Elex Media Komputindo
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Elex Media Komputindo is a major Indonesia
Indonesia
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n publisher of literature on computer
Computer
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s as well as comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

s. In addition to local comic books, it also publishes Japanese manga
Manga
Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

, Korean manhwa
Manhwa
Manhwa is the general Korean term for comics and print cartoons . Outside of Korea, the term usually refers specifically to South Korean comics. The term, along with manga, is a cognate of the Chinese manhua...

, and Chinese manhua
Manhua
Manhua are Chinese comics originally produced in China. Possibly due to their greater degree of artistic freedom of expression and closer international ties with Japan, Hong Kong and Taiwan have been the places of publication of most manhua thus far, often including Chinese translations of...

. Founded on 15 January 1985, Elex Media Komputindo is within the publishing arm of the Kompas-Gramedia Group
Kompas-Gramedia Group
Kompas Gramedia Group is the largest media conglomerate in Indonesia.- History :After the success of the magazine Intisari , P. K. Ojong and Jakob Oetama launched a national newspaper called Kompas...

. Elex Media is headquartered in Jakarta
Jakarta
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.

Manga/Manhwa/Manhua/Comics

Elex Media Komputindo first published manga on 1990. As of December 2008, almost 7500 comic volumes has been published.

On September 2005, they published Level Comic for adult readers. Their titles including 20th Century Boys, Homunculus, Vagabond, Shin Angyo Onshi, Soul Eater.

On August 2009, they published Romic (euROpean coMIC). Their titles including Lucky Luke
Lucky Luke
Lucky Luke is a Belgian comics series created by Belgian cartoonist, Maurice De Bevere better known as Morris, the original artist, and was for one period written by René Goscinny...

, Smurf, Michel Vaillant
Michel Vaillant
Michel Vaillant is the title of a Belgian comics series created in 1957 by French cartoonist Jean Graton and published originally by Le Lombard. Later, Graton published the albums by himself when he founded Graton éditeur in 1982...

, Yakari
Yakari
Yakari is a Franco-Belgian comic book series, aimed at a younger audience, written by Job and illustrated by Derib....

, Spirou & Fantasio.

Magazines

  • Hanalala
    Hanalala
    Hanalala is the Indonesian version of the manga series Hana to Yume. It is published by Elex Media Komputindo, a component of Kompas Gramedia Group, the largest comic publisher in Indonesia. Publication was discontinued with a Farewell Edition on 2 December 2010.-Currently Running Manga Series:...

     is Indonesian version of HanaYume (discontinued)
  • Shōnen Star
    Shōnen Star
    Shōnen Star is the Indonesian version of Weekly Shōnen Sunday published by Elex Media Komputindo , the largest comic publisher in Indonesia on 2005. The magazine published Kurozakuro, Robot Boys, My Wing, Midori's Days, etc. Due to government regulation of pornography so the censorship is...

     is Indonesian version of Shonen Sunday
  • Shonen Magz
    Shonen Magz
    Shonen Magz is a Shōnen-oriented manga magazine published monthly by Elex Media Komputindo. It is the Indonesian version of the Japanese Shōnen Magazine and therefore, contains Kodansha-published works only...

     is Indonesian version of Shonen Magazine
  • Nakayoshi
    Nakayoshi
    is a shōjo manga magazine published by Kodansha in Japan. First published in December 1954, it is a long-running magazine with over 50 years worth of manga publication history. The target demographic for Nakayoshi is aimed at young girls between...

    is Indonesian version of Nakayoshi
  • Champ is Indonesian version of Korean Manhwa titles (discontinued)
  • Winnie The Pooh is Indonesian version of Disney's Winnie The Pooh
  • Cars is Indonesian version of Disney's Cars
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