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Publisher: Dark Horse
Years in Operation: 1986 - ?
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: http://www.darkhorse.com/ Brands: 49 Indicia Publishers: 12 Series: 3488 Printings: 12771 (11179 Issues) Disclose Notes: Founded by Mike Richardson.

Employee roster listed in Hellcyon (Dark Horse, 2010 series) #1 (April 2010):
Mike Richardson (president, publisher); Neil Hankerson (executive vice president); Tom Weddle (chief financial officer); Randy Stradley (vice president of publishing); Michael Martens (vice president of business development); Anita Nelson (vice president of Marketing, Sales, and Licensing); Dave Scroggy [as David Scroggy] (vice president of product development); Dale LaFountain (vice president of information technology); Darlene Vogel (director of purchasing); Ken Lizzi (general counsel); Davey Estrada (editorial director); Scott Allie (senior managing editor); Chris Warner (senior books editor); Diana Schutz (executive editor); Cary Grazzini (director of design and production); Lia Ribacchi (art director); Cara Niece (director of scheduling); Daniel Chabon (editorial); Rachel Edidin (editorial); Tim Ervin (editorial); Shawna Ervin-Gore [as Shawna Gore] (editorial); Annie Gullion (editorial); Sierra Hahn (editorial); Carl Gustav Horn [as Carl Horn] (editorial); Jemiah Jefferson (editorial); Dave Land (editorial); Freddye Lins (editorial); Dave Marshall (editorial); Katie Moody (editorial); Samantha Robertson (editorial); John Schork (editorial); Philip Simon (editorial); Patrick Thorpe (editorial); Brendan Wright (editorial); Tina Alessi (production, design); Amy Arendts (production, design); Scott Cook (production, design); Heather Doornink (production, design); Matt Dryer (production, design); Josh Elliott (production, design); Andy Fisher (production, design); Casey Goodwin (production, design); Krystal Hennes (production, design); Ryan Hill (production, design); Chris Horn (production, design); Jason Hvam (production, design); Clay Janes (production, design); Ryan Jorgensen (production, design); Troy Look (production, design); David Nestelle (production, design); Tony Ong (production, design); Richard Powers [as Rich Powers] (production, design); Stephen Reichert (production, design); Jason Rickerd (production, design); Susan Tardif (production, design); Jeremy Atkins (marketing, sales, licensing); Mark Bernardi (marketing, sales, licensing); Aaron Colter (marketing, sales, licensing); Jim Gibbons (marketing, sales, licensing); Michael Gombos (marketing, sales, licensing); Micha Hershman (marketing, sales, licensing); Amy Huey (marketing, sales, licensing); Nick McWhorter (marketing, sales, licensing); Matt Parkinson (marketing, sales, licensing); Melissa Richardson (marketing, sales, licensing); Pat Richardson (marketing, sales, licensing); Sarah Robertson (marketing, sales, licensing); Jonah Rose (marketing, sales, licensing); Max Sato (marketing, sales, licensing); Tim Wiesch (marketing, sales, licensing); Dirk Wood (marketing, sales, licensing); Lennon Day-Reynolds (internet, information technology (IT)); Mike Denning (internet, information technology (IT)); Tom Kishel (internet, information technology (IT)); Gordon Morehouse (internet, information technology (IT)); Warren Stevens (internet, information technology (IT)); Miles Stokes (internet, information technology (IT)); Grant Thomas (internet, information technology (IT)); Sam Thompson (internet, information technology (IT)); Rebecca Dudeiros (product development); Chris Gaslin (product development); Thea Kuticka (business development); Curt Bieker (operations); Marty Carter (operations); Justin Desmond (operations); Kevin Freeman (operations); June Groat (operations); Bill Portus (operations); A. J. Romanowski (operations); Kali Dugan (accounting); Adam Jones (accounting); Raymond Leslie (accounting); Brandon Margicin (accounting); Tara Raybun (accounting); Kim Schettig (accounting); Cynthia Silver-Biggi (accounting); Kendra Sundberg (accounting); Spencer Cushing (administration); Teresa Gresham (administration)

Employee roster listed in Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Riley (Dark Horse, 2010 Series) #[nn] (August 2010):
Mike Richardson (president, publisher); Neil Hankerson (executive vice president); Tom Weddle (chief financial officer); Randy Stradley (vice president of publishing); Michael Martens (vice president of business development); Anita Nelson (vice president of affairs); Micha Hershman (vice president of marketing); Dave Scroggy [as David Scroggy] (vice president of product development); Dale LaFountain (vice president of information technology); Darlene Vogel (director of purchasing); Ken Lizzi (general counsel); Davey Estrada (editorial director); Scott Allie (senior managing editor); Chris Warner (senior books editor); Diana Schutz (executive editor); Cary Grazzini (director of design and production); Lia Ribacchi (art director); Cara Niece (director of scheduling); Daniel Chabon (editorial); Rachel Edidin (editorial); Tim Ervin (editorial); Shawna Ervin-Gore [as Shawna Gore] (editorial); Annie Gullion (editorial); Sierra Hahn (editorial); Carl Gustav Horn [as Carl Horn] (editorial); Jemiah Jefferson (editorial); Dave Land (editorial); Freddye Lins (editorial); Dave Marshall (editorial); Katie Moody (editorial); Samantha Robertson (editorial); John Schork (editorial); Philip Simon (editorial); Patrick Thorpe (editorial); Brendan Wright (editorial); Tina Alessi (production, design); Amy Arendts (production, design); Scott Cook (production, design); Heather Doornink (production, design); Matt Dryer (production, design); Josh Elliott (production, design); Casey Goodwin (production, design); Krystal Hennes (production, design); Ryan Hill (production, design); Chris Horn (production, design); Jason Hvam (production, design); Clay Janes (production, design); Ryan Jorgensen (production, design); Troy Look (production, design); David Nestelle (production, design); Tony Ong (production, design); Richard Powers [as Rich Powers] (production, design); Stephen Reichert (production, design); Jason Rickerd (production, design); Susan Tardif (production, design); Jeremy Atkins (marketing, sales, licensing); Mark Bernardi (marketing, sales, licensing); Aaron Colter (marketing, sales, licensing); Kali Dugan (marketing, sales, licensing); Jim Gibbons (marketing, sales, licensing); Michael Gombos (marketing, sales, licensing); Amy Huey (marketing, sales, licensing); Nick McWhorter (marketing, sales, licensing); Matt Parkinson (marketing, sales, licensing); Melissa Richardson (marketing, sales, licensing); Pat Richardson (marketing, sales, licensing); Sarah Robertson (marketing, sales, licensing); Jonah Rose (marketing, sales, licensing); Max Sato (marketing, sales, licensing); Tim Wiesch (marketing, sales, licensing); Dirk Wood (marketing, sales, licensing); Chase Caster (internet, information technology (IT)); Lennon Day-Reynolds (internet, information technology (IT)); Mike Denning (internet, information technology (IT)); Tom Kishel (internet, information technology (IT)); Warren Stevens (internet, information technology (IT)); Miles Stokes (internet, information technology (IT)); Grant Thomas (internet, information technology (IT)); Tristan Waddington (internet, information technology (IT)); Rebecca Dudeiros (product development); Chris Gaslin (product development); Thea Kuticka (business development); Curt Bieker (operations); Marty Carter (operations); Justin Desmond (operations); Kevin Freeman (operations); June Groat (operations); Jeremy Helton (operations); Bill Portus (operations); Adam Jones (accounting); Nicole Lapalme (accounting); Raymond Leslie (accounting); Brandon Margicin (accounting); Tara Raybun (accounting); Kim Schettig (accounting); Cynthia Silver-Biggi (accounting); Kendra Sundberg (accounting); Spencer Cushing (administration); Teresa Gresham (administration)

Employee roster listed in Call of Duty: Black Ops III (Dark Horse, 2015 series) #1 (November 2015):
Mike Richardson (president, publisher); Neil Hankerson (executive vice president); Tom Weddle (chief financial officer); Randy Stradley (vice president of publishing); Michael Martens (vice president of book trade sales); Matt Parkinson (vice president of marketing); Dave Scroggy [as David Scroggy] (vice president of product development); Cara Niece (vice president of product and scheduling); Ken Lizzi (general counsel); Davey Estrada (editorial director); Dave Marshall (editor in chief); Scott Allie (executive senior editor); Chris Warner (senior books editor); Cary Grazzini (director of print and development); Lia Ribacchi (art director); Mark Bernardi (director of digital publishing); Daniel Chabon (editorial); Cardner Clark (editorial); Spencer Cushing (editorial); Annie Gullion (editorial); Carl Gustav Horn [as Carl Horn] (editorial); Jemiah Jefferson (editorial); Shantel Larocque [as Shantel LaRocque] (editorial); Freddye Miller (editorial); Katii O'Brien (editorial); Roxy Polk (editorial); Rachel Roberts (editorial); Philip Simon (editorial); Patrick Thorpe (editorial); Ian Tucker (editorial); Aaron Walker (editorial); Tina Alessi (production, design); Amy Arendts (production, design); Justin Couch (production, design); Rick DeLucco (production, design); Matt Dryer (production, design); Christianne Goudreau (production, design); Allyson Haller (production, design); Chris Horn (production, design); Nick James (production, design); Ethan Kimberling (production, design); Kat Larson (production, design); Melissa Martin (production, design); Christina McKenzie (production, design); David Nestelle (production, design); Richard Powers [as Rich Powers] (production, design); Jimmy Presler (production, design); Sara Proctor (production, design); Adam Pruett (production, design); Rhiannon Rasmussen-Silverstein [as Rhiannon Rasmussen] (production, design); Jason Rickerd (production, design); Sandy Tanaka (production, design); Sarah Terry (production, design); Brennan Thome (production, design); Heather Doornink (print); Vanessa Todd-Holmes [as Vanessa Todd] (print); Topher Alford (marketing); Katie Bednark (marketing); Sean Brice (marketing); Aub Driver (marketing); Amy Huey (marketing); Melissa Lomax (marketing); Steve Sunu (marketing); Kelly Woessner (marketing); Kari Yadro (marketing); Kevin Burkhalter (sales, licensing); Matt Chellis (sales, licensing); Rachel Golston (sales, licensing); Michael Gombos (sales, licensing); Nick McWhorter (sales, licensing); Pat Richardson (sales, licensing); Sarah Robertson (sales, licensing); Andrea Sanders (sales, licensing); Kari Torson (sales, licensing); Ryan Arana (internet, information technology (IT)); James Beedy (internet, information technology (IT)); Zach Calvert (internet, information technology (IT)); Chase Caster (internet, information technology (IT)); Derek DeMoss (internet, information technology (IT)); Mike Denning (internet, information technology (IT)); Gary Franz (internet, information technology (IT)); Tim Habersack (internet, information technology (IT)); Le Nguyen (internet, information technology (IT)); David Pitzel (internet, information technology (IT)); Gregory Randolph (internet, information technology (IT)); Max Schwarz (internet, information technology (IT)); Torrey Slattery (internet, information technology (IT)); Warren Stevens (internet, information technology (IT)); Miles Stokes (internet, information technology (IT)); Caitria Cogan (product development); Rebecca Dudeiros (product development); Chris Gaslin (product development); Casey Goodwin (scheduling); Christina Niece (scheduling); Jeremy Niece (scheduling); Curt Bieker (operations); Kevin Freeman (operations); Jeremy Helton (operations); Brian McMeen (operations); Douglas Nolan (operations); Bill Portus (operations); Kali Dugan (accounting); Jason Espinosa (accounting); Kristina Kimbrell (accounting); Raymond Leslie (accounting); Tara Raybun (accounting); Cynthia Silver-Biggi (accounting); Tina Standlee (accounting); Hilary Wilcox (accounting); Angela Goldsmith (administration); Teresa Gresham (administration); Judy Khuu (administration)
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Brand Name View Brand Images Years in Operation Printings (Issues)
Dark Horse 20 YearsView Brand Images 2006 - 2007 112 (105)
Dark Horse 20 Years; Dark Horse Books 2006 - 3
Dark Horse 20 Years; Dark Horse Manga 2006 - 2007 4
Dark Horse 20 Years; Lucas BooksView Brand Images 2006 - 2007 15
Dark Horse 20 Years; Star Wars 30 2007 - 7
Dark Horse Archives; Archie Series; Dark Horse Books 2011 - ? 7
Dark Horse Archives; Dark Horse 2012 - ? 3
Dark Horse Archives; Dark Horse Books 2004 - ? 77
Dark Horse Archives; New Comic Company; Dark Horse Books 2010 - ? 18
Dark Horse Books [chess piece]View Brand Images 1996 - ? 45 (44)
Dark Horse Books [facing left]View Brand Images 2001 - ? 313 (309)
Dark Horse Books; Lucas BooksView Brand Images ? - 100
Dark Horse Books; New Comic Company ? - ? 5
Dark Horse Color ComicsView Brand Images 1987 - 5
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]View Brand Images ? - 715 (704)
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]; A Decade of Dark HorseView Brand Images 1996 - 13
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]; Comics' Greatest WorldDiscloseView Brand Images
Note: Cover logo on most of Dark Horse's line of superhero comics from the early 1990's.
1993 - 1995 73 (64)
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]; Dark Horse HeroesView Brand Images 1995 - 1996 32 (29)
Dark Horse Comics [chess piece]; DC [bullet]View Brand Images 2002 - ? 13
Dark Horse Comics [facing left]View Brand Images2 ? - 1777 (1526)
Dark Horse Comics ClassicView Brand Images 1993 - 1994 6
Dark Horse Comics Legend 1994 - 1996 0
Dark Horse Comics Manga; Studio Proteus 1994 - 2003 86
Dark Horse Comics SpecialDisclose
Note: This is set in a different font from the publisher's original logo (1986-1989) and used rarely during that same time. See: "Wacky Squirrel Summer Fun Special" (07/87) "Godzilla, King Of The Monsters Special" (08/87) "Black Cross Special" (01/88)
1987 - ? 0
Dark Horse Comics; 20th Century Fox 2009 - 2010 5
Dark Horse Comics; Blanc Noir 1996 - 6
Dark Horse Comics; Bonelli Comics 1999 - 2002 7
Dark Horse Comics; EA; Bioware ? - 22 (19)
Dark Horse Comics; EC Entertaining Comics ? - 0
Dark Horse Comics; Hammer 2010 - 2011 2
Dark Horse Comics; LegendView Brand Images 1994 - 1998 82
Dark Horse Comics; Lucas BooksView Brand Images 1998 - ? 347 (287)
Dark Horse Comics; Robert E. Howard Official LicenseView Brand Images 2008 - ? 87 (78)
Dark Horse Comics; Star Wars 30 2007 - 10 (8)
Dark Horse Comics; Studio ProteusView Brand Images 1988 - 2002 66
Dark Horse Manga [facing left]DiscloseView Brand Images
Note: It's the black left-facing Dark Horse logo with a white background behind a red circle (Japanese flag). Below it are the words Dark Horse Manga. Seen on the spine and back cover of current Blade of the Immortal collections.
? - 109
Dark Horse Manga [facing left]; Studio ProteusView Brand Images ? - 9 (8)
Dark Horse Manhwa 2007 - ? 14
Dark Horse MaverickView Brand Images 1999 - 2002 79
dark horse originalsView Brand Images 2012 - ? 27 (25)
dark horse originals; Dark Horse BooksDiscloseView Brand Images
Note: Works carrying this brand are described being created by people who break the mold. Official announcement available here: http://www.darkhorse.com/Horsepower/1772/Dark-Horse-Originals-9-14-09
2009 - ? 9
Dark Horse Presents 1991 - ? 3
IDW Publishing; Dark Horse Comics 2012 - ? 3
Maverick 2000 - 2002 0
Rocket Comics 2003 - ? 2
Rocket Comics; A Dark Horse ComicView Brand Images 2003 - 2004 33
Rocket Comics; Dark Horse Books 2005 - ? 1
Venture Dark Horse Comics Strip Art FeaturesView Brand Images 2000 - 2002 4
Wizard; Dark Horse Comics [facing left] 2004 - 2004 1

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