Tekno Comix was an American publishing company that produced

comic book A comic book, comic-magazine, or simply comic is a publication that consists of comics art in the form of sequential juxtaposed panel (comics), panels that represent individual scenes. Panels are often accompanied by descriptive prose and wri ...

s from 1995 to 1997.

History

The company was founded by Laurie Silvers and Mitchell Rubenstein as a division of their publicly traded company, Big Entertainment. Tekno Comix publications featured characters and situations created by celebrity authors and others, but were primarily scripted and illustrated by freelance comics creators. The company debuted its first comics in 1995, but promotional pamphlets and t-shirts exist from 1993 and 1994. The Tekno Comix brand was discontinued in 1996, though books featuring the same characters continued to be 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 *

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

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

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

Neil Gaiman Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (; born Neil Richard Gaiman; 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, audio theatre, and screenplays. His works include the comic series ''The Sandman (comic book), The Sandma ...

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'' **v1, #1–11 (1995–1996) **v2, #1–9 (1996–1997), under Big Entertainment imprint * Neil Gaiman's '' Mr. Hero the Newmatic Man'' **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' ''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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* 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