Tekno Comix was an American publishing company that produced

comic book A comic book, also called comicbook, comic magazine or (in the United Kingdom and Ireland) simply comic, is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are of ...

s from 1995 to 1997.

History

The company was founded by Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein as a division of their publicly traded company,

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. Tekno Comix publications featured characters and situations created by celebrity authors and others, but were primarily scripted and illustrated by freelance comics creators. The Tekno Comix brand was discontinued in 1996, though books featuring the same characters continued were published with Big Entertainment branding into 1997. Big Entertainment continues as Hollywood Media Corp, which controls Tekno Comix intellectual property.Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL) - Corporate Profile at Hollywood.com
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Titles

* ''Beach High'', #1 (1997), under Big Entertainment imprint *

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's ''Lost Universe'', # 1–7 (1995) * Gene Roddenberry's ''Xander in Lost Universe'', #0–8 (1995–1996) *

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's ''I-Bots'' **v1, #1–7 (1995–1996) **v2, #1–9 (1996–1997), under Big Entertainment imprint *

John Jakes John William Jakes (born March 31, 1932) is an American writer, best known for American historical and speculative fiction. His Civil War trilogy, ''North and South'', has sold millions of copies worldwide. He is also the author of The Kent Famil ...

' ''Mullkon Empire'', #1–6 (1995–1996) *

Leonard Nimoy Leonard Simon Nimoy (; March 26, 1931 – February 27, 2015) was an American actor, famed for playing Spock in the ''Star Trek'' franchise for almost 50 years. This includes originating Spock in the original ''Star Trek'' series in 1966, then ...

's ''

Primortals ''Primortals'' (or typecased ''PriMortals'') was a comic book series published by Tekno-Comix (later Big Entertainment) from 1995 to 1997. The characters and concept were created by actor Leonard Nimoy, who developed the idea for the series aft ...

'' **v1, #1–15 (1995) **''Origins'', #1–2 (1995) **v2, #1–8 (1996), under Big Entertainment imprint *

Mickey Spillane Frank Morrison Spillane (; March 9, 1918July 17, 2006), better known as Mickey Spillane, was an American crime novelist, whose stories often feature his signature detective character, Mike Hammer (character), Mike Hammer. More than 225 million c ...

's '' Mike Danger'' **v1, #1–11 (1995–1996) **v2, #1–10 (1996–1997), under Big Entertainment imprint *

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...

's ''

Lady Justice Lady Justice ( la, Iustitia) is an allegorical personification of the moral force in judicial systems. Her attributes are scales, a sword and sometimes a blindfold. She often appears as a pair with Prudentia. Lady Justice originates from the ...

'' **v1, #1–11 (1995–1996) **v2, #1–9 (1996–1997), under Big Entertainment imprint * Neil Gaiman's ''

Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man ''Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man'' is a comic book published by Tekno Comix from March 1995 to June 1996. The original character concept was created by Neil Gaiman, but the books were written by James Vance and penciled mostly by Ted Slampyak. De ...

'' **v1, #1–17 (1995–1996) **v2, #1 (1996), under Big Entertainment imprint * Neil Gaiman's ''Phage: Shadow Death'', #1–6 (1996), under Big Entertainment imprint * Neil Gaiman's ''Teknophage'' **v1, #1–10 (1995–1996) **''Teknophage versus Zeerus'', #1 (1996), under Big Entertainment imprint * Neil Gaiman's ''Wheel of Worlds'', #0–1 (1995–1996) *

Tad Williams Robert Paul "Tad" Williams (born March 14, 1957) is an American fantasy and science fiction writer. He is the author of the multivolume ''Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn'' series, ''Otherland'' series, and ''Shadowmarch'' series as well as the standal ...

' ''Mirror World: Rain'', #0–1 (1997), under Big Entertainment imprint * ''Tekno Comix Handbook'', #1 (1996) * ''Neuro Jack'', #1 (1996), under Big Entertainment imprint

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References

* Comic book publishing companies of the United States Defunct comics and manga publishing companies Publishing companies established in 1995 Mass media companies disestablished in 1997 1995 establishments in Florida 1997 disestablishments in Florida Defunct companies based in Florida {{comics-company-stub