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Slave Labor Graphics

Slave Labor Graphics or commonly SLG, is an independent American comic book publisher, well-known for publishing darkly humorous, offbeat comics.

Company history

SLG was started in 1986 by Dan Vado, who is still the company's president and publisher.

The first book SLG published was Shadow Star #3, a female superhero character previously published independently by some of Vado's friends. SLG's first major success was Samurai Penguin #1 by Dan and Mark Buck, which sold 58,000 copies in the summer of 1986. The first few titles, such as Hero Sandwich and It's Science With Dr. Radium, were all created by friends of Vado's from high school. Another success was Milk & Cheese, a comic about mean-spirited anthropomorphic dairy products by Evan Dorkin. In this time period, comic book speculation was rampant, so SLG was able to sell its entire print run of many titles. However, at the end of the speculation bubble, some distributors went out of business without paying SLG.

In 1995, SLG added an imprint called "Amaze Ink" intended to be for all audiences and more genre-oriented; the "stranger, more adult, and more difficult to categorize material" would still be published under the "Slave Labor" imprint.

In 2005, SLG entered into a partnership with The Walt Disney Company to produce comic book series based on some of its properties: Haunted Mansion, Wonderland, Tron, and Gargoyles. Its own creations, such as Little Gloomy (1999-2005), Kid Gravity (2003-present) and The Super Scary Monster Show: Featuring Little Gloomy (2005-present), appear/have appeared regularly in Disney Adventures Magazine.

Titles

Absent Friends (2004)
A Bag of Anteaters
Action Girl Comics #1-19 (1994 – 2001)
Autumn #1-? (2004 – present)
Babyhead Magazine #1 (2004)
Babysitter
Barrabas (1986)
Bear #1-10 (by Jamie Smart, 2004 - 2005)
Beer and Roaming in Las Vegas
Bill The Clown
Black Heart Billy
Bombaby Screen Goddess (by Antony Mazzotta)
Camping with Bigfoot
Captain Dingleberry
The Cat With The Really Big Head
Cemetarians #1-?
Charm School
Chickenhare
Chumble Spuzz
The Clarence Principle (by Fehed Said and Shari Chankhamma, 2007)
Cocopiazo
The Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy
Comic Book Heaven
Corporate Ninja (2005)
Dead Eyes Open (2005)
Definition
Dim Witted Darryl
Doctor Grave
Emily and the Intergalactic Lemonade Stand
Emo Boy
Evenfall
Everwinds
Everything Can Be Beaten
Farewell Georgia
Fillerbunny (by Jhonen Vasquez)
Fishmasters
Gargoyles (a continuation of the TV series)
Ghouly Boys
Gloomcookie #1-28 (by Ted Naifeh, 1999-)
Halo and Sprocket #1-4 (2002)
Haunted Mansion
Hectic Planet (previously known as Pirate Corp$)
Hero Sandwich #1-5 (1987-1989)
Highway 13
Hsu and Chan (by Jeremy "Norm" Scott)
I Feel Sick #1-2 (by Jhonen Vasquez, 1999-2000)
Imp
Iliad #1-2
''It's Science With Doctor Radium (1986)
Jet Comics #1-3
Jet Pack Pets
Johnny the Homicidal Maniac #1-7 (by Jhonen Vasquez, 1995-1997)
Kitsune Tales #1 (by Woodrow Phoenix and Andi Watson, 2003)
Lenore #1-? (by Roman Dirge, 1998-)
Life of a Fetus #1-7
Likewise #1-2 (2002)
Little Gloomy #1-6 (1999)
Little Gloomy Adventures oneshot (2003)
Little Gloomy Crypt of Creepts oneshot (2004)
Little Gloomy Hallowe'en Special oneshot
Little Scrowlie
Love In Tights
Lowlife
Metamorphosis Odyssey (by Jim Starlin)
Milk & Cheese
Mister Blank
The Monsters In My Tummy
Mr. Night
My Monkey's Name is Jennifer
Next Exit
Nightmares & Fairy Tales (by Serena Valentino)
Nil: A Land Beyond Belief
No Hope
Oddjob
On the Bus
Outlook:Grim #1-6 (2003-2004)
The Pants Ant Trouser Hour
Paris (by Andi Watson, 2005-2006)
Patty Cake
Pirate Club
The Price
Private Beach #1-7? (2002?)
The Replacement God
Rex Libris
Samurai Jam #3-4 (by Andi Watson, 1993, previously Samurai Funnies, published by Solson Publications)
Samurai Penguin #1-8 (1986-1988)
Samurai Penguin: Food Chain Follies #1
Screenplay #1
Screwtooth #1-? (2006)
Serenity Rose
Shadow Star #3 (1986; #1-2 published by Savage Graphics)
Sidney Mellon's Thunderskull!
Skaggy The Lost #1-4, trade paperback
Skeleton Girl Comics #1-3
Skeleton Key (by Andi Watson, 1995)
Sky Ape #1-4
Slacker Comics
Slow News Day (by Andi Watson, 2001)
Street Angel #1-5
Sparks
Squee #1-4 (1997 – 1998)
SugarBuzz
Swerve #1-2 (by "Downer" creator Kyle S. Hunter)
The Super Scary Monster Show: Featuring Little Gloomy
Tales from the Heart
Tron: The Ghost in the Machine (2006-2008; mini-series following up the movie and the video game TRON 2.0)
The Trouble With Igor #1 (2006)
Truth Serum
Ubu Bubu #1 (2008)
Ursa Minors #1-? (2006)
Vaistron #1-5 (2005)
The Waiting Place
Weird Science (1986)
Where's It At, Sugar Kat?
Whistles
Wonderland
Zombies Calling (by Faith Erin Hicks, 2007)