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, former marketing writer for

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. Other key players included

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, director and COO, also CEO of Glass House Graphics; and Chris Crosby, CTO and the CEO of Keenspot Entertainment. Mark "

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" Fischbach joined the board in November 2014.

Works

Comics

Webcomics

Red Giant published webcomics with partner Keenspot. Titles included ''Wayward Sons: Legends'', ''Exposure'', ''Jade Warriors'', ''Buzzboy'', ''Medusa's Daughter'', ''Katrina'', and ''

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''.

Giant-Size Comics

Red Giant's ''Giant-Size Comics'' was a print comic book line of free, ad-supported anthology titles which debuted on May 3, 2014 as part of

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. The line featured work by

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, story editor

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, and

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. As of 2019, Red Giant began crowdfunding projects under the Absolute Comics imprint. Comics falling under this label are all set within one shared universe, with cross-over events happening frequently. Some of the series in the Absolute Comics Universe are "White Widow", "Dual Identity" and "Wayward Sons".

Collections

* ''The Cartoon Art of Mike Deodato, Jr.'' (Dec 2013) * ''Mike Deodato's Jade Warriors'' (Spring 2014) * ''Mike Deodato's Comics & Stories'' (Summer 2014) * ''Mike Deodato Jr's Sketchbook'' (2014)

Graphic Novels

* ''Banzai Girl Volume 1 Dreams Betrayed'' (November 2014) * ''Buzzboy: Sidekicks Rule!'' Paperback (January 3, 2012) * ''Drow Tales Volume 1: Moonless Age'' TP Paperback (July 3, 2012) * ''Exposure Volume 1'' (January 21, 2014) * ''Exposure Volume 2 Blind Faith'' (November 2014) * ''Medusa's Daughter'' Graphic Novel HC (2012) * ''Medusa's Daughter'' Graphic Novel Library HC (February 17, 2015) * ''Roboy Red'' Graphic Novel Comic (2012) * ''Wayward Sons Volume 1 (Wayward Sons: Legends)'' (December 2011) * ''Wayward Sons Volume 2 (Wayward Sons: Legends)'' (February 2014) * ''Wayward Sons Volume 3'' (April 2014) * ''Wayward Sons Volume 4'' (October 2014)

Film

The following Red Giant Media film projects are in various stages of development, production or release. * ''Niko: The Journey To Magika'' (Released on

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on December 12, 2014) * ''Katrina'' (status: In production) * '' Omphalos (2014)'' (status: post-production) * '' Shockwave, Darkside'' (status: RELEASED; UK Premiere: August 21, 2014 )

Television

The following Red Giant television projects are in various stages of development and production. * ''Exposure'' (status: development announced;

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producer)

Video Games and Apps

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America Inc. announced a partnership to provide more comic influenced games on July 23, 2014.

History

* Incorporated June 27, 2005 under the name Castmor Resources, Ltd. * Red Giant Entertainment, Inc. established in Clermont, Florida, in 2010. * Acquired Red Giant Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation ("RGE"), on June 11, 2012. * On June 26, 2012, Castmor Resources changed name to Red Giant Entertainment, Inc. * On March 4, 2013, Red Giant acquired ComicGenesis, LLC ("ComicGenesis"), a Nevada limited liability company that operates a user-generated comic site that hosts over 10,000 independent webcomics.

Partners

Strategic partners include: *

Controversy

''Japan Needs Heroes'', the company's

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crowd-funded anthology project designed to benefit "victims of Japan's tragedies", was fully funded in May 2011, and ''Japan Needs Heroes II'', the company's second such project was fully funded in 2013. Neither had been delivered as of January 2014. The company said both projects had gone to the printer as of December 30, 2014 and that digital downloads would be sent to the Kickstarter backers in January 2015. As of at least February 2015, printed hardcover and paperback books had not been mailed to Kickstarter backers. At

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in 2015,

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and Red Giant's

showed the printed copies of ''Japan Needs Heroes''. According to updates on Kickstarter the books were held by the warehouse company and not released so they issued refunds and released the donations to the Japan Society.

References

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External links

Official Website
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