comic book
A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...
publisher. It was founded in 2018 by publisher Hart Seely, editors
Tom Peyer
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and
Stuart Moore
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Career
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, and chief creative officer Frank Cammuso. At its launch, Ahoy sought to distinguish itself from other comics publishers by including additional "backup material" in each periodical issue, such as prose and poetry features.
History
Ahoy launched in 2018 with limited series ''The Wrong Earth'' by Tom Peyer and
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June Brigman
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; and the anthology ''Edgar Allan Poe's Snifter of Terror''. The following year it launched ''Bronze Age Boogie'' by Moore and Alberto Ponticelli; ''Planet of the Nerds'' by Paul Constant, Alan Robinson, and Randy Elliott; ''Hashtag: Danger'' by Peyer and Chris Giarrusso; and the one-shot anthology ''Steel Cage''.
Following DC Comics' decision not to publish the announced limited series ''
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'' by
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and Richard Pace due to creative differences over the controversial subject matter – featuring
Jesus Christ
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in the context of a superhero universe – the series was later published by Ahoy.