Markosia is a British

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publishing company.

History

Markosia was founded by Harry Markos in 2004. He employed Richard Emms (previously of APC) as the Editor-in-chief as well as lead designer. in

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. Markosia had already published Harry Gallan's '' The Lexian Chronicles'' novel and the initial plan was to produce comic adaptations of novels, such as ''The Lexian Chronicles'' and

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's ''

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''. They subsequently secured the license to adapt ''

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'', leading to a broadening in the business plan. This would further expand when Markosia brought Chuck Satterlee on board as Director of Operations. Satterlee moved over from

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after their troubles in

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and he assisted in bringing over a number of titles with him, giving Markosia a range of original comic titles. These included ''The Hunger'' by creators Jose Torres and Chris Dibari and

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's with their 8 titles. In

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Markosia re-branded themselves for the comics Direct Market by merging with AAM (Associated Arts and Media) to form AAM Markosia. In

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the company signed a number of properties such as The Boy Who Made Silence, Ritual, N-Guard, Serpent Wars and Eagle Award nominated anthology title Eleventh Hour.

Publications

Their titles include: *''Abiding Perdition'' (by Nick Schley and Pedro Delgado) *''Alpha Gods'': **''Alpha Gods: Emergence'' (by Ian Sharman and Ezequiel Pineda) **''Alpha Gods: Betrayal'' (by Ian Sharman and Ezequiel Pineda) **''Alpha Gods: Revelation'' (by Ian Sharman and JJ Alonso) **''Alpha Gods: Omnibus'' (by Ian Sharman, Ezequiel Pineda and JJ Alonso) *''Beowulf'' (by Steve Stern and Chris Steininger) * ''The Boy Who Made Silence'' (by Joshua Hagler) *'' Breathe'' (by John Sheridan and Kit Wallis) *'' Brodie's law'' (by Alan Grant,

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and Daley Osiyemi, issue 7 onwards and a

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, August 2006. ) *'' Brothers - The Fall of Lucifer'' (by

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and Wendy Alec/Sam Hart) *''Dark Mists'' (by Annika Eade and

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, Markosia, 2005-) *''Dryland Book One'' (2016) by

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*''Done to Death'' (by Andrew Foley and

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, 5-issue miniseries, 2006) *''Eleventh Hour'' (anthology edited by Ian Sharman) *''The Hand of Glory (''by Mark Bertolini and numerous artists), pulp anthology *''Hero: 9 to 5'': **''Hero: 9 to 5'' (by Ian Sharman and David Gray) **''Hero: 9 to 5 - Quietus'' (by Ian Sharman and David Gray) **''Hero: 9 to 5 - Disposable Heroes'' (by Ian Sharman and David Gray) *Hypergirl (by Ian Sharman and David Wynne) *''The Intergalactic Adventures Of Zakk Ridley'' (by Ian Sharman, Pete Rogers and Ewan McLaughlin) *'' Kate and William: A Very Public Love Story'' (written by

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, 60 pages, April 2011, ) collects: **'' William Windsor: A Very Public Prince'' (with art by

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, 36 pages, April 2011, ) **''

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: A Very Private Princess'' (with art by Mike Collins, 36 pages, April 2011, ) *''Knowledge'' (by Mark Bertolini, Jerome Eyquem) *''Kong: King of Skull Island'' (by Joe DeVito, Andy Briggs, Chuck Satterlee, Dan O'Connor and Scott Larson) *''The Lady & The Lost World'' (by Ian Sharman, Hakan Aydın and Loles Romero) *''The Lexian Chronicles'' (by Harry Gallan with art by Inaki Miranda and

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) *''Long Gone'' (by Mark Bertolini, Ted Pogo, OGN) *'' Midnight Kiss'' (by

and

/ Kieran Oats, 5-issue mini-series) *''Mutation'' (by George T. Singley and

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) *''N-Guard'' (by Jon Bryans and Philip Jackson) *'' Of Bitter Souls'' (by Chuck Satterlee and

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) *''Project Eon'' (by Brett Thompson, Freddie Williams II and Shawn McGuan) *''Return Of The Son Of Eleventh Hour'' (anthology edited by Ian Sharman) *''Reya'' (by Morag and Sergei Lewis) *''Ritual'' (by Andy Briggs and Shawn McCauley) *''Scatterbrain'' by Brendan Deneen and Szymon Kudranski *''Serpent Wars'' (by Christian Rodríguez, Chris Campanozzi and Antonio Rojo) *''

'' (by

and

/Pedro Delgado, 10-issue adaptation) *'' Silent Ghost'' (by George T. Singley, Thien Do and Brett Weldele) *''Smoke & Mirror'' (by Chuck Satterlee) *''

'': **''Blaze of Glory'' (by

and Sam Hart, previously published through

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) **''Dead Man's Hand'' (by

and Neil Edwards) **''Damaged Justice'' (by

and Shanth Enjeti) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' #1-4 ''Marooned'' (by

and Chris DiBari) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' #5-8 ''Bad Blood'' (by Cy Dethan and Paul Green) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' #9-10 ''Triple Threat'' (by Cy Dethan,

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- stories and Scott James, Jim Boswell, Neil Edwards - art) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' #11-14 ''Fool's Errand'' (by Cy Dethan and Diego Simone) **''Starship Troopers: Ongoing Series'' ''War Stories - Vandals One Shots'' (by Cy Dethan and Various) *'' The Tizzle Sisters'' (by

and

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hybrid, October 2006) *''The Flying Friar'' (by

and Thomas Nachlik) *''The Hill'' (by Sal Cipriano and Jok) *''

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'' (by

and

, 5-issue mini-series) *'' Jazan Wild's Carnival of Souls'' (by Jazan Wild,

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, and Kevin Conrad) *''Haven'' (by Leonardo Ramirez, ongoing series) *'' Serpent Wars'' (by Christian Rodriguez and Chris Campanozzi/ Antonio Rojo, graphic novel) *''The Dark'' (by

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and Rick Lundeen, 4-issue mini-series) *''Cancertown: An Inconvenient Tooth'' (by Cy Dethan and Stephen Downey, 6-issue mini-series) *''The Indifference Engine: A Holographic Novel'' (by Cy Dethan and

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, 4-issue mini-series) *''Slaughterman's Creed'' (by Cy Dethan and Stephen Downey, 5-issue mini-series) *'' Bayou Arcana'' (by Various Male Writers and Various Female Artists, graphic anthology) *''Urban Legends'' (by Steven Stone and various artists, graphic novel anthology) *''Voyaga'' (by

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, Ionic and Rudolf Montemayor, graphic novel. . October 2012) *''Dark Lies, Darker Truths'' (by Dino Caruso and Sami Kivelä, graphic novel. . October 2012) *''Words On A Wall'' (by Ian Sharman)

Notes

References

*
Markosia
at the International Catalogue of Superheroes

External links

*{{official website, http://www.markosia.com

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