Publisher List
Read-only publisher endpoints for the public v2 API surface.
GET /api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=333
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W = Bob Wian who founded the company. E = Elias Brothers, major franchisee, later owner of the company. B = Lucian Bernhard, major creator of the Big Boy design. S = Alex Schoenbaum, major franchisee of Shoney's.", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 627, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2004-08-23T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2023-09-16T22:15:42Z" }, { "id": 19346, "name": "Webtoon Unscrolled", "year_began": 2022, "year_ended": null, "country": "ca", "url": "https://www.webtoonunscrolled.com", "notes": "Webtoon was initially launched as a digital comics platform, launching in South Korea in 2005 and then globally from 2014. In 2021 they announced that they would start printing graphic novels as Webtoon Unscrolled, with the first graphics novels then being published in 2022. It publishes its graphic novels from Canada while also operating out of offices in the United States.\r\n\r\nWebtoon Unscrolled is a division of Wattpad Corp. The [gcd_link_publisher](16853) division of Wattpad Corp also separately published graphic novels and included a similarly named indicia publisher of [gcd_link_indicia_publisher](10324) that focused on romance, women's fiction and prose works.", "series_count": 9, "issue_count": 27, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2026-01-09T22:10:10Z", "modified": "2026-05-11T22:58:32Z" }, { "id": 2636, "name": "WeeBee Comics", "year_began": 1987, "year_ended": 1988, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2005-10-23T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:19Z" }, { "id": 9433, "name": "Weekbladpers", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "nl", "url": "http://www.weekbladpers.nl/", "notes": "Onderdeel van WPG Uitgevers.", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2014-09-08T13:30:21Z", "modified": "2025-12-04T22:47:42Z" }, { "id": 7717, "name": "Weekly Reader Books", "year_began": 1981, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.weeklyreader.com/", "notes": "Weekly Readers were small pamphlet-magazines handed out free in grade schools in the 1960s and 1970s. Spunky and fun, they encouraged reading.\r\n\r\nThe company is still in business through their website.\r\n\r\nPublished SuperKernel Comics, \"a presentation of The Popcorn Bag,\" in 1981. Address (in 1981) was 1250 Fairwood Avenue, PO Box 16613, Columbus, OH, 43216. The Popcorn Bag(R) was \"A Service of Weekly Reader Books.\"", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 47, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-01-01T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2020-06-07T13:38:48Z" }, { "id": 8627, "name": "Weetabix", "year_began": 1982, "year_ended": 1983, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "Breakfast cereal producer. Published some promotional comics.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2013-02-25T09:58:47Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:20Z" }, { "id": 8647, "name": "Weeties", "year_began": 1950, "year_ended": null, "country": "au", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 78, "issue_count": 140, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2013-03-04T16:17:11Z", "modified": "2020-04-23T17:38:41Z" }, { "id": 9528, "name": "Wegener", "year_began": 1988, "year_ended": null, "country": "nl", "url": "http://www.wegener.nl/", "notes": "Krantenuitgever.", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2014-10-30T09:38:23Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:20Z" }, { "id": 3991, "name": "Wehner Publishing, Inc.", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-08-13T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:20Z" }, { "id": 14441, "name": "Weildarum", "year_began": 2010, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-05-23T22:39:50Z", "modified": "2019-05-24T10:17:04Z" }, { "id": 19294, "name": "Weilin+Göös", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "fi", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 7, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-11-30T16:21:04Z", "modified": "2026-04-26T14:17:05Z" }, { "id": 18865, "name": "Weird Book", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "it", "url": "https://www.weirdbook.it", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-04-26T06:12:44Z", "modified": "2025-04-26T12:18:23Z" }, { "id": 15009, "name": "Weird Visions", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-01-27T12:35:41Z", "modified": "2020-01-27T12:35:41Z" }, { "id": 11119, "name": "Weirdo Comics [Marc Jackson]", "year_began": 2016, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "https://www.marcmakecomics.co.uk/", "notes": "Self-publisher.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-06-21T09:25:30Z", "modified": "2016-06-23T20:00:53Z" }, { "id": 10203, "name": "Weirdo Publishing Company", "year_began": 1975, "year_ended": 1977, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Founded by Jay L. Zilber.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-07-15T00:09:54Z", "modified": "2019-01-08T05:32:20Z" }, { "id": 2903, "name": "Weirdom Publications", "year_began": 1971, "year_ended": 1971, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Underground publisher", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-03-22T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:20Z" }, { "id": 3461, "name": "Weirdworx", "year_began": 1994, "year_ended": 1994, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Weirdworx, P.O. Box 17001, Encino, California 91416-7001", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-02-14T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:20Z" }, { "id": 14692, "name": "Weißburgunder-Verlag", "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": "2019-08-03T15:11:51Z", "modified": "2019-08-03T15:14:58Z" }, { "id": 11694, "name": "Weißflog", "year_began": 1984, "year_ended": 1986, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 12, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-11-21T21:41:13Z", "modified": "2024-02-08T05:35:00Z" }, { "id": 10592, "name": "Weismann Verlag", "year_began": 1976, "year_ended": 1990, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 9, "issue_count": 9, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 3, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-11-18T17:34:21Z", "modified": "2021-06-12T02:14:32Z" }, { "id": 4829, "name": "Weissblech Comics", "year_began": 1992, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "http://www.weissblechcomics.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 49, "issue_count": 302, "brand_count": 4, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2008-12-21T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-08-13T04:30:00Z" }, { "id": 3724, "name": "Weissman", "year_began": 1995, "year_ended": 1996, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Self publishing effort by Steven Weissman", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-06-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:21Z" }, { "id": 18989, "name": "Weitnauer", "year_began": 2024, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-06-26T16:25:43Z", "modified": "2025-06-26T17:04:24Z" }, { "id": 11471, "name": "Weldon Owen", "year_began": 1984, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.wopublishing.com/", "notes": "As of 2016, and perhaps as early as 2007, Weldon Owen is a Bonnier company.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-09-29T19:31:40Z", "modified": "2025-02-18T23:21:35Z" }, { "id": 16584, "name": "Well Told Story Ltd.", "year_began": 2012, "year_ended": null, "country": "ke", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 133, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-02-10T18:25:33Z", "modified": "2022-02-11T05:44:20Z" }, { "id": 16586, "name": "Well Told Story Tanzania", "year_began": 2015, "year_ended": 2016, "country": "tz", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 63, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-02-10T18:25:46Z", "modified": "2022-02-11T05:45:28Z" }, { "id": 11656, "name": "Wellmann", "year_began": 2010, "year_ended": 2010, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-11-16T05:26:58Z", "modified": "2020-04-14T11:17:28Z" }, { "id": 3359, "name": "Wells & Clark", "year_began": 1994, "year_ended": 1997, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 11, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-12-25T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2018-01-01T13:31:26Z" }, { "id": 11100, "name": "Wells Gardner, Darton & Co.", "year_began": 1945, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 325, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-06-10T16:37:32Z", "modified": "2022-01-20T21:39:53Z" }, { "id": 8141, "name": "Welsh National Opera", "year_began": 1984, "year_ended": 1984, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-07-31T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:21Z" }, { "id": 3221, "name": "Welsh Publishing Group", "year_began": 1983, "year_ended": 1994, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "A children's magazine publishing company, that in the 1980s published more than 20 magazine titles. It was originally a division of Lorimar Telepictures, but publisher Donald Welsh bought the division in 1987, and then sold it in October 1994 to Marvel Comics.\r\n\r\nNon-comics magazines include Barbie, Barney, Muppets, Mickey Mouse, Statue of Liberty Centennial, Thundercats, Snoopy, Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Masters of the Universe, Little Mermaid, G.I. Joe, etc.", "series_count": 12, "issue_count": 56, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 3, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-10-05T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-06-20T20:17:17Z" }, { "id": 6979, "name": "Welt am Sonnabend", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 26, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-10-24T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-08-31T08:02:35Z" }, { "id": 6921, "name": "Weltbild", "year_began": 2001, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "http://www.weltbild.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 17, "issue_count": 45, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-09-03T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-01-16T18:27:54Z" }, { "id": 11142, "name": "Weltkreis Verlag", "year_began": 1958, "year_ended": 1987, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 7, "issue_count": 16, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-06-30T17:59:35Z", "modified": "2021-09-23T05:13:10Z" }, { "id": 12130, "name": "Wendel", "year_began": 1795, "year_ended": 1840, "country": "nl", "url": "", "notes": "J. 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