Introduction:

Mostly known for it’s weird, dark, and quirky creator owned comic books, SLG Comics – has been a champion of the creator owned comic book for quite some time now. With successes like Milk and Cheese, Johnny The Homicidal Maniac, Lenore, and Gloomcookie, SLG has always pushed the boundaries with its dark humor. SLG also represented Disney comics for a time with such properties as Tron, Gargoyles, and Haunted Mansion.
Read a profile of the company sent in by president, founder, publisher, and supreme commander of SLG, Dan Vado.

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Name:

The name of the company is SLG Publishing. We publish under a few different imprints, SLG being one (SLG stands for Slave Labor Graphics, which we also publish under) Amaze Ink and Club Tiki Press. We also have a toy company called Monkey Fun Toys.

Supreme Commander:

Dan Vado

Editor In Chief:

Jennifer de Guzman

Started by:

Company was founded by Dan Vado in 1986.

Characters:

Our most well known characters are Johnny the Homicidal Maniac, Lenore and Milk & Cheese. We also publish a line of comics based on Disney characters including Tron and Gargoyles.

Famous For:

We are best known for offbeat and funny comics. A person would want to read our comics is they were looking for something entertaining and well-crafted.

Public Company (Can you own a piece of it?):

No

Creator Owned Projects:

Except for our Disney line, we publish mostly creator-owned work.

Location:

577 S, Market Street
San Jose, CA
95113

Website:

www.slgcomic.com

Send Projects to:

Our submission guidelines are on our website.

People should read those before submitting.

In Other Media:

NA

Get A Job With:

Start as a free intern. We hire from within.

History:

The company was founded in 1986 as an outlet for my (Dan Vado's) desire to write comics. Soon after people were submitting work for my consideration and I went from being a self-publisher to just a publisher.