Palliard Press was a small, independent
comic book
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publishing house co-founded by
Phil Foglio
Philip Foglio (born May 1, 1956) is an American cartoonist and comic book artist known for his humorous science fiction and fantasy art.
Early life and career
Foglio was born on May 1, 1956, in Mount Vernon, New York, and moved with his family to ...
, illustrator of such titles as
Buck Godot
''Buck Godot'' is the title character in a science fiction/comedy comic book series collected in two volumes (''Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire'' and ''Buck Godot: PSmIth'') and assorted comic books, including the eight-issue "Gallimaufry" series, all ...
,
Girl Genius
''Girl Genius'' is an ongoing comic book series turned webcomic, written and drawn by Phil and Kaja Foglio and published by their company Studio Foglio LLC under the imprint Airship Entertainment. The comic won the Hugo Award for Best Graphic ...
, and
Robert Asprin's ''
MythAdventures
''MythAdventures'' or ''Myth Adventures'' is a fantasy series created by Robert Asprin, Robert Lynn Asprin. After twelve novels by Asprin, published 1978 to 2002, he and Jody Lynn Nye continued the series with seven more books. After his death i ...
'', and
Greg Ketter Greg is a masculine given name, and often a shortened form of the given name Gregory. Greg (more commonly spelled " Gregg") is also a surname.
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*Greg Abbott (disambiguation), multiple people
*Greg Abel (born 1961/1962), Canadi ...
, owner of
DreamHaven Books
Michael "Mike" Morhaime (born November 3, 1967) is an American video game developer and entrepreneur. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) and founder of Dreamhaven, located in Irvine, California. Morhaime is best known as the co-founder and t ...
in
Minneapolis
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,
Minnesota
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.
Palliard Press published several titles over its short existence, most notably the humorous
science fiction
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miniseries ''
Buck Godot
''Buck Godot'' is the title character in a science fiction/comedy comic book series collected in two volumes (''Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire'' and ''Buck Godot: PSmIth'') and assorted comic books, including the eight-issue "Gallimaufry" series, all ...
: Zap Gun For Hire: The Gallimaufry'', the
erotic
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series ''
XXXenophile'', and ''
What's New with Phil & Dixie
''What's New with Phil & Dixie'' is a gaming parody comic by Phil Foglio. ''What's New'' was Foglio's first comic, and was published in the magazines '' Dragon'' and '' The Duelist'', as well as in print collections and online.
Premise
The ...
'', all illustrated by Foglio. Palliard also published a collection of
Tim Barela
Tim Barela (born 1954 in Los Angeles, California) is an acclaimed gay cartoonist who is best known for his creation of the comic strip ''Leonard & Larry''. The ''Leonard & Larry'' strip first appeared in a 1984 issue of ''Gay Comix'', then were l ...
's
gay
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While scant usage referring to male homosexuality dates to the late 1 ...
comic strip
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, ''Leonard and Larry''.
References
American speculative fiction publishers
Defunct comics and manga publishing companies
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