Publisher List
Read-only publisher endpoints for the public v2 API surface.
GET /api/v2/publishers/?format=api&page=60
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He operated a packaging studio more or less continuously from the mid-30s through 1953, and at times also operated as a publisher. \r\n\r\nHe first published two oversize comics, Star Comics and Star Ranger, as Chesler Publications in 1937. He sold this venture to Ultem Publications, but continued to produce the comics (now normal sized) as well as two additional titles that Ultem had acquired. All of Ultem's comics were entirely put together by Chesler and continued the trade dress of his early books.\r\n\r\nAfter Ultem sold its titles to Centaur, Chesler spent the next several years packaging comics for other publishers and selling them individual stories. One such comic was a 1938 giveaway for Cocomalt, which is included here because it has no other publishing information beyond Chesler's copyright. While some sources list Chesler as publishing or co-owning early Quality Comics issues, this is not correct. At most, he supplied them with a few stories.\r\n\r\nIn 1941 Chesler returned as a publisher with Dynamic Publications, Inc. From this point on, most of Chesler's comics would be branded with a logo proclaiming them the \"World's Greatest Comics\". In 1941-1942, this also identified each issue as \"A Dynamic Publication\". After just over half a year, the U. S. was ramping up its involvement in World War II, and Dynamic ceased publishing, producing a few books through surrogates.\r\n\r\nThe surrogate activity picks up dramatically in 1944, leading into Chesler's third major wave of publishing. In place of \"A Dynamic Publication\" these had \"Harry \"A\" Chesler, Jr.\". Junior, however, was the son of Chesler the publisher, a point of much confusion for latter-day comics researchers. This period lasted through 1946, after which the ongoing titles were continued in Canada by Superior Publishers through early 1948. Chesler continued to run his art shop, but no longer published his own comics after 1946.\r\n\r\nRelated Publishers:\r\nCentaur: https://www.comics.org/publisher/58/\r\nRemington Morse: https://www.comics.org/publisher/2537/\r\nUltem: http://www.comics.org/publisher/7631/\r\nSuperior Publishers Limited: http://www.comics.org/publisher/223/", "series_count": 20, "issue_count": 75, "brand_count": 3, "indicia_publisher_count": 16, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-05-07T18:39:52Z" }, { "id": 3184, "name": "Chester Brown (Tortured Canoe)", "year_began": 1983, "year_ended": null, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "Self publisher. His comic Yummy Fur was picked up by Vortex.", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 10, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-09-24T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2017-12-15T03:07:58Z" }, { "id": 6756, "name": "Chester Comix", "year_began": 2003, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.chestercomix.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 26, "issue_count": 28, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-06-30T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2024-03-22T10:30:27Z" }, { "id": 956, "name": "Chestnut Comix", "year_began": 1999, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-07-22T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:30Z" }, { "id": 16612, "name": "Chevelin Illustration", "year_began": 2019, "year_ended": null, "country": "ht", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-02-12T20:08:51Z", "modified": "2022-02-12T20:42:09Z" }, { "id": 14648, "name": "Chevret", "year_began": 1861, "year_ended": 1861, "country": "fr", "url": "", "notes": "Édition à compte d'auteur", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-07-07T18:25:15Z", "modified": "2019-07-07T19:56:18Z" }, { "id": 18806, "name": "Chez Yvette", "year_began": 2022, "year_ended": null, "country": "ch", "url": "https://www.chez-yvette.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 9, "issue_count": 11, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-03-04T13:25:47Z", "modified": "2025-03-05T19:28:40Z" }, { "id": 5997, "name": "Chi Comics", "year_began": 1999, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.chi-jen.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-03-27T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:30Z" }, { "id": 10140, "name": "Chiarosuro and X+", "year_began": 1986, "year_ended": 1986, "country": "ca", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2015-06-18T22:55:08Z", "modified": "2015-06-20T04:45:07Z" }, { "id": 6581, "name": "Chiasmus", "year_began": 1993, "year_ended": 1994, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Kalamazoo, MI publisher.", "series_count": 5, "issue_count": 8, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-06-07T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2023-02-22T23:55:16Z" }, { "id": 17013, "name": "Chibi Comics", "year_began": 2012, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://chibicomicspdx.tumblr.com/", "notes": "Self-publishing for Oregon-based cartoonists Mike Murphy and Celina Hernandez.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-08-02T05:57:35Z", "modified": "2022-08-02T06:51:13Z" }, { "id": 12257, "name": "Chicago Architecture Foundation", "year_began": 1966, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.architecture.org/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-08-14T05:02:04Z", "modified": "2017-08-14T05:29:56Z" }, { "id": 17661, "name": "Chicago Cartoonists' Club", "year_began": 1914, "year_ended": 1914, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-06-18T00:34:51Z", "modified": "2023-06-18T04:29:48Z" }, { "id": 11952, "name": "Chicago Daily Herald", "year_began": 1871, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.dailyherald.com/", "notes": "Suburban Chicago newspaper publisher. Distributed Sunday comics as an inserted comic book from 1978 to 1980.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 79, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-03-15T03:23:25Z", "modified": "2017-03-15T04:01:31Z" }, { "id": 5680, "name": "Chicago Fine Print", "year_began": 1989, "year_ended": 1989, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2009-12-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:30Z" }, { "id": 2113, "name": "Chicago Nite Life News", "year_began": 1945, "year_ended": 1945, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "Often served as a surrogate publisher for other companies. In the current database organization, this means it may also appear as an \"imprint\" of those publishers.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2005-02-08T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2020-12-17T03:38:19Z" }, { "id": 15169, "name": "Chicago Reader", "year_began": 1971, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "https://www.chicagoreader.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-03-24T15:29:21Z", "modified": "2021-05-10T16:25:37Z" }, { "id": 13051, "name": "Chicago Review Press", "year_began": 1973, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-03-24T20:33:31Z", "modified": "2018-03-24T22:10:24Z" }, { "id": 273, "name": "Chicago Roller Skates", "year_began": 1957, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:30Z" }, { "id": 2491, "name": "Chick Publications", "year_began": 1961, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://www.chick.com/", "notes": "Ontario, CA publisher of religiously-oriented material in various media, including standard comic books and small cartoon tracts.\r\n\r\nAccording to the publishers website the tracts were published in more than 100 languages.\r\n\r\nWARNING: Issues should only be added from printed copies, some online comics may not have been printed.", "series_count": 517, "issue_count": 550, "brand_count": 3, "indicia_publisher_count": 8, "keywords": [], "created": "2005-07-24T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2026-01-22T15:52:20Z" }, { "id": 13310, "name": "Chido Comics LLC", "year_began": 2018, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "http://chidocomics.com", "notes": "This publisher put out their first comic at the 2018 Comic Con in San Diego. That comic is \"Masked Republic's Luchaverse: Rey Mysterio\"", "series_count": 5, "issue_count": 5, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-08-14T01:22:02Z", "modified": "2019-11-06T00:47:27Z" }, { "id": 8783, "name": "Chien Publishing", "year_began": 1977, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2013-06-16T09:04:33Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:30Z" }, { "id": 12963, "name": "Child Life", "year_began": 1922, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 0, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-01-24T02:33:43Z", "modified": "2018-01-24T02:33:43Z" }, { "id": 8095, "name": "Children of God", "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": "2012-07-22T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 1774, "name": "Children of God", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": null, "country": "no", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-04-21T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 8191, "name": "Children's Press", "year_began": 1947, "year_ended": 1947, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 8, "issue_count": 8, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2012-08-10T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2020-04-11T20:23:57Z" }, { "id": 854, "name": "Children's Television Workshop", "year_began": 1996, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "1999-06-15T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 17617, "name": "Chile", "year_began": 2022, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2023-05-15T18:20:32Z", "modified": "2023-05-15T21:50:42Z" }, { "id": 14723, "name": "Chili Com Carne", "year_began": 1995, "year_ended": null, "country": "pt", "url": "http://www.chilicomcarne.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2019-08-18T04:07:20Z", "modified": "2022-06-25T12:01:58Z" }, { "id": 13404, "name": "Chimera-Posner Limited", "year_began": 1978, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-10-04T23:30:03Z", "modified": "2018-10-06T18:13:37Z" }, { "id": 18715, "name": "Chimurenga", "year_began": 2002, "year_ended": 2016, "country": "za", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-01-13T10:24:49Z", "modified": "2025-01-13T16:41:48Z" }, { "id": 15713, "name": "China Federation of Literary and Art Publishing Company", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "cn", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-12-01T19:44:22Z", "modified": "2020-12-14T19:53:23Z" }, { "id": 12934, "name": "Chinabooks", "year_began": 2005, "year_ended": null, "country": "ch", "url": "http://www.chinabooks.ch/catalog/index.php?cPath=24_166&osCsid=pe00p08rpb2ca37bb1ikvu7pp7", "notes": "Alle Publikationen sind zweisprachig auf deutsch und chinesisch.", "series_count": 35, "issue_count": 77, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2018-01-09T00:42:13Z", "modified": "2026-07-22T19:22:19Z" }, { "id": 18017, "name": "Chinbeard Books", "year_began": 2022, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "https://www.chinbeardbooks.com", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2024-01-08T15:30:12Z", "modified": "2024-03-23T16:40:43Z" }, { "id": 16495, "name": "Chiodi", "year_began": 1952, "year_ended": 1956, "country": "br", "url": "", "notes": "Editora paulista fundada no início da década de 1950, em São Paulo, Capital, na Rua Carneiro Leão, 123, 4° andar, conj. 13, tendo como sócios Victor Chiodi e Reinaldo de Oliveira, sendo Miguel Penteado o Diretor-Gerente e Reinaldo de Oliveira o Diretor-Responsável.", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 76, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-01-27T04:34:55Z", "modified": "2023-02-11T21:48:43Z" }, { "id": 6419, "name": "Chiquita", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-05-19T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2019-03-08T06:23:01Z" }, { "id": 7665, "name": "Chiquita", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "no", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 2, "issue_count": 2, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-11-20T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 1322, "name": "Chiquita", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": null, "country": "se", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-04-16T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 2835, "name": "Chiseled Comics", "year_began": 2000, "year_ended": 2001, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 4, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-03-08T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 16837, "name": "Chitra Bharti Kathamala", "year_began": 1982, "year_ended": 1988, "country": "in", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 3, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2022-04-19T22:21:08Z", "modified": "2022-04-21T12:09:38Z" }, { "id": 12492, "name": "ChiZine Publications", "year_began": 1997, "year_ended": null, "country": "ca", "url": "http://chizinepub.com/", "notes": "", "series_count": 4, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 1, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2017-09-05T18:48:22Z", "modified": "2017-09-11T18:32:58Z" }, { "id": 7286, "name": "Chop Shop", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 3, "issue_count": 0, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2011-04-14T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 2982, "name": "Chorus Comics", "year_began": 1986, "year_ended": 1987, "country": "us", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 6, "brand_count": 2, "indicia_publisher_count": 1, "keywords": [], "created": "2006-05-07T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2025-06-13T13:18:18Z" }, { "id": 15292, "name": "Chours", "year_began": 2014, "year_ended": 2018, "country": "fr", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 8, "issue_count": 22, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2020-05-16T15:22:13Z", "modified": "2024-02-16T11:10:50Z" }, { "id": 6377, "name": "Chr. Eriksens", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "dk", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 7, "issue_count": 7, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2010-05-18T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2019-03-08T06:24:09Z" }, { "id": 11987, "name": "Chr. Haase", "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": "2017-03-18T16:18:11Z", "modified": "2017-03-18T19:36:20Z" }, { "id": 1638, "name": "Chr. Schibsteds Forlag", "year_began": 1839, "year_ended": 2004, "country": "no", "url": "", "notes": "Gikk i 2004 inn i Schibsted.", "series_count": 6, "issue_count": 18, "brand_count": 5, "indicia_publisher_count": 2, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-04-21T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 1323, "name": "Chr. Sorensen & C:o", "year_began": 0, "year_ended": null, "country": "se", "url": "", "notes": "", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 1, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2002-04-16T00:00:00Z", "modified": "2015-05-26T19:59:31Z" }, { "id": 18844, "name": "Chris Askham", "year_began": null, "year_ended": null, "country": "gb", "url": "http://www.chris-askham.co.uk/", "notes": "Self-published comics by the Nottingham, UK-based illustrator Chris Askham.", "series_count": 1, "issue_count": 7, "brand_count": 0, "indicia_publisher_count": 0, "keywords": [], "created": "2025-04-14T01:32:09Z", "modified": "2025-04-18T11:30:49Z" } ] }