''Semic Comics'' is one of the leading comic book publishers in France, also known as Semic S.A. Along with French comics, formerly the company published the official translations of products produced by

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and

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. Today, Semic publishes translations from others American publishers

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, and

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, among others.

History

Editions Lug

In 1950, writer/editor Marcel Navarro and Auguste Vistel founded

Editions Lug {{Use dmy dates, date=October 2015 ''Editions Lug'' was a French comic book publisher created in 1950 by writer/editor Marcel Navarro and businessman Auguste Vistel. History When it started, Editions Lug only reprinted old French and Italian co ...

. At first, the company only reprinted old French and Italian comics. But soon, Navarro decided that his company needed some original characters. He enlisted a number of French and Italian studios to create new series. Although many of them invoked characters featured in American comics, they had enough differences to make them unique. In 1969, Editions Lug began publishing licensed translations of

in a magazine called '' Fantask''. That year also saw the creation of ''Wampus''. But French censorship forced Editions Lug to cancel both of these magazines after six issues. In the next two decades, Editions Lug continued to expand, thanks to its growing program of French editions of Marvel Comics, which began to include ''

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''. Many new magazines and series were added to their French line. A

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began to emerge, although not nearly as tightly integrated as the

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. In the mid-1980s, Auguste Vistel died. Eventually, Marcel Navarro chose to retire. The company was sold to the Semic Group, a Scandinavian comic book publisher.

Semic Group / Semic S.A.

After Navarro's departure, the Semic Group continued to publish French editions of Marvel Comics, but discontinued the creation of original material. The half-dozen original Lug titles that remained became reprints-only. During the late 1990s, the Semic Group transferred all of its French business to Tournon, their French distributors. Tournon soon broke up from the Semic Group and created their own company, Semic S.A. In early 2004, after Semic had discontinued a line of comic books, a multinational group of writers and artists formed

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and reclaimed the rights to the characters they had created for Éditions Lug.

Series published by Semic

Franco-Belgian comics

Carabas

* See CARABAS

Tournon/Semic

* L'Affaire se Corse * Brigade Temporelle * C'est la Vie * Caleb * Cosmic Patrouille * Fallait Pas Faire les Cons * Hé, Nic ! Tu rêves ? (Hey, Nick! Are you dreaming?) * Hip Flask (comics), Hip Flask * La Grande Purge * La Légende de la Jarre * Légendes Celtes * Légendes Lakotas * Les Mysteres du Meurtre * No Man's Land * OverEarth * Relais & Mago * Ruse * La Tapisserie de Soie * La Voie du Samouraï

Comics

Semic Comics

* Alone in the Dark *

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* BattleGods * Buffy contre les Vampires *

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( Nash & Zentak) – Formerly. Now published by Delcourt *

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* CrossGen Extra * CrossGen Spécial * CrossGen Universe * Les CrossOvers * The Dirty Pair *

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– Formerly. Now published by Delcourt * Hellcop * HellSpawn *

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* Lady Pendragon *

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* Lenore *

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* Ministère de l'Espace * More Than Mortal *

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* Mystic * Photonik * La Planète des Singes * Powers *

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* Rex Mundi *

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– Formerly. Now published by Delcourt *

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* Shock Rockets *

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( Carmen McCallum & Travis) – Formerly. Now published by Delcourt * Sojourn *

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– Formerly. Now published by Delcourt ** "Simony"Semic To Publish Original Spawn Story in France

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March 18, 2003 *

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* Tellos *

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* The 10th Muse *

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– Formerly. Now published by Delcourt * The Wicked * YoungBlood

Manga and manhwa

Semic manga

* Les Mysteres d'Aloa * Mangaka *

Shadows of Spawn ''Shadows of Spawn'' is a licensed Japanese manga adaptation of Todd McFarlane's American ''Spawn'' comic series, written and drawn by Juzo Tokoro. It was originally printed in Japan from 1998 to 1999 in the monthly manga magazine ''Dengeki C ...

* Sentaï School

Notes

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