Strawberry Jam Comics was a Canadian publisher of comic books during the black-and-white comics boom of the mid and late 1980s. Inspired by the creative success of

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's ''

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'', founders Paul Stockton and

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launched Strawberry Jam with the publication of ''To Be Announced'' #1 in 1985. The commercial success of

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and

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'' provided further inspiration. Strawberry Jam never achieved significant renown or commercial success, and folded in 1992 after seven years of intermittent publication. Strawberry Jam's series ''night life'' has been recalled by some observers as a precursor to the style of writer-driven comics later to emerge from

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imprint.

Titles

* ''To Be Announced'' (7 issues, written by

, drawn by Mike Bannon) * ''night life'' (7 issues, written by

, drawn by Simon Tristam) * '' Open Season'' (7th issue, written and drawn by Jim Bricker; first six published by

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) * ''Oombah, Jungle Moon Man'' (1 issue, written and drawn by Mike Bannon)

References

External links

paul Stockton's Strawberry Jam Comics page

University of Alberta's Strawberry Jam Comics Collection
Defunct comics and manga publishing companies Comic book publishing companies of Canada Companies based in Edmonton Publishing companies established in 1985 Publishing companies disestablished in 1992 1985 establishments in Alberta 1992 disestablishments in Alberta {{comics-company-stub