established a partnership. In 1900, after Angus retired and returned to England, Robertson formed a public company, Angus & Robertson Limited. From 1938, the company expanded internationally and formed Australia's first national book chain during the 1970s.\r\n\r\nOver time the company changed hands to IPEC in 1976 and Gordon & Gotch in 1978, when A&R Publishing became a separate company. In 1990, A&R Publishing merged with Bookworld; was later purchased by New Zealand book retailer Whitcoulls Group in 1993; then by Blue Star Group in 1996; and then by UK's WHSmith in 2001. \r\n\r\nIn 2004 A&R was acquired by Australian investment company, Pacific Equity Partners. PEP purchased Borders in Australia and New Zealand in 2009 and brought the brands together under the parent company, RedGroup Retail. In 2011, RedGroup went into administration, leaving only an on-line A&R bookstore that later became part of Penguin Australia. In 2015, A&R was sold to online retailer Booktopia. The Angus & Robertson imprint is still used in books published by HarperCollins, a News Corporation company.\r\n\r\nFrom the earliest days, the company was a publisher as well as a bookseller, noted for publishing and promoting many classic Australian authors including Banjo Patterson, Henry Lawson, May Gibbs, Norman Lindsay and CJ Dennis. Its publishing output has included a few books with comics.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-10-25T10:13:03Z", "modified": "2016-10-25T11:20:13Z" }, { "id": 4391, "name": "Angus MacLeod", "year_began": 1983, "year_ended": 1983, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "Based in South Haven, Nova Scotia.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2008-01-25T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:13Z" }, { "id": 2950, "name": "Angus Publishing", "year_began": 1995, "year_ended": 1997, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.xmission.com/~mercedes", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 20, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-04-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-01-31T08:59:17Z" }, { "id": 19260, "name": "Ani-Mia", "year_began": 2020, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://www.ani-mia.com/", "notes": "Self-publishing for Washington (state)-based writer (and professional cosplayer) Ana-Mia (aka Mia McLaughlin).", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-11-11T07:48:08Z", "modified": "2025-11-12T09:38:54Z" }, { "id": 19171, "name": "Anillo de Sirio", "year_began": 2003, "year_ended": null, "country": "es", "url": "https://www.anillodesirio.com/", "notes": "This publisher was founded by Jordi Bayarri in 2003 when collaborative publishing deals were established with Aleta, and more recently with Parramón.", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-09-04T02:56:27Z", "modified": "2025-09-04T02:56:27Z" }, { "id": 17767, "name": "Ânima", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "br", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 4, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-08-12T08:13:52Z", "modified": "2023-08-13T07:09:16Z" }, { "id": 14018, "name": "Anima", "year_began": 1990, "year_ended": 1990, "country": "yu", "url": "", "notes": "Was situated in Zagreb, former Yugoslavia.", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-04-29T17:45:03Z", "modified": "2019-04-29T17:45:03Z" }, { "id": 18830, "name": "Animachon", "year_began": 2025, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "https://www.animachon.shop/", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-03-28T13:38:34Z", "modified": "2025-11-19T19:19:09Z" }, { "id": 4676, "name": "Animagic Ltd", "year_began": 1996, "year_ended": 1996, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2008-07-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2019-06-22T16:14:05Z" }, { "id": 19444, "name": "Animal Comics", "year_began": 1999, "year_ended": null, "country": "ar", "url": "", "notes": "Argentine independent comic publisher documented active from 1999. Published the series Animal Urbano. Contemporary advertisements indicate additional titles including Cinder, Drakilo, Bruno Helme, Morón Suburbio, and Conundrum. Distributed nationally via Brihet e Hijos S.A. and Bertrán S.A.C. Printed by Latin Gráfica S.A. Maintained a web presence via Dreamers.com hosting.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 10, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2026-03-01T21:29:31Z", "modified": "2026-03-02T05:22:17Z" }, { "id": 13527, "name": "Animal Media Group", "year_began": 2012, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20240222003459/https://animalmediagroup.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-12-19T07:32:21Z", "modified": "2026-07-28T18:12:07Z" }, { "id": 15519, "name": "Animal Press", "year_began": 2017, "year_ended": null, "country": "be", "url": "https://animalpress.be/", "notes": "Animal Press specializes in limited edition risograph books of illustration and comics. It is run by Jinhee Han and Baptiste Virot.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-08-25T22:15:41Z", "modified": "2020-08-26T21:24:55Z" }, { "id": 15000, "name": "AnimaniA", "year_began": 1994, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-01-27T12:28:56Z", "modified": "2020-01-27T12:28:56Z" }, { "id": 7139, "name": "Animated Comics Enterprises", "year_began": 1986, "year_ended": 1987, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Publisher Ron J. Frantz.", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-01-14T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:13Z" }, { "id": 3961, "name": "Anime Works Press", "year_began": 2005, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.media-blasters.com/", "notes": "A division of Media Blasters ", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 12, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-07-22T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:58:13Z" }, { "id": 12480, "name": "Animexx", "year_began": 2000, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 9, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-09-04T00:11:00Z", "modified": "2017-09-04T08:10:39Z" }, { "id": 19107, "name": "AniMoon", "year_began": 2025, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-07-27T06:01:05Z", "modified": "2026-06-07T11:13:49Z" } ] }