NBM Publishing

NBM Publishing
StatusActive
Founded
  • 1976; 48 years ago (1976) as Flying Buttress Publications
  • 1984; 40 years ago (1984) as NBM
Founders
  • Terry Nantier
  • Chris Beall
  • Marc Minoustchine
Headquarters locationNew York City, U.S.
DistributionIndependent Publishers Group (US)[1]
Turnaround Publisher Services (UK)[2]
Diamond Book Distributors (international)[3]
Publication types
  • Graphic novels
  • Comic books and magazines
Imprints
  • ComicsLit
  • Eurotica
  • Amerotica
  • Flying Buttress Classics Library[4]
Official websitenbmpub.com

Nantier Beall Minoustchine Publishing Inc. (or NBM Publishing) is an American graphic novel publisher. Founded by Terry Nantier in 1976 as Flying Buttress Publications, NBM is one of the oldest graphic novel publishers in North America. The company publishes English adaptations and translations of popular European comics, compilations of classic comic strips, and original fiction and nonfiction graphic novels.[5] In addition to NBM Graphic Novels, the company has several imprints including ComicsLit for literary graphic fiction,[6][7] and Eurotica and Amerotica for adult comics.[8][9]

According to NBM, it is "the second largest indie comics press after Fantagraphics with close to $3MM in yearly retail sales on over 200,000 graphic novels sold a year plus tens of thousands of comic books and magazines".[10] The company says their "editorial choices [...] take [their] cue from the large and well-respected European comics scene".[11][failed verification]

  1. ^ NBM Publishing
  2. ^ "NBM". Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  3. ^ Our Publishers
  4. ^ "Visiting Faculty Spring 2011". Center for Cartoon Studies (CCS). Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  5. ^ St-Louis, Hervé (June 14, 2010), "Interview with Terry Nantier - Publisher and Founder of NBM", Comic Book Bin, retrieved December 17, 2016
  6. ^ Kulesa, William (February 24, 2016), "Take a walk through the Louvre with this graphic novel—Comic Box", Jersey Journal, retrieved December 17, 2016
  7. ^ St-Louis, Hervé (June 1, 2010). "It's NBM Month at The Comic Book Bin". Comic Book Bin. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  8. ^ Arrant, Chris, ed. (January 13, 2016). "NBM Publishing Celebrates 40 Year Anniversary with Name Change & New Logo". Newsarama. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
  9. ^ Booker, M. Keith, ed. (2010). "Underground and Adult Comics". Encyclopedia of Comic Books and Graphic Novels. Vol. 2: M–Z. Santa Barbara, California: Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 653. ISBN 978-0-313-35747-3.
  10. ^ CBR Staff (August 25, 2016), "NBM Publishing Announces Comic-Con International Debuts and Exclusives—Official Press Release", CBR.com, retrieved December 17, 2016
  11. ^ "About Us". NBM Graphic Novels. Retrieved January 8, 2014.