Publisher List
Read-only publisher endpoints for the public v2 API surface.
GET /api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=336
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Brooks was calling himself Holland's successor.", "series_count": 8, "issue_count": 8, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-12-27T05:09:37Z", "modified": "2019-12-30T19:30:06Z" }, { "id": 8165, "name": "William Innell Clement", "year_began": 1814, "year_ended": 1852, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 8, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-08-06T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2019-12-14T17:42:27Z" }, { "id": 2668, "name": "William J. deGrouchy & Son", "year_began": 1950, "year_ended": 1959, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Publisher circa 1950s", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2005-11-11T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:24Z" }, { "id": 388, "name": "William Kaufmann, Inc", "year_began": 1977, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 4, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2000-10-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2023-05-16T05:01:46Z" }, { "id": 952, "name": "William Morrow and Company", "year_began": 1926, "year_ended": 1999, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Since being bought by News Corporation the publisher has become an imprint of HarperCollins.", "series_count": 14, "issue_count": 17, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 3, "keywords": [], "created": "2000-08-12T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-04-18T20:27:06Z" }, { "id": 9468, "name": "William Sloane Associates", "year_began": 1946, "year_ended": 1952, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2014-09-28T06:21:14Z", "modified": "2023-04-13T05:54:53Z" }, { "id": 6330, "name": "Williams", "year_began": 1962, "year_ended": 1976, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "Interpresse acquired the Danish part of Williams around July/August 1976", "series_count": 86, "issue_count": 2340, "brand_count": 3, "indicia_publisher_count": 3, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-05-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2023-11-27T17:41:23Z" }, { "id": 4888, "name": "Williams Collins Sons & Company", "year_began": 1976, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-02-06T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2017-04-15T21:29:20Z" }, { "id": 379, "name": "Williams Förlags AB", "year_began": 1965, "year_ended": 1976, "country": "se", "url": "", "notes": "Vid en kontrovers om utgivingen av Illustrerade klassiker i Sverige ombildades förlaget Illustrerade klassiker till Williams Förlag AB. Namnet kom från Albert L. Kanters son. Kanter var den som startade Classics Illustrated i USA. 1969 köptes Centerförlaget upp. Williams blev i sin tur uppköpt av Semic Press AB 1975-1976.\r\n\r\nENGLISH:\r\nAs a result of a controversy over the publication of Classics Illustrated in Sweden, the publisher Illustrerade Klassiker was reorganized into Williams Förlag AB. The name came from Albert L. Kanter's son, William E. Kanter (born 29 May 1923). Albert Kanter founded Classics Illustrated in the USA. \r\n\r\nIn 1969, Centerförlaget was acquired. \r\n\r\nWilliams was in turn acquired by Semic Press in 1975-1976.", "series_count": 197, "issue_count": 4187, "brand_count": 3, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-08-22T02:45:45Z" }, { "id": 11038, "name": "Williams France", "year_began": 1972, "year_ended": 1975, "country": "fr", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 16, "issue_count": 139, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-05-07T09:42:26Z", "modified": "2022-11-15T06:06:30Z" }, { "id": 3535, "name": "Williams Publishing", "year_began": 1971, "year_ended": 1977, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "Part of the UK publishing division of Warner Communications, which included Thorpe & Porter, General Books, Top Sellers Ltd., and Brown Watson. Also published men's magazines.\r\n\r\nWilliams had European-language divisions in Denmark (Williams), Finland (Kustannus Oy Williams), France (Williams France), Germany (BSV - Williams), Italy (Edizioni Williams Inteuropa), the Netherlands (Classics/Williams), and Sweden (Williams Förlags AB).\r\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_Publishing", "series_count": 11, "issue_count": 170, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2007-03-30T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2022-06-14T12:58:04Z" }, { "id": 5527, "name": "Willms Verlag", "year_began": 1972, "year_ended": 1981, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 4, "issue_count": 119, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-12-08T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2020-01-17T01:40:22Z" }, { "id": 17829, "name": "Willow Creek Press", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-10-07T13:12:38Z", "modified": "2023-10-07T14:20:34Z" }, { "id": 12812, "name": "Willy Centret", "year_began": 2016, "year_ended": null, "country": "dk", "url": "http://www.willy-centret.dk/", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-11-08T14:36:42Z", "modified": "2026-04-27T12:48:44Z" }, { "id": 6632, "name": "Willyprods/Small Time Ink Ltd", "year_began": 1987, "year_ended": 1989, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 8, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-06-13T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2022-04-24T16:52:12Z" }, { "id": 9517, "name": "Wilson and Company", "year_began": 1839, "year_ended": 1856, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Early publisher of comics in America.\r\nFrom 1842 Benjamin H. Day is an unlisted partner to publish Brother Jonathan and becomes sole listed publisher for that publication from 1852 to 1862.\r\nIn 1855 B.H. Day's Brother Jonathan Cheap Book Establishment catalog publishes the 32-panel comic strip Peter Piper in Bengal by John Tenniel (from Punch) and advertises Obadiah Oldbuck (25 cents) and A Day's Sport, drawn by Henry L. Stevens (12.5 cents).", "series_count": 5, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 3, "keywords": [], "created": "2014-10-25T22:09:40Z", "modified": "2025-08-04T14:37:11Z" }, { "id": 10876, "name": "Wilson Place Comics", "year_began": 1998, "year_ended": 2005, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-02-25T05:08:18Z", "modified": "2024-06-07T18:16:10Z" }, { "id": 2164, "name": "Wilson Publishing", "year_began": 1947, "year_ended": 1951, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "Canadian Golden-age publisher which reprinted Dell comics from the USA.\r\n\r\nAddress given in 1950 as \"The Wilson Publishing Co. 123 Eighteenth St. New Toronto 14, Canada\".", "series_count": 25, "issue_count": 377, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2005-04-12T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-11-07T21:46:26Z" }, { "id": 9851, "name": "Wilson Publishing Company", "year_began": 1982, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Operated at least in 1982 and 1983. The name of the company appears to have been changed in 1983 or 1984 to Narragansett Graphics, Inc. as both used the same post office box. Operated from Wakefield, Rhode Island.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-03-11T13:02:12Z", "modified": "2019-09-18T17:39:58Z" }, { "id": 15154, "name": "Wim Meuldijk", "year_began": 1945, "year_ended": 1957, "country": "nl", "url": "", "notes": "Uitgever van Ketelbinkie-gerelateerde publicaties.", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-03-18T15:17:39Z", "modified": "2020-03-18T15:17:39Z" }, { "id": 1795, "name": "Win-Mill Productions", "year_began": 1991, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Win-Mill Productions came into being in 1991 when Craig Miller and Mark Winter teamed up to create WAKE UP!, a short-lived humor magazine. \r\rPublisher Website:\r\rhttp://spectrummagazines.bizland.com/MoreAboutUs2.chtml\r\rThe next year, THE CEREBUS COMPANION began as a supplement to Dave Sim’s groundbreaking comic book series. \r\rBy far our most enduring publications have been WRAPPED IN PLASTIC and SPECTRUM. The former began in October 1992 when Miller teamed up with John Thorne (but kept the \"Win-Mill\" name. The magazine has appeared every other month. WIP examines Twin Peaks and other work by the show’s co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost. SPECTRUM, started in September 1994 and appearing four to five times per year, covers “everything except Twin Peaks”: film, comics, music, and lots of (non-TP) television. \r\r\r\r", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-06-09T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-05-24T02:39:05Z" }, { "id": 13270, "name": "Winants", "year_began": 1952, "year_ended": 1952, "country": "nl", "url": "", "notes": "Adresgegevens:\r\nWillemstraat 64, Heerlen.", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-07-25T10:50:00Z", "modified": "2018-09-09T12:41:15Z" }, { "id": 12917, "name": "Winchell & Small", "year_began": 1870, "year_ended": 1881, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 190, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-01-01T12:37:21Z", "modified": "2018-01-01T19:10:03Z" }, { "id": 4347, "name": "Winco Ltd.", "year_began": 1965, "year_ended": 1965, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "Based in Toronto, Ontario.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2008-01-12T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:25Z" }, { "id": 9925, "name": "Wind Publishing", "year_began": 2014, "year_ended": null, "country": "nl", "url": "http://windpublishing.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-04-13T12:21:33Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:25Z" }, { "id": 17726, "name": "Windberg Brauerei", "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": "2023-07-20T14:47:07Z", "modified": "2023-07-20T17:24:01Z" }, { "id": 4910, "name": "Windmill Comics", "year_began": 2008, "year_ended": null, "country": "nl", "url": "https://windmill-comics.jouwweb.nl/", "notes": "Gevestigd in Spijkenisse.\r\n\r\nWindmill werd opgericht in Spijkenisse door [gcd_link_creator](13923), [gcd_link_creator](13921), [gcd_link_creator](13922) en [gcd_link_creator](14033).", "series_count": 23, "issue_count": 87, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-02-27T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-07-08T17:47:40Z" }, { "id": 10014, "name": "Window Comics", "year_began": 2011, "year_ended": null, "country": "ca", "url": "http://www.windowcomics.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-05-18T00:58:10Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:25Z" }, { "id": 11491, "name": "Windpferd", "year_began": 1987, "year_ended": null, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-09-30T19:20:45Z", "modified": "2016-09-30T20:39:32Z" }, { "id": 18258, "name": "Windsong Records", "year_began": 1978, "year_ended": 1978, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-04-25T04:35:18Z", "modified": "2024-04-26T11:09:15Z" }, { "id": 837, "name": "Windsor-Smith Studio", "year_began": 1995, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:25Z" }, { "id": 17489, "name": "Windwolf Graphics", "year_began": 1987, "year_ended": 1988, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-04-03T04:49:06Z", "modified": "2023-12-27T10:21:26Z" }, { "id": 9167, "name": "Windy City Publications", "year_began": 1973, "year_ended": 1975, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Small press publisher:\r\nWindy City Publications\r\nWilliam J. McMichael, publisher\r\n4939 North Pulaski, \r\nChicago, Illinois #60630\r\nU.S.A.\r\n\r\nAlso published Poor Richards Adzine, a comics discussion fanzine, 1974; edited by George S. Breo.", "series_count": 4, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [ "Small press" ], "created": "2014-04-22T14:51:35Z", "modified": "2017-07-23T20:45:44Z" }, { "id": 10534, "name": "Winfried Secker/Bernd Pfarr", "year_began": 1978, "year_ended": 1978, "country": "de", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-11-13T21:10:07Z", "modified": "2015-11-13T21:14:20Z" }, { "id": 7943, "name": "Wingbow Press", "year_began": 1971, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-05-25T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:25Z" }, { "id": 8449, "name": "WingIt Comics", "year_began": 2011, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.blooddreams.com/", "notes": "Creators website\r\nhttp://www.angishearstone.com/main/home.html", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-12-25T13:17:15Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:26Z" }, { "id": 9415, "name": "Wings of Support", "year_began": 2004, "year_ended": 2004, "country": "nl", "url": "http://www.wingsofsupport.org/site/", "notes": "Liefdadigheidsinstelling, opgericht en gerund door (oud-)medewerkers van de KLM en Martinair.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2014-09-03T10:03:32Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:26Z" }, { "id": 5087, "name": "Winket", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": 0, "country": "nl", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 44, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-05-19T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2021-01-23T20:17:55Z" }, { "id": 17037, "name": "Winnipeg Free Press", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 31, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-08-18T17:41:08Z", "modified": "2023-02-03T20:52:53Z" }, { "id": 19278, "name": "Winston Gambro", "year_began": 2024, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-11-21T01:26:46Z", "modified": "2025-11-21T23:25:16Z" }, { "id": 10454, "name": "Winter City Productions", "year_began": 2012, "year_ended": null, "country": "au", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 8, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-10-16T18:41:42Z", "modified": "2015-10-16T19:13:53Z" }, { "id": 1205, "name": "Winthers", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": null, "country": "se", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 14, "issue_count": 32, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-01-16T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:26Z" }, { "id": 1591, "name": "Winthers forlag", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": null, "country": "no", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 7, "issue_count": 13, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-04-21T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T20:07:26Z" }, { "id": 5724, "name": "Winthers Forlag", "year_began": null, "year_ended": 1984, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "By the end of 1984 all Winthers comics publishing rights were acquired by Interpresse. Uncertain when they stopped publishing novels.", "series_count": 57, "issue_count": 1338, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 4, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-01-19T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-08-28T19:39:03Z" }, { "id": 18257, "name": "Wipress", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "pl", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-04-24T18:14:32Z", "modified": "2024-04-26T19:36:40Z" }, { "id": 11476, "name": "Wirtschafts-Trend Verlag", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "at", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 254, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2016-09-29T20:54:13Z", "modified": "2016-09-29T21:25:39Z" }, { "id": 18358, "name": "Wirtschaftsministerium Luxemburg", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "lu", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-06-20T05:16:40Z", "modified": "2024-06-20T11:13:53Z" }, { "id": 6424, "name": "Wisby & Wilkens", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-05-19T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-05-30T10:55:40Z" }, { "id": 12967, "name": "Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS)", "year_began": 1850, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.wels.net/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-01-26T19:01:27Z", "modified": "2018-12-28T04:45:10Z" } ] }