Minx was an
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of
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that published
graphic novelA graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using the comics form. The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres.Graphic novels are typically...
s aimed at teenage
girlA girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...
s. It ran from 2007 to 2008.
It was announced in November
2006-January:*January 1 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons. *January 2 2006: Enquirer cartoonist Jim Borgman starts a blog to detail his creative process...
, following several years of planning . Senior Vice President
Karen BergerKaren Berger is an American comic book editor. She is best known as the Executive Editor of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.-Biography:...
and Group Editor Shelly Bond are supervising the imprint.
DC has contracted Alloy Marketing + Media to market the line and its books, with a budget of either $125,000 or $250,000 .
Minx was an
imprintIn the publishing industry, an imprint can refer to two different things:* It can mean a brand name under which a work is published. One single publishing company may have multiple imprints; the different imprints are used by the publisher to market the work to different demographic consumer segments...
of
DC ComicsDC Comics is one of the largest and most popular American comic book and related media companies, along with Marvel Comics. It is the publishing division of DC Entertainment Inc., a subsidiary company of Warner Bros. Entertainment...
that published
graphic novelA graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using the comics form. The term is employed in a broad manner, encompassing non-fiction works and thematically linked short stories as well as fictional stories across a number of genres.Graphic novels are typically...
s aimed at teenage
girlA girl is any female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood. The term may also be used to mean a young woman.-Etymology:...
s. It ran from 2007 to 2008.
History
It was announced in November
2006-January:*January 1 2006: Newsweek offer a look back at 2005 through editorial cartoons. *January 2 2006: Enquirer cartoonist Jim Borgman starts a blog to detail his creative process...
, following several years of planning . Senior Vice President
Karen BergerKaren Berger is an American comic book editor. She is best known as the Executive Editor of DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.-Biography:...
and Group Editor Shelly Bond are supervising the imprint.
DC has contracted Alloy Marketing + Media to market the line and its books, with a budget of either $125,000 or $250,000 . Berger has stated that the success of translated
mangaManga consist of comics and print cartoons , in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 20th century...
and
Marjane SatrapiMarjane Satrapi is an Iranian and French contemporary graphic novelist, illustrator, Academy Award-nominated animated film director, and children's book author.-Biography:...
's
PersepolisPersepolis is a French-language autobiographical graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi depicting her childhood in Iran during and after the revolution. The title is a reference to the historical town of Persepolis....
among teenage girls helped to motivate the creation of Minx.
Initial online reaction to the imprint was a combination of optimism and skepticism, with some controversy over the sexual connotations of the name as well as the small proportion of female creators in the initial lineup, especially due to an emphasis on female creators in
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article that broke the story.
On September 24, 2008,
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reported that numerous sources had confirmed the Minx imprint was cancelled. Some projects would still be published, while others were cancelled; specific titles are not yet announced, something confirmed by DC the next day. CBR summed the situation up:
Solicited titles
Emiko Superstar and
Token will be published, as will the sequel to
The New York Four. However, the fate of
The PLAIN Janes sequel is yet to be resolved but the virtually complete
All Nighter won't, however, its creator
David HahnDavid Hahn is a Portland, Oregon-based comic book artist born in Los Angeles in 1967. He is best known for his work illustrating the comic book mini-series Bite Club and its sequel Bite Club: Vampire Crime Unit for DC Comics, where he also illustrated stories for Robin, Fables, Batman: The...
is committed to getting it published, saying "over the past two-and-a-half years, I've ignored my other creator-owned projects to devote my efforts to ‘All Nighter,’ so somehow, I will see to it that it eventually gets published."
Most of the suggestions for the imprints failure focus on the failure of the distributor
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failure to achieve one of the principle aims: to get the graphic novels shelved in the Young Adult section in the major bookstores. However, creators questioned felt that this could have been achieved given time.
List of graphic novels
| Title | Creators | Release date |
|---|
| The P.L.A.I.N. Janes |
Cecil Castellucci Cecil Castellucci, also known as Cecil Seaskull , is a young adult novelist, indie rocker, and director. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California...
and Jim Rugg |
May 16, 2007 |
| Re-Gifters |
Mike Carey Mike Carey is a British writer of comic books, novels and films.-Biography:Carey was born in Liverpool, England, in 1959 - describing his young self as "one of those ominously quiet kids . . . [who] lived so much inside my own head I only had vestigial limbs"...
, Sonny LiewSonny Liew is a Malaysian-born comic artist/illustrator based in Singapore. He is best known for his work on Vertigo Comics' My Faith in Frankie together with Mike Carey and Marc Hempel, and "Re-gifters" from DC Minx....
and Marc HempelMarc Hempel is an American cartoonist/comics artist best known for his work on The Sandman with Neil Gaiman.-Biography:...
|
June 2007 |
| Clubbing Clubbing is a graphic novel published in 2007 by Minx, an imprint of DC comics. It was written by Andi Watson and drawn by Josh Howard.-Plot:...
|
Andi WatsonAndrew "Andi" Watson is a British cartoonist and illustrator best known for the graphic novels Breakfast After Noon, Slow News Day and his series Love Fights, published by Oni Press and Slave Labor Graphics....
and Josh HowardJoshua Jay Howard is an American professional basketball player. At and , he starts at small forward for the Dallas Mavericks of the NBA. His nickname is "J-Ho".-High school:...
|
July 2007 |
| Good as Lily |
Derek Kirk Kim Derek Kirk Kim is an award-winning Korean-American cartoonist. He won both major industry awards in 2004, the Eisner and the Harvey, for his debut graphic novel Same Difference and Other Stories, which was originally serialized on his website...
and Jesse Hamm |
August 2007 |
| Confessions of a Blabbermouth |
Mike Carey Mike Carey is a British writer of comic books, novels and films.-Biography:Carey was born in Liverpool, England, in 1959 - describing his young self as "one of those ominously quiet kids . . . [who] lived so much inside my own head I only had vestigial limbs"...
, Louise Carey, and Aaron Alexovich |
September 2007 |
| Kimmie66 |
Aaron Alexovich |
November 2007 |
| Burnout |
Rebecca Donner and Inaki Miranda |
June 2008 |
| Water Baby |
Ross Campbell Ross Campbell is a Scottish professional association football player who plays for Swedish club Ostersunds FK. He started his career with Scottish Premier League side Hibernian and represented Scotland at the under–20 and under–21 levels.-Hibernian:Ross was born in Edinburgh and grew...
|
July 2008 |
| The New York Four |
Brian WoodBrian Christopher Wood is a writer, illustrator, and graphic designer living in Brooklyn, New York. He is known primarily as a comic book creator; Wood both writes and illustrates graphic novels and serialized monthly comic books for a variety of publishers.During his comics career, Wood held a...
and Ryan KellyRyan Kelly is an American comic book artist living in Saint Paul, MN.-Biography:Kelly graduated from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 1998 where he studied under comic book artist Peter Gross. He worked with Peter Gross on the DC/Vertigo comic books Lucifer and The Books of Magic...
|
July 2008 |
| Janes in Love |
Cecil Castellucci Cecil Castellucci, also known as Cecil Seaskull , is a young adult novelist, indie rocker, and director. She currently lives in Los Angeles, California...
and Jim Rugg |
September 2008 |
| Emiko Superstar |
Mariko Tamaki and Steve Rolston Steve Rolston is a Canadian artist and writer of comic books and graphic novels currently living in Vancouver, British Columbia. After working in story boards for various animated series, he got his first break from Oni Press as the penciler and inker of the first four issues of their on-going...
|
October 14, 2008 |
| Token |
Alisa Kwitney Alisa Kwitney is an American author.Kwitney was born in New York City. She graduated from Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in English and from Columbia University's Master of Fine Arts Fiction Writing Program. Kwitney was also an editor for Vertigo, the mature/dark fantasy branch of DC...
and Joelle Jones |
October 2008 |
External links
Interviews
- Cecil Castellucci, November 30, 2006
- Jim Rugg, December 1, 2006
- Line Editor Karen Berger April 5, 2007
- Mike Carey April 10, 2007
- Louise Carey May 23, 2007
- Rebecca Donner, Publishers Weekly
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, May 12, 2008