''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
DC Comics and
Marvel Comics. Today, Semic publishes translations from others American publishers
Avatar Press,
Dark Horse Comics,
Image Comics
Image Comics is an American comic book publisher and is the third largest comic book and graphic novel publisher in the industry in both unit and market share. It was founded in 1992 by several high-profile illustrators as a venue for creator-ow ...
, and
Top Cow Productions, among others.
History
Editions Lug
In 1950, writer/editor
Marcel Navarro
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People
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* Marcel (footballer, born August 1981), Marcel Silva Andrade, Brazilian midfielder
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and
Auguste Vistel founded
Editions Lug. 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
Marvel Comics 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 ''
Conan the Barbarian''. Many new magazines and series were added to their French line. A
shared universe began to emerge, although not nearly as tightly integrated as the
Marvel Universe
The Marvel Universe is a fictional shared universe where the stories in most American comic book titles and other media published by Marvel Comics take place. Super-teams such as the Avengers, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four, the Guardians of ...
.
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
Hexagon Comics 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
*
Aria
*
BattleGods
*
Buffy contre les Vampires
*
City Legends
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(
Nash &
Zentak) – Formerly. Now published by
Delcourt
*
Concrete
*
The Creech
*
CrossGen Chronicles
*
CrossGen Extra
*
CrossGen Spécial
*
CrossGen Universe
*
Les CrossOvers
*
The Dirty Pair
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*
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* ''The First'' (musical), a musical with a book by critic Joel Siegel
* The First (TV channel), an American conservative opinion ne ...
*
Futurians
*
GateCrasher
*
Ghost
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*
Grendel
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*
Hellboy – Formerly. Now published by
Delcourt
*
Hellcop
*
HellSpawn
*
Just a Pilgrim
*
Lady Pendragon
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*
Leave It to Chance
*
Lenore
*
Meridian
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* ...
*
Ministère de l'Espace
*
More Than Mortal
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Music Albums
* More! (album), ''More!'' (albu ...
*
Motor Mayhem
*
Mystic
*
Photonik
*
La Planète des Singes
*
Powers
Powers may refer to:
Arts and media
* ''Powers'' (comics), a comic book series by Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Avon Oeming
** ''Powers'' (American TV series), a 2015–2016 series based on the comics
* ''Powers'' (British TV series), a 200 ...
*
The Red Star
*
Rex Mundi
*
Sam and Twitch
*
Savage Dragon – Formerly. Now published by
Delcourt
*
Scion
*
Shi
*
Shock Rockets
*
Sigil
*
Smart Guns (
Carmen McCallum &
Travis) – Formerly. Now published by
Delcourt
*
Sojourn
Sojourn may refer to:
Books and periodicals
* ''Sojourn'' (comics), a CrossGen comic book series
* ''Sojourn'' (journal), a journal of social and cultural issues in Southeast Asia
* ''Sojourn'' (novel), the 1991 novel in the Dark Elf Trilogy by R. ...
*
Spawn – Formerly. Now published by
Delcourt
** "Simony"
Semic To Publish Original Spawn Story in France
Newsarama March 18, 2003
* Stone
* Strangers
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* Tellos
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* The Tenth
* The 10th Muse
* Titan A.E.
* TransFormers
* Vampi
* Vampirella
* Witchblade – Formerly. Now published by Delcourt
* The Wicked
* YoungBlood
Youngblood, Youngbloods or Young Blood may refer to:
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* ''Young Blood'' (1926 film), a German silent drama film
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* ...
Manga and manhwa
Semic manga
* Les Mysteres d'Aloa
* Mangaka
* Shadows of Spawn
* Sentaï School
See also
* Panini Comics
* Semic Press
Notes
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