Publisher List
Read-only publisher endpoints for the public v2 API surface.
GET /api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=331
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Pictures", "year_began": 2014, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-12-29T18:08:01Z", "modified": "2024-12-29T18:08:02Z" }, { "id": 13345, "name": "Waanders & de Kunst", "year_began": 2010, "year_ended": null, "country": "nl", "url": "https://www.waandersdekunst.nl/", "notes": "Gespecialiseerd in kunstboeken.\r\n\r\nOpgericht door Marloes Waanders.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-08-27T11:31:09Z", "modified": "2018-08-27T11:41:38Z" }, { "id": 7981, "name": "Wacky Productions", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-06-25T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:15Z" }, { "id": 15360, "name": "Wagner", 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"issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-12-07T05:32:01Z", "modified": "2016-12-07T09:22:45Z" }, { "id": 19487, "name": "Wahzoo", "year_began": 1989, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Wahzoo Comics, 205 Craig Drive, Santa Paula CA 93060", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2026-03-28T11:55:37Z", "modified": "2026-04-01T10:19:04Z" }, { "id": 7840, "name": "Waigel", "year_began": 1982, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 4, "issue_count": 31, "brand_count": 3, "indicia_publisher_count": 3, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-03-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-07-02T11:22:15Z" }, { "id": 15788, "name": "Wake Entertainment", "year_began": 2020, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 33, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2021-01-15T21:11:32Z", "modified": "2026-02-24T09:42:38Z" }, { "id": 8626, "name": "Wakefield Express", "year_began": 1983, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2013-02-25T09:58:38Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:15Z" }, { "id": 10172, "name": "Walburg Pers", "year_began": 1961, "year_ended": null, "country": "nl", "url": "http://www.walburgpers.nl/", "notes": "Gevestigd in Zutphen.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-07-01T21:05:58Z", "modified": "2015-07-02T15:58:50Z" }, { "id": 12938, "name": "Walde + Graf", "year_began": 2009, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-01-12T02:18:40Z", "modified": "2018-01-12T02:18:40Z" }, { "id": 4029, "name": "Waldman", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-09-07T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:15Z" }, { "id": 12489, "name": "Waldo Van Gheluwe", "year_began": 2017, "year_ended": null, "country": "be", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-09-04T08:11:03Z", "modified": "2017-09-04T13:09:10Z" }, { "id": 16590, "name": "Wale Adenuga", "year_began": 2016, "year_ended": null, "country": "ng", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-02-10T21:46:08Z", "modified": "2022-02-11T14:36:35Z" }, { "id": 12221, "name": "Walhalla Fachverlag", "year_began": 1949, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-07-05T21:05:02Z", "modified": "2020-01-12T12:58:59Z" }, { "id": 5969, "name": "Walker & Company", "year_began": 1959, "year_ended": 2017, "country": "us", "url": "https://web.archive.org/web/20080219082720/http://www.walkerbooks.com/", "notes": "Founded by Sam Walker. Independent publisher that was purchased by Bloomsbury in 2005. The Walker trademark was purchased by Candlewick Press/Walker Books UK in 2017 and is no longer used by Bloomsbury.", "series_count": 12, "issue_count": 12, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-03-20T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2019-06-27T04:34:26Z" }, { "id": 7378, "name": "Walker Books", "year_began": 1980, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "http://www.walker.co.uk/", "notes": "", "series_count": 11, "issue_count": 11, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-05-29T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-12-27T20:43:54Z" }, { "id": 3216, "name": "Walking Man Comics", "year_began": 1985, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Self publisher Matt Levin. Mostly minicomics done with rubber stamps.", "series_count": 5, "issue_count": 170, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-10-01T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:15Z" }, { "id": 18115, "name": "Wall Written Graphics", "year_began": 1987, "year_ended": 1987, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Published by Scott Kingsbury", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-02-25T09:55:50Z", "modified": "2024-02-26T00:12:24Z" }, { "id": 7707, "name": "Wallace Hamilton Campbell", "year_began": 1949, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-12-24T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:15Z" }, { "id": 326, "name": "Wallace Wood", "year_began": 1969, "year_ended": 1980, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 6, "issue_count": 15, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2022-06-22T15:06:04Z" }, { "id": 19358, "name": "Wallraf-Richartz-Museum", "year_began": 2019, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2026-01-18T17:07:35Z", "modified": "2026-01-18T17:58:43Z" }, { "id": 15663, "name": "Wallstein", "year_began": 1986, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-11-05T13:38:41Z", "modified": "2020-11-05T16:49:11Z" }, { "id": 10479, "name": "Walpole Publishing", "year_began": 1990, "year_ended": null, "country": "au", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [ "self-publisher" ], "created": "2015-10-26T15:27:22Z", "modified": "2015-10-27T11:19:52Z" }, { "id": 12808, "name": "Walpurghia", "year_began": 1900, "year_ended": null, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-11-08T14:13:51Z", "modified": "2017-11-08T14:13:51Z" }, { "id": 11174, "name": "Walt Disney - Mondadori", "year_began": 1935, "year_ended": 1938, "country": "it", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 124, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-07-07T09:19:35Z", "modified": "2021-12-26T21:43:59Z" }, { "id": 15117, "name": "Walter Bach Knudsen", "year_began": 1970, "year_ended": 1970, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "eget forlag; self-published", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [ "self-published", "eget forlag" ], "created": "2020-03-08T00:20:13Z", "modified": "2020-03-08T00:20:13Z" }, { "id": 8863, "name": "Walter Bachner-Bagginer Productions", "year_began": 1977, "year_ended": 1977, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Small press publisher for revised format version of Bode's self-published: Das Kampf (Vaughn Bode, 1963 series)", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [ "alternative", "small-press", "underground comix" ], "created": "2013-08-17T16:35:08Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:15Z" }, { "id": 11770, "name": "Walter Foster", "year_began": 1922, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-12-24T08:10:45Z", "modified": "2017-10-19T18:04:41Z" }, { "id": 3683, "name": "Walter J. Wentz", "year_began": 2007, "year_ended": 2007, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-05-16T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:15Z" }, { "id": 7776, "name": "Walter Mohr Verlag", "year_began": 1957, "year_ended": 1957, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 18, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-02-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:16Z" }, { "id": 3744, "name": "Walter T. Foster", "year_began": 1931, "year_ended": 1998, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Full name: Walter Thomas Foster.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-06-23T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:16Z" }, { "id": 9184, "name": "Walterell", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "be", "url": "http://www.walterell.be/", "notes": "Opgericht door schrijver/tekenaar Walter Laureysens en vernoemd naar zijn pseudoniem, 'Walterell'.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2014-05-04T16:29:28Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:16Z" }, { "id": 8386, "name": "Walterglyphics Ink", "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": "2012-10-27T08:14:13Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:16Z" }, { "id": 7999, "name": "Walthamstow Guardian", "year_began": 1946, "year_ended": 1946, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-07-07T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:16Z" }, { "id": 545, "name": "Wandering Star Press", "year_began": 1986, "year_ended": 1986, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2000-10-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:16Z" }, { "id": 8118, "name": "Wandsworth Council", "year_began": 1975, "year_ended": 1975, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-07-28T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:16Z" }, { "id": 5324, "name": "Waneko", "year_began": 1999, "year_ended": null, "country": "pl", "url": "http://www.waneko.pl", "notes": "Waneko is a Polish manga publisher, located in Warszawa, Poland. The founders of Waneko are Aleksandra Watanuki, Martyna Taniguchi and Kenichiro Watanuki.", "series_count": 95, "issue_count": 726, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-07-31T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2023-07-09T02:45:48Z" }, { "id": 7423, "name": "Wanga", "year_began": 2006, "year_ended": null, "country": "fr", "url": "http://www.wangacomics.com//", "notes": "", "series_count": 24, "issue_count": 58, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-07-06T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-04-20T04:04:33Z" }, { "id": 6354, "name": "Wangels Forlag", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-05-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:16Z" }, { "id": 5485, "name": "Wanimagazine-sha", "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": "2015-05-26T20:07:17Z" }, { "id": 13056, "name": "Wannabe Press", "year_began": 2015, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.wannabepress.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-03-26T18:55:23Z", "modified": "2018-03-28T23:50:31Z" }, { "id": 15700, "name": "Wantok Publications", "year_began": 1972, "year_ended": 1980, "country": "pg", "url": "", "notes": "Original publisher of Wantok Niuspepa. In 1980 publication was taken over by Word Publishing.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-11-22T08:08:59Z", "modified": "2020-11-22T11:07:38Z" }, { "id": 6942, "name": "Wap-Hr", "year_began": 2009, "year_ended": null, "country": "pl", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-09-19T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:17Z" }, { "id": 8079, "name": "Ward and Lock", "year_began": 1854, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "Ebenezer Ward and George Lock started a publishing concern in 1854. They were joined by James Bowden and were variously known as \"Ward and Lock\" (1852 - 1891), \"Ward, Lock and Bowden Company\" (1891 - 1893), \"Ward Lock and Bowden Ltd.\" (1893 - 1897), and \"Ward Lock & Co. Ltd.\" (1897 - present).\r\n\r\nThe company became an imprint of the Orion Publishing Group at some point, but does not seem to be used currently (October 2013).\r\n\r\nAs they only published a few comics, the name they used at the time is used by the GCD.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-07-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2017-10-30T12:46:58Z" }, { "id": 5911, "name": "Ward Makielski", "year_began": 1990, "year_ended": 1990, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Champaign, IL self-publisher", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-03-06T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:17Z" } ] }