Big Umbrella is currently a defunct comic-book imprint

Imprint

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 which was formed by indie comic creators Rafael Navarro

Rafael Navarro

Rafael Navarro is an independent American comic-book artist best known for creating the Xeric Award winning series, Sonambulo, which cleverly blends elements of Lucha Libre and the noir genre. He has collaborated with Keith Rainville and has had work featured in Rainville's From Parts Unknown...

, Javier Hernandez, Michael Aushenker

Michael Aushenker

Michael Aushenker is an independent American comic-book artist and creator based in Los Angeles, California, best known for the comic book series El Gato, Crime Mangler...

, Ted Seko

Ted Seko

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, and Rhode Montijo

Rhode Montijo

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. It wasn't considered an imprint as along the lines of a DC

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 or Marvel

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 imprint but more along the lines of a loosely formed coalition of independent publishers and friends. The imprint disbanded sometime in 2003 due to problems in the market-place. According to creator Javier Hernandez:
Despite the break-up, the creators remain friends and often collaborate on their independent works.

Works Formerly Published Under Big Umbrella

• El Gato, Crime Mangler (Aushenker)
• El Muerto
  El Muerto
  El Muerto , also known as El Muerto: The Aztec Zombie, is a fictional character and comic book superhero created by American comics creator Javier Hernandez and published through his own imprint Los Comex...
  
  (Hernandez)
• Fusionman (comics) (Seko)
• Monster Monolith (Seko)
• Sonambulo
  Sonambulo
  Sonámbulo is a fictional character from the American independent comic book series of the same name created by Rafael Navarro....
  
  (Navarro)