Publisher List
Read-only publisher endpoints for the public v2 API surface.
GET /api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=249
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Childs in October 1944. (source: Advertising Agency, Volume 47, Issue 17, 1954)", "series_count": 7, "issue_count": 7, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-12-08T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-12-18T20:17:22Z" }, { "id": 6676, "name": "Picture Craft Corp.", "year_began": 1972, "year_ended": 1975, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Dates are for only known comics publication.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-06-19T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:54Z" }, { "id": 11785, "name": "Picture Esque Publishing [Picturesque]", "year_began": 2015, "year_ended": null, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 59, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-12-28T14:38:11Z", "modified": "2025-08-04T09:58:14Z" }, { "id": 8620, "name": "Picture Lions", "year_began": 1981, "year_ended": 1981, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2013-02-24T18:20:18Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:54Z" }, { "id": 8313, "name": "Picture Magazine", "year_began": 1958, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-10-03T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:54Z" }, { "id": 9886, "name": "Picture Magazines", "year_began": 1965, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 67, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-03-25T18:54:42Z", "modified": "2026-09-23T14:47:04Z" }, { "id": 2722, "name": "Picture Scoop, Inc.", "year_began": 1943, "year_ended": 1943, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Owned and managed by Arthur Bernard and Morris S. Latzen. Picture Scoop, Inc. published magazines from 1942 to 1946.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2005-12-27T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 7814, "name": "Picture Story", "year_began": 1979, "year_ended": 1986, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-02-26T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 8384, "name": "Picture Story Publications", "year_began": 1959, "year_ended": 1966, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "This is probably the publisher most known for the iconic UK music magazine for girls, Boyfriend (1959-1966).", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 56, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-10-26T12:12:21Z", "modified": "2020-08-25T07:11:07Z" }, { "id": 12166, "name": "Picture Story Studios", "year_began": 1962, "year_ended": 1963, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-05-31T16:34:45Z", "modified": "2017-05-31T16:47:30Z" }, { "id": 9004, "name": "Picture This Press", "year_began": 2010, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.PictureThisPress.com/", "notes": "PICTURE THIS PRESS is dedicated to broadening the appreciation and understanding of the artists who work in the fields of illustration, cartooning, graphic arts, photography, and poster design. Silver Spring, Maryland publisher. Founder and co-publisher: Joseph V. Procopio.", "series_count": 5, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [ "cartoonists", "comics history", "Lost Art Books", "illustrators", "artist monographs", "golden age", "platinum age" ], "created": "2013-12-01T23:17:49Z", "modified": "2024-07-17T16:07:42Z" }, { "id": 4395, "name": "PictureBox", "year_began": 2000, "year_ended": 2014, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.pictureboxinc.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 29, "issue_count": 35, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2008-01-26T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2021-12-13T17:15:57Z" }, { "id": 6081, "name": "Picturebox Publications", "year_began": 1990, "year_ended": 1991, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-04-07T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 11372, "name": "Pictus", "year_began": 2007, "year_ended": null, "country": "ar", "url": "http://www.pictus.com.ar/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-09-04T06:30:46Z", "modified": "2025-06-12T11:29:23Z" }, { "id": 15051, "name": "Pidax", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-02-09T16:22:28Z", "modified": "2021-07-02T22:02:16Z" }, { "id": 5515, "name": "Pidde Andersson", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "se", "url": "", "notes": "Fanzineutgivare, Landskrona", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-12-07T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 3831, "name": "Pidde Andersson; Magnus Hulterström", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": 0, "country": "se", "url": "", "notes": "Fanzinutgivare, Landskrona och Örebro", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-06-25T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 7023, "name": "Pidpa en AWW", "year_began": 2004, "year_ended": 2004, "country": "be", "url": "", "notes": "De twee zijn drinkwaterbedrijven in de regio Antwerpen.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-11-14T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 15631, "name": "Pie Publication", "year_began": 1987, "year_ended": 1987, "country": "ph", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-10-19T11:59:37Z", "modified": "2020-10-19T15:49:51Z" }, { "id": 532, "name": "Pied Piper Comics", "year_began": 1986, "year_ended": 1988, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Founded by Mark L. Hamlin and comics writer Roger McKenzie, with writer/editor David Campiti playing a major role. Editorial editorial offices in Wheeling, WV, with business office in Wyoming, MI. Hamlin was formerly sales and marketing representative for Comico; Pied Piper Comics was a play on Hamlin's name and the legend of the Pied Piper of Hamelin.\r\n\r\nPied Piper was tied to two other Campiti-associated publishers: Amazing and Wonder Color, both of which were financed by comics distributor Scott Mitchell Rosenberg and a small group of investors. Campiti packaged comics for all three publishers through Campiti and Associates, with Pied Piper publishing graphic novels, Amazing publishing black-and-white comics, and Wonder Color publishing color comics.\r\n\r\nPied Piper temporarily acquired David Lawrence & Ron Lim's EX-MUTANTS after the title began with two publishers associated with Campiti and financial backer Rosenberg: Eternity Comics and Amazing. Campiti left Rosenberg's various ventures in 1987, taking Lawrence & Lim's EX-MUTANTS with him to Pied Piper. (The company also published Lawrence & Lim's THE NEW HUMANS.)\r\n\r\nPied Piper collapsed in 1988, with a number of titles, such as HERO ALLIANCE and POWER FACTOR, being continued by Campiti's own Innovation Publishing; EX-MUTANTS and THE NEW HUMANS both returned to Eternity (which at that point was an imprint of another Rosenberg operation, Malibu Comics).", "series_count": 10, "issue_count": 17, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 3, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-09-04T06:13:25Z" }, { "id": 3583, "name": "Pierce Publishing Co.", "year_began": 1958, "year_ended": 1959, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-04-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 5325, "name": "Piero Dami Editore", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": 0, "country": "it", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-07-31T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 19228, "name": "Pierre Charles Éditeur", "year_began": 1979, "year_ended": 1981, "country": "fr", "url": "", "notes": "Le critique et collectionneur Pierre Charles a fondé sa maison d'édition pour publier des titres de bande dessinée de science fiction.", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-10-11T15:56:47Z", "modified": "2025-10-16T04:34:06Z" }, { "id": 13116, "name": "Pierre Vorms", "year_began": 1928, "year_ended": 1986, "country": "fr", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-04-29T22:55:51Z", "modified": "2018-04-30T21:19:11Z" }, { "id": 13485, "name": "Piet en John van Elk", "year_began": 1942, "year_ended": 1945, "country": "nl", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-12-04T21:13:59Z", "modified": "2018-12-05T11:59:28Z" }, { "id": 13487, "name": "Piet van Elk", "year_began": 1992, "year_ended": 1992, "country": "nl", "url": "", "notes": "Zelfuitgever.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-12-04T21:14:10Z", "modified": "2018-12-04T23:01:40Z" }, { "id": 3665, "name": "Piffle Productions", "year_began": 1994, "year_ended": 1995, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Piffle Productions, 311 Morrow Ave., Suite 2, Carnegie PA 15106", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-05-14T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 6877, "name": "Pig Iron Press", "year_began": 1980, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Youngstown, OH publisher.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-07-23T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2018-02-19T05:41:53Z" }, { "id": 13883, "name": "Pig Productions", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-04-08T15:14:21Z", "modified": "2019-04-08T17:05:35Z" }, { "id": 17667, "name": "Pig Roast Publishing", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://pigroastpublishing.com/", "notes": "Founded by Jeff Schneider.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-06-22T05:16:50Z", "modified": "2023-07-28T09:36:47Z" }, { "id": 6153, "name": "Pig Run Press", "year_began": 1999, "year_ended": 1999, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-04-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 6095, "name": "Pigeon Press", "year_began": 1990, "year_ended": 1993, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "New York, NY publisher from the early 90s. Not to be confused with Alvin Buenaventura's company.", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-04-08T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-02-19T22:07:44Z" }, { "id": 7128, "name": "Pigeon Press", "year_began": 2010, "year_ended": 2016, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.pigeon-press.com/", "notes": "Alvin Buenaventura's last publishing venture. Not to be confused with an early-1990s small press publisher of the same name.", "series_count": 7, "issue_count": 7, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-01-07T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2016-10-22T07:38:10Z" }, { "id": 16467, "name": "Pigeonhole Press", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-01-07T01:32:31Z", "modified": "2022-01-07T05:25:58Z" }, { "id": 7323, "name": "Piggy Back Studios", "year_began": 2010, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.piggybackstudios.com", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-04-30T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 1740, "name": "Piiv", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": null, "country": "no", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-04-21T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:04:55Z" }, { "id": 9473, "name": "Pijper Media", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "nl", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2014-09-29T19:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-10-29T13:38:55Z" }, { "id": 10063, "name": "Pika Édition", "year_began": 2000, "year_ended": null, "country": "fr", "url": "https://www.pika.fr/", "notes": "", "series_count": 453, "issue_count": 3793, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-06-03T09:59:48Z", "modified": "2024-09-25T15:24:56Z" }, { "id": 14717, "name": "Pikin Press", "year_began": 1975, "year_ended": 1977, "country": "ng", "url": "", "notes": "Also known as Pican Publications", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 47, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-08-14T20:08:54Z", "modified": "2022-02-10T18:05:20Z" }, { "id": 9011, "name": "Pikitia Press", "year_began": 2012, "year_ended": null, "country": "au", "url": "http://www.pikitiapress.com/", "notes": "Founded by Matt Emery.", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2013-12-06T21:34:33Z", "modified": "2020-01-17T15:31:47Z" }, { "id": 12742, "name": "Pilen Puz", "year_began": 1988, "year_ended": null, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-11-08T13:37:54Z", "modified": "2017-11-08T13:37:54Z" }, { "id": 12114, "name": "Pilet & Cougnard", "year_began": 1855, "year_ended": null, "country": "ch", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-05-07T19:52:16Z", "modified": "2017-05-07T20:07:43Z" }, { "id": 19528, "name": "PIllar Books", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2026-05-18T00:46:01Z", "modified": "2026-05-18T20:20:30Z" }, { "id": 15368, "name": "Pilot Press Ltd", "year_began": 1940, "year_ended": 1985, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "London-based. Not to be confused with the London-based Pilot Press, founded in 2017 as \"a publisher of queer art, writing and activism.\"", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-06-13T12:06:23Z", "modified": "2020-06-13T20:39:02Z" }, { "id": 14826, "name": "Pilot Studios", "year_began": 2018, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-10-16T02:19:00Z", "modified": "2020-12-26T18:39:17Z" }, { "id": 12290, "name": "Pin Up", "year_began": 1990, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-08-29T20:19:15Z", "modified": "2017-08-29T20:30:46Z" } ] }