Hexagon Comics is a syndicate of French

France

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, Italian

Italy

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 and Spanish

Spain

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 comic book

Comic book

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 writers and artists formed in early 2004, after French publisher Semic Comics

Semic Comics

Semic Comics is one of the leading comic book publishers in France, also known as Semic S.A. Along with French comics, formerly the company published the official translations of products produced by DC Comics and Marvel Comics but now, Marvel and DC are published by Panini.Today, Semic Publishes...

 decided to cancel its line of comic books.

Taking advantage of European copyright laws, these writers and artists got together, reclaimed the rights to the characters they had created for Editions Lug

Editions Lug

Editions Lug was a French comic book publisher created in 1950 by writer/editor Marcel Navarro and businessman Auguste Vistel.-History:When it started, Editions Lug only reprinted old French and Italian comics in digest-sized magazines....

, Semic Comics' predecessor, and reorganized under the banner of Hexagon Comics. Among these are Zembla

Zembla (character)

Zembla is a French comic book character created by Augusto Pedrazza and Franco Oneta for French publisher Editions Lug in 1963.-History:Zembla was created at the initiative of editor-in-chief Marcel Navarro to compete with the highly successful pseudo-Tarzan, Akim, published by Lug's competitor,...

, Jed Puma, Drago, Dragut, Rakar, Baroud, Wampus

Wampus

Wampus is a French comic book character written by Franco Frescura and illustrated by Luciano Bernasconi for French publisher Editions Lug in 1969....

, Jaleb

Jaleb

Jaleb is a French comic book character created by writer Claude J. Legrand and artist Annibale Casabianca for French publisher Editions Lug in 1972....

, Jaydee

Jaydee (character)

Jaydee is a French comic book character created by Danilo Grossi for French publisher Editions Lug in 1988.Jaydee is an alien abandoned on Earth as a baby. Raised in an orphanage, he later befriends Mary Stone and discovers that he has the power to metamorphose into any animal of his choice...

, Homicron

Homicron

Homicron is a French comic book character created by Lina Buffolente for French publisher Editions Lug in 1972.Homicron is an alien from planet Alpha, whose inhabitants have the power to turn into energy beings to explore the cosmos. To save the American scape capsule Apollo XIX, Homicron becomes...

, Brigade Temporelle

Brigade Temporelle

Brigade Temporelle is a French comic book series created by French writer Claude J. Legrand and Spanish artist Edmond Ripoll for the magazine Futura published by Editions Lug in 1972....

, C.L.A.S.H.

C.L.A.S.H.

C.L.A.S.H. is a comic book series published in France but realized by Italian artists Franco Frescura and Giorgio Trevisan for Editions Lug in 1969.Headquartered in Aspen, Colorado, C.L.A.S.H...

, Sibilla, Phenix, Starlock

Starlock

Starlock is a French comic book character created by writer Claude J. Legrand and artist Luciano Bernasconi for French publisher Editions Lug in 1990....

, Kabur

Kabur

Kabur is a French comic book character written by Claude J. Legrand and illustrated by Luciano Bernasconi for French publisher Editions Lug in 1975....

and Waki.

Hexagon Comics, with Black Coat Press, is currently publishing a series of trade paperbacks that contain old and new comic book stories called The Hexagon Comics Library. Wampus, C.L.A.S.H. and Phenix were published in 2006; Kabur and Zembla in 2007; Homicron in 2008; Jaydee and Starlock in 2009.

In 2010, Hexagon Comics launched a series of bimonthly, 500-page trade paperbacks reprints in French, beginning with Wampus (2 vols.), then Homicron, Starlock, Tanka, Jaleb, Phenix (2 vols.), Kabur, Hexagon (3 vols.), etc. Also in 2010, Hexagon Comics partnered with Wanga Comics to relaunch Strangers.

External links

• Hexagon Comics official website Contains detailed character bios and articles on history of Editions Lug and Semic Comics.
• Black Coat Press
• French-language reprints