Fangoria’s Comic Book Imprint Rises from the Dead

Robert Greenberger

Robert Greenberger is best known to comics fans as the editor of Who's Who In The DC Universe, Suicide Squad, and Doom Patrol. He's written and edited several Star Trek novels and is the author of The Essential Batman Encyclopedia. He's known for his work as an editor for Comics Scene, Starlog, and Weekly World News, as well as holding executive positions at both Marvel Comics and DC Comics.

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3 Responses

  1. Alan Coil says:

    I always want more stuff on the shelves, so I welcome their return, but I hope they can get past the horrible PR of the past: fighting over the ownership of Vampirella, the sudden closing of the company, and the unmentioned-in-this-article warehouse fire that destroyed most of the Fangoria-affiliated back stock. I trust Troy and his co-workers to try to put out quality product, but they have a steep hill to climb.

  2. Troy Brownfield says:

    Hey Alan,I appreciate the positive parts of your comments. :DYeah, it's been crazy at times, but the great thing about our guys is that we have always stuck together. I'd like to address a couple of points quickly:1) On Vampirella: Quick version here. Someone in the Fango structure was negotiating for the character, and we were told the deal was done when it wasn't. Scott was onstage at a Fango con, and someone literally said to him, "Hey, don't forget that we got Vampirella!", so it was announced. Reminder: Never announce anything anyone tells you onstage, except, perhaps, "Fire!" and "Don't take the brown acid." At any rate, that whole thing was quickly resolved. Scott and Bon (at Harris) were cool, and it was all good. More was made of that situation by a couple of bloggers than it was, honestly.2) The Shutdown was linked to company-wide problems. As you may know, Fangoria Entertainment entered bankruptcy. The new owner, Tom DeFeo of The Brooklyn Company, was actually the man who got Scott to launch the comics in the first place. As soon as the company was his, he called. Fangoria Graphix is an important piece to him, or else we wouldn't be doing this.3) Let me invoke the tagline of "The Killer" for this one: One wrong move by a forklift, one severed main, ten thousand burning issues of Fangoria publications. Yeah, that was a true disaster. But we actually have a plan to deal with that, too.As Bob pointed out in his article, the books that did come out received good notices, and we sold well in chain bookstores. We're optimistic about all of our new projects, and we only ask that you give 'em a look. And I will note that after the migration, the brand-new version of Fangoria.com is now up. Enjoy. And thanks for the coverage!

  3. guillermo jose agrci says:

    pelsed comunicated wiht junit avlez from a frees ubscriptions of fangorias magazined at 1800-827-1000 thasnk you