Titan Publishing Group is the publishing division of

Titan Entertainment Group Titan Entertainment Group (TEG) is a British retailing, publishing and merchandise company — owner of the Forbidden Planet London bookstores, Titan Merchandise, and Titan Publishing Group (which comprises Titan Books, Titan Magazines, and T ...

, which was established in 1981. The books division has two main areas of publishing: film and television tie-ins and cinema reference books; and graphic novels and

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references and art titles. Its imprints are Titan Books, Titan Comics and

Titan Magazines Titan Magazines is the magazine-publishing division of Titan Publishing Group. Titan Magazines' publishing directors are Ricky Claydon and John Dziewiatkowski. History Titan Magazines launched in 1995 with '' Star Trek Magazine'' with John ...

. As of 2016, Titan Books' editorial director is Laura Price.

Titan Books

Titan Books is a publisher of film, video game and TV tie-in books. As of 2011, the company publishes on average 30 to 40 such titles per year, across a range of formats from "making of" books to screenplays to TV companions and novels, and has a backlist reprint program. Titan Books' first title was a trade paperback collection of Brian Bolland's Judge Dredd stories from '' 2000 AD''. Titan Books followed the first title with numerous other ''2000 AD'' reprints. Subsequently, the publishing company expanded operations, putting out its first original title in 1987 ( Pat Mills and Hunt Emerson's ''You Are Maggie Thatcher''.) Around this time, Titan also began publishing ''

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'' magazine (although the title was canceled in 1989).Plowright, Frank. Opening Shots: And As Ye Reap, So Shall Ye Sow," ''The Comics Journal'' #122 (June 1988), p. 11. Titan Books continues to publish both new and licensed graphic novels, as well as film and television tie-ins. Titan Books’ range of fiction includes limited comic books tie-ins and novelizations for such films as ''

Terminator Salvation ''Terminator Salvation'' is a 2009 American military science fiction action film directed by McG and written by John Brancato and Michael Ferris. It is the fourth installment of the ''Terminator'' franchise and serves as a sequel to '' Termi ...

'', ''

Iron Man Iron Man is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character was co-created by writer and editor Stan Lee, developed by scripter Larry Lieber, and designed by artists Don Heck and Jack Kirby. The cha ...

'', '' The X-Files: I Want to Believe'', ''

Transformers ''Transformers'' is a media franchise produced by American toy company Hasbro and Japanese toy company Takara Tomy. It primarily follows the Autobots and the Decepticons, two alien robot factions at war that can transform into other forms, ...

'', '' Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen'', '' Transformers: Dark of the Moon'', '' The Dark Knight Rises'' and '' Firefly''. Titan also publishes

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on animation, popular culture, collectibles and comic and fantasy art including Harryhausen: The Lost Movies published in 2019 and Flash Gordon: The Official Story of the Film published in 2020 and Escape From New York: The Official Story of the Film published in 2021, all written by John Walsh.

Reprint comic collections

* '' Beetle Bailey: Daily & Sunday Strips'' * ''The Complete

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Library'' * '' Hägar the Horrible: The Epic Chronicles: The Dailies'' * '' Mandrake the Magician'' * ''The Simon & Kirby Library'' * ''

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- The Complete

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Sundays and Dailies Library''

Titan Comics

Titan Books also publishes trade paperbacks and

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s in the UK and

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under the imprint Titan Comics. The company has a backlist of over 1,000 graphic novels. Its titles include such licensed characters and properties as ''

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'', '' Doctor Who'', '' Family Guy'', '' Heroes'', '' Nemi'', ''

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'', '' Judge Dredd'' and other '' 2000 AD'' characters, the Vertigo comic-book title '' Sandman'', ''

The Simpsons ''The Simpsons'' is an American animated sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. The series is a satirical depiction of American life, epitomized by the Simpson family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, ...

'', ''

Star Wars ''Star Wars'' is an American epic space opera multimedia franchise created by George Lucas, which began with the eponymous 1977 film and quickly became a worldwide pop-culture phenomenon. The franchise has been expanded into various film ...

'', '' Tank Girl'', '' The Real Ghostbusters'', '' Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles'', ''

'', '' The Walking Dead'', ''

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'', '' Roy of the Rovers'', '' Dan Dare'', ''

WWE Heroes ''WWE Heroes'' is an American celebrity comics comic book series, published by Titan Magazines. The series is written by Keith Champagne and the artwork is composed by Andy Smith. It stars WWE's most popular wrestlers, such as John Cena, The Und ...

'', ''

World of Warcraft ''World of Warcraft'' (''WoW'') is a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) released in 2004 by Blizzard Entertainment. Set in the '' Warcraft'' fantasy universe, ''World of Warcraft'' takes place within the world of Azer ...

'' and '' Bloodborne''. In addition to licensed titles, Titan Comics also publishes creator-owned series, such as '' Bloodthirsty: One Nation Under Water'' (2015–2016) and ''Man Plus'' (2015–2016). As of 2021, Titan Comics' publishing directors are Ricky Claydon and John Dziewiatkowski. In 2016, Titan acquired the American hardboiled fiction imprint

Hard Case Crime Hard Case Crime is an American imprint of hardboiled crime novels founded in 2004 by Charles Ardai (also the founder of the Internet service Juno Online Services) and Max Phillips. The series recreates, in editorial form and content, the flavo ...

, and since that time has released a number of comics and graphic novels under the Hard Case Crime brand.

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gave Titan the license to publish new titles featuring

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in 2022.

Titan Manga

In 2022, the Titan Publishing Group launched Titan Manga, an imprint focused solely on manga series, with their first release being a "director's cut" of

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's ''

Afro Samurai is a Japanese ''seinen'' ''dōjinshi'' manga series written and illustrated by manga artist Takashi Okazaki. It was originally serialized irregularly in the avant-garde ''dōjinshi'' manga magazine '' Nou Nou Hau'' from November 1998 to Se ...

''.

Titan Magazines

References

External links

Titan Books - official website

Titan Comics - official website
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