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| Founded | August 28, 1978[1] |
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| Founder | Thomas Skulan |
| Defunct | 1998[1] |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Headquarters location | 21 Central Avenue, Albany, New York |
| Key people | Roger Green, Raoul Vezina |
| Publication types | Comics, magazines |
| Fiction genres | Horror, humor |
FantaCo Enterprises is an American comic book store and publishing company founded and created by Thomas Skulan and based in Albany, New York. As a publisher, FantaCo was known for its idiosyncratic line-up of mostly black-and-white titles, including the humorous Hembeck Series and the horror title Gore Shriek. FantaCo also published "The Chronicles Series", which cataloged top-selling Marvel Comics titles. In its later years, FantaCo published mostly horror comics and a small number of "good girl art".
FantaCo began as a mail order company and comic book store before branching out into publishing books, magazines, and comics. From 1979 through 1990, it also hosted FantaCon, a popular Albany-area comics and horror convention. (After FantaCo closed its brick & mortar store in 1998, Skulan continued with the mail order division while taking time to re-imagine the overall business for the 21st century.)