Pop! Goes the Icon or PGTI, is an independent

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publisher based in

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Company history

Pop! Goes the Icon started as a

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by Las Vegas-based writer

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in 2007, whose topics included comic books and

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. After turning over the day-to-day updating of the blog to fellow Las Vegas writer Jarret Keene, Perez worked in secret to revamp PGTI as a boutique publisher of comic books,

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s and other works of pop culture. The blog was relaunched as the new PGTI

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in April, 2009, announcing a forthcoming webcomic by Perez called '' The Utopian.'' The first print comic published by PGTI was ''The Utopian'' #0, a limited-edition (only 50 copies were produced) sampler comic distributed for free at 2009's San Diego Comic-Con International, which collected the first 16 pages from the ''Utopian'' webcomic. The regular print series of ''The Utopian'' began in the fall of 2009 and continues to publish quarterly, presenting collections of the web series alongside previously unpublished material. PGTI launched its second title, ''Omega Comics Presents,'' an anthology series modeled after precursors such as the similarly named

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, in February 2010. Published quarterly, it features multiple short, standalone and episodic stories each issue from underexposed creators of independent comics. In 2014, PGTI began publishing ''San Hannibal'', a ″pulp crime comic″ written by Dan Schkade. The five-issue series was named ″book of the year″ by comic book blog Comic Bastards. It was collected into a

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volume called ''San Hannibal: The City of Love and Fear''.

Titles

* ''The Utopian'' (2009–present) * ''Omega Comics Presents'' (2010–present) * ''Tales From The Boneyard'' (November 2010) * ''Tales From Fremont Street'' (November 2011) * ''Tales From Lost Vegas'' (November 2013) * ''San Hannibal'' (April 2014-January 2015) * ''Old Wounds'' (April 2015 – present)From Batman Strikes And Dark Engine To Old Wounds
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*{{official website, http://www.popgoestheicon.com Publishing companies established in 2009 Companies based in Las Vegas American companies established in 2009 2009 establishments in Nevada