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| Parent company | DC Comics (Warner Bros.) |
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| Status | Defunct, 1994 |
| Founded | 1989 |
| Founder | Mark Nevelow |
| Defunct | 1994  |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Headquarters location | New York City |
| Key people | Mark Nevelow Karen McBurnie Dean Motter Bhob Stewart Dale Crain |
| Publication types | Comic books |
| Fiction genres | Alternative |
Piranha Press, an imprint of DC Comics from 1989 to 1994, was a response by DC to the growing interest in alternative comics. The imprint was edited by Mark Nevelow, who instead of developing comics with the established names in the alternative comics field, chose to introduce several unknown illustrators with an eclectic and diverse line of experimental graphic novels and stories. Unusual for the time, Nevelow succeeded in getting DC to agree to contracts giving creator ownership to writers and artists.