| Company type | Comic book distributor Comic book publisher |
|---|---|
| Industry | Comics |
| Founded | 1973 |
| Founder | Hal Schuster Irwin Schuster Jack Schuster |
| Defunct | 1982 (as distributor) 1995 (as publisher) |
| Headquarters | Rockville, Maryland, then Largo, Florida, then Los Angeles, then Las Vegas |
Key people | James Van Hise |
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New Media Distribution/Irjax Enterprises was a comic book distributor and publisher active from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. In 1978, the company's legal actions against the dominant distributor of the era, Sea Gate Distributors, widened the field for the direct market to expand. In 1982, when Irjax's distribution arm went out of business, its processing centers and warehouses formed the basis for Diamond Comics Distributors, the now-dominant comics distributor.
The company's publishing arm, New Media, continued in the business until 1995. New Media mainly published periodicals for comics/fantasy/science fiction enthusiasts, including the long-running critical journal Comics Feature. Editors and writers with New Media included Carol Kalish, Richard Howell, Peter B. Gillis, Kurt Busiek, Don and Maggie Thompson, James Van Hise, Peter Sanderson, Max Allan Collins, Ron Goulart, Will Jacobs and Gerard Jones, Steve Perrin, and Roy Thomas.