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| Status | Active |
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| Founded | 2012 |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | Los Angeles, California |
| Distribution | Simon & Schuster (books),[1] Lunar Comics Distribution (comics),[2] Diamond Comic Distributors (comics)[3] |
| Key people | Matt Pizzolo Brett Gurewitz Steve Niles |
| Publication types | Comic books, books |
| Official website | www |
Black Mask Studios is a comic book and graphic novel publishing company formed by Matt Pizzolo, Steve Niles and Brett Gurewitz, designed as a new infrastructure to support comic book creators and a new pipeline for transgressive art.[4][5]
Black Mask is known for the miniseries Elisa Romboli's Alice In Leatherland, Matthew Rosenberg's 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank, Magdalene Visaggio's Kim & Kim, Matt Miner's Liberator, Tini Howard's The Skeptics, Vita Ayala's The Wilds, Curt Pires's Mayday, Amancay Nahuelpan's Clandestino, Fabian Rangel Jr.'s Space Riders, and Kwanza Osajyefo's White.
Comic book writer Matthew Rosenberg, the writer of Uncanny X-Men and Batman whose first comic book 4 Kids Walk Into A Bank was published by BM, appeared on the Word Balloon podcast with John Siuntres and he said:
"There's going to be a moment in this industry when Matt Pizzolo is really viewed as one of the great eyes for talent. Up there with, I don't want to say up there with Karen Berger just to not throw myself in with that, but regarding the talent that came out of Black Mask versus other indie publishers: so many good people got their start there. Tini Howard's first creator owned book is at Black Mask. Vita Ayala's first creator owned book is at Black Mask. My first creator owned book is at Black Mask. Alexis Ziritt. So many people doing great work. Like Tony Patrick and Mags Visaggio. Curt Pires. Zac Thompson and Lonnie Nadler. All these people who are doing great, fascinating, cool books. All these people who are doing stuff that I love can point to Black Mask as that was the first door that was opened. I think in the history books Black Mask is not going to dominate sales anytime soon, but the eye for talent has been really impeccable."
Host John Siuntres agreed. "It's a great roster and responsible for a lot of the great new voices in comics."[6]
- ^ "Our Publishers".
- ^ Johnston, Rich (October 21, 2022). "Black Mask Studios Latest to Sign With Lunar Distribution". Bleeding Cool.
- ^ Alverson, Brigid (October 18, 2022). "LUNAR ADDS TWO NEW PUBLISHERS". ICv2.
- ^ aubin (February 15, 2013). "Brett Gurewitz helps launch Black Mask Studios". Punknews.org.
- ^ MacDonald, Heidi (February 15, 2013). "New publisher/distro Black Mask Studios debuts with Moore, Lloyd, RZA and more". Comics Beat.
- ^ Siuntres, John (December 13, 2019). "Comic Books Matthew Rosenberg Talks Marvel, Hawkeye FreeFall, Black Mask and The Wu Tang Clan". Word Balloon podcast.