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Index Taboo (comics)

Taboo is a comics anthology edited by Steve Bissette that was designed to feature edgier and more adult comics than could be published through mainstream publishers.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Al Columbia, Alan Moore, Anthology, Charles Vess, Chester Brown, Comics, Comics anthology, Dave Sim, David Lloyd (comics), Eddie Campbell, Eisner Awards, From Hell, Horror fiction, Jean Giraud, Kitchen Sink Press, Lost Girls (graphic novel), Melinda Gebbie, Michael Zulli, Neil Gaiman, One-shot (comics), Stephen R. Bissette, Throat Sprockets, Tim Lucas.

  2. Eisner Award winners for Best Anthology
  3. Kitchen Sink Press titles
  4. Tundra Publishing titles

Al Columbia

Al Columbia (born 1970) is an American artist known for his horror and black humor-themed alternative comics.

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Alan Moore

Alan Moore (born 18 November 1953) is an English author known primarily for his work in comic books including Watchmen, V for Vendetta, The Ballad of Halo Jones, ''Swamp Thing'', Batman: The Killing Joke, and From Hell.

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Anthology

In book publishing, an anthology is a collection of literary works chosen by the compiler; it may be a collection of plays, poems, short stories, songs, or related fiction/non-fiction excerpts by different authors.

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Charles Vess

Charles Vess (born June 10, 1951) is an American fantasy artist and comics artist who has specialized in the illustration of myths and fairy tales.

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Chester Brown

Chester William David Brown (born 16 May 1960) is a Canadian cartoonist.

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Comics

a medium used to express ideas with images, often combined with text or other visual information.

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Comics anthology

A comics anthology collects works in the medium of comics, typically from multiple series, and compiles them into an anthology or magazine. Taboo (comics) and comics anthology are comics anthologies.

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Dave Sim

Dave Sim (born 17 May 1956) is a Canadian cartoonist and publisher, known for his comic book Cerebus, his artistic experimentation, his advocacy of self-publishing and creators' rights, and his controversial political and philosophical beliefs.

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David Lloyd (comics)

David Lloyd (born 1950) is an English comics artist best known as the illustrator of the story V for Vendetta, written by Alan Moore, and the designer of its anarchist protagonist V and the modern Guy Fawkes/V mask, the latter going on to become a symbol of protest.

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Eddie Campbell

Eddie Campbell (born 10 August 1955) is a British comics artist and cartoonist.

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Eisner Awards

The Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards, commonly shortened to the Eisner Awards, are awards for creative achievement in American comic books.

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From Hell

From Hell is a graphic novel by writer Alan Moore and artist Eddie Campbell, originally published in serial form from 1989 to 1998. Taboo (comics) and from Hell are comics publications, horror comics, Kitchen Sink Press titles and Tundra Publishing titles.

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Horror fiction

Horror is a genre of fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare.

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Jean Giraud

Jean Henri Gaston Giraud (8 May 1938 – 10 March 2012) was a French artist, cartoonist and writer who worked in the Franco-Belgian ''bandes dessinées'' (BD) tradition.

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Kitchen Sink Press

Kitchen Sink Press was a comic book publishing company founded by Denis Kitchen in 1970.

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Lost Girls (graphic novel)

Lost Girls is a graphic novel written by Alan Moore and illustrated by Melinda Gebbie, depicting the sexually explicit adventures of three female fictional characters of the late 19th and early 20th century: Alice from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, Dorothy Gale from L.

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Melinda Gebbie

Melinda Gebbie (born 1947) is an American comics artist and writer, known for her participation in the underground comix movement.

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Michael Zulli

Michael Zulli (December 20, 1952 – July 8, 2024) was an American artist known for his work as an animal and wildlife illustrator and as a comic book illustrator.

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Neil Gaiman

Neil Richard MacKinnon Gaiman (born Neil Richard Gaiman on 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, graphic novels, audio theatre, and screenplays.

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One-shot (comics)

In comics, a one-shot is a work composed of a single standalone issue or chapter, contrasting a limited series or ongoing series, which are composed of multiple issues or chapters.

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Stephen R. Bissette

Stephen R. Bissette (born March 14, 1955) is an American comic book artist and publisher with a focus on the horror genre.

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Throat Sprockets

Throat Sprockets is an erotic horror novel by Tim Lucas, published in 1994.

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Tim Lucas

Timothy Ray Lucas (born May 30, 1956) is an American film critic, biographer, novelist, screenwriter and blogger, best known for publishing and editing the video review magazine Video Watchdog.

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See also

Eisner Award winners for Best Anthology

Kitchen Sink Press titles

Tundra Publishing titles

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taboo_(comics)

Also known as Taboo (comic).