Slave Labor Graphics

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Slave Labor Graphics or commonly SLG, is an independent American comic book publisher, which is well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics such as Jhonen Vasquez's Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Squee!, or Roman Dirge's Lenore, the Cute Little Dead Girl, and The Monsters In My Tummy, though its output is not restricted to this style. Another notable series for the publisher has been Serena Valentino's Gloomcookie, which focuses on the goth subculture to which SLG's books tend to appeal.

SLG was started in 1986 by Dan Vado, who is still the company's president and publisher. The first book SLG published was Shadow Star #3, a female superhero character previously published independently by some of Vado's friends. SLG's first major success was Samurai Penguin #1 by Dan and Mark Buck, which sold 58,000 copies in the summer of 1986. The first few titles, such as Hero Sandwich and It's Science With Dr. Radium, were all created by friends of Vado's from high school. Another success was Milk & Cheese, a comic about mean-spirited anthropomorphic dairy products by Evan Dorkin. In this time period, comic book speculation was rampant, so SLG was able to sell its entire print run of many titles. However, at the end of the speculation bubble, some distributors went out of business without paying SLG.^{[citation needed]}

In 1995, SLG added an imprint called "Amaze Ink" intended to be for all audiences and more genre-oriented; the "stranger, more adult, and more difficult to categorize material" would still be published under the "Slave Labor" imprint.

In 2005, SLG entered into a partnership with The Walt Disney Company to produce comic book series based on some of its properties: Haunted Mansion, Wonderland, Tron, and Gargoyles. Its own creations, such as Little Gloomy (1999-2005), Kid Gravity (2003-present) and The Super Scary Monster Show: Featuring Little Gloomy (2005-present), appear/have appeared regularly in Disney Adventures Magazine.

[edit] List of SLG titles

Absent Friends (2004)
A Bag of Anteaters
Action Girl Comics #1-19 (1994 – 2001)
Autumn #1-? (2004 – present)
Babyhead Magazine #1 (2004)
Babysitter
Barrabas (1986)
Bear #1-10 (2004 - 2005)
Beer and Roaming in Las Vegas
Bill The Clown
Black Heart Billy
Bombaby Screen Goddess
Captain Dingleberry
Cemetarians #1-?
Charm School
Cocopiazo
The Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy
Comic Book Heaven
Corporate Ninja (2005)
Dead Eyes Open (2005)
Definition
Dim Witted Darryl
Doctor Grave
Emily and the Intergalactic Lemonade Stand
Emo Boy
Evenfall
Everwinds
Everything Can Be Beaten
Farewell Georgia
Fillerbunny
Gargoyles (a continuation of the TV series)
Ghouly Boys
Gloomcookie #1-28 (1999)
Halo and Sprocket #1-4 (2002)
Haunted Mansion
Hectic Planet (previously known as Pirate Corp$)
Hero Sandwich #1-5 (1987-1989)
Highway 13
Hsu & Chan
I Feel Sick #1-2 (1999-2000)
Iliad #1-2
It's Science With Doctor Radium (1986)
Jet Comics #1-3
Jet Pack Pets
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #1-7 (1995-1997)
Kitsune Tales #1 (2003)
Lenore #1-? (1998-
Life of a Fetus #1-7
Likewise #1-2 (2002)
Little Gloomy #1-6 (1999)
Little Gloomy Adventures oneshot (2003)
Little Gloomy Crypt of Creepts oneshot (2004)
Little Gloomy Hallowe'en Special oneshot
Little Scrowlie
Milk & Cheese
The Monsters In My Tummy
Mister Blank
Mr. Night
My Monkey's Name is Jennifer
Next Exit
Nightmares & Fairy Tales
Oddjob
The Pants Ant Trouser Hour
Paris
Patty Cake
Pirate Club
The Replacement God
Rex Libris
Samurai Jam #3-4 (previously Samurai Funnies, published by Solson Publications)
Samurai Penguin #1-8 (1986-1988)
Samurai Penguin: Food Chain Follies #1
Screenplay #1
Screwtooth #1-? (2006)
Serenity Rose
Shadow Star #3 (1986; #1-2 published by Savage Graphics)
Skaggy The Lost #1-4, Trade Paperback
Skeleton Girl Comics #1-3
Skeleton Key
Sky Ape #1-4
Street Angel #1-5
Squee #1-4 (1997 – 1998)
SugarBuzz
The Cat With The Really Big Head
The Super Scary Monster Show: Featuring Little Gloomy
Tales from the Heart
TRON (2006-7; miniseries following up the movie and the video game TRON 2.0)
Trouble With Igor, The #1 (2006)
Ursa Minors #1-? (2006)
Vaistron #1-5 (2005)
Weird Science (1986)
Where's It At, Sugar Kat?
Wonderland