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Red Giant Entertainment

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Type
  
Public

Area served
  
Worldwide

Founded
  
2010

Traded as
  
OTCQB: REDG

Founder
  
Benny R. Powell

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Trading name
  
Red Giant Entertainment, Red Giant Media

Industry
  
Comic books, Motion pictures, family entertainment, digital distribution, Television series, Media franchise

Key people
  
Benny R. Powell (CEO) David Campiti (COO) Isen Robbins (CIPO) Aimee Schoof (CBDO) Chris Crosby (CTO) Mark Fischbach Board member

Stock price
  
REDG (OTCMKTS) US$ 0.00 0.00 (0.00%)24 Mar, 4:00 PM GMT-4 - Disclaimer

Headquarters
  
Clermont, Florida, United States

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Red Giant Entertainment, Inc. is a Florida-headquartered comic book publisher and "transmedia" entertainment company first established in 2010. As a transmedia company, Red Giant develops intellectual properties into various ancillary media forms including: movies, television, video games, phone apps, online comics, toy lines, cartoons, T-shirts, and other merchandising opportunities. Red Giant was founded Benny R. Powell, who also served as the head marketing writer for Priceline.com in the company's early days. David Campiti, director and COO, also is CEO of Glass House Graphics. Isen Robbins (CIPO) and Aimee Schoof (CBDO) are both from Intrinsic Value Films and Red Giant Media. Chris Crosby is CTO and the CEO of Keenspot Entertainment. Internet personality Mark "Markiplier" Fischbach joined the board in November 2014.

Contents

Webcomics and digital comics

Red Giant publishes a variety of webcomics with strategic partner Keenspot, including Wayward Sons: Legends, Exposure], Jade Warriors, Buzzboy, Medusa's Daughter, Katrina, and Porcelain. These comics are then collected as digital collections on ComiXology.

Giant-Size Comics

Red Giant's Giant-Size Comics is a print comic book line of free, ad-supported anthology titles set to debut on May 3, 2014 as part of Free Comic Book Day before their full weekly launch in July 2014.

The four free Giant-Size titles include Giant-Size Action (Wayward Sons / Tesla), Giant-Size Adventure (Magika / The First Daughter), Giant-Size Fantasy (Duel Identity / Pandora's Blog), and Giant-Size Thrills (Shadow Children / Darchon).

In August 2013 it was announced that Mort Castle will be scripting the Red Giant Entertainment comic book Darchon, an ongoing feature of their Giant-Size Comics line of free print comic book titles set to debut on May 3, 2014, as part of Free Comic Book Day. Darchon is scheduled to appear monthly in Giant-Size Thrills, the companies horror title.

In November 2013, it was announced that DC Comics veteran Brian Augustyn had been hired as story editor for the Giant-Size Comics line.

On August 26, 2014, Red Giant announced that Larry Hama is writing the Company's new Monster Isle monthly series debuting this November.

On August 27, 2014, Red Giant announced that Brian Augustyn is scripting a new Amped comic series debuting in November as part of the monthly Giant-Sized line.

On June 19, 2015, Red Giant announced it released a new GSL #1 comic for download with online advertising featuring Markiplier. This comic was scheduled to be available in print form free at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con International

On June 24, 2015, Red Giant announced it re-released GSL #0 digitally for download with online advertising.

Collections and Novels

The company publishes collected print editions of their webcomics, which are distributed to comic book and specialty stores worldwide through Diamond Comic Distributors.

Collections

  • The Cartoon Art of Mike Deodato, Jr. (Dec 2013)
  • Mike Deodato's Jade Warriors (Spring 2014)
  • Mike Deodato's Comics & Stories (Summer 2014)
  • Mike Deodato Jr's Sketchbook (2014)

    • Graphic Novels

  • Banzai Girl Volume 1 Dreams Betrayed (November 2014)
  • Buzzboy: Sidekicks Rule! Paperback (January 3, 2012)
  • Drow Tales Volume 1: Moonless Age TP Paperback (July 3, 2012)
  • Exposure Volume 1 (January 21, 2014)
  • Exposure Volume 2 Blind Faith (November 2014)
  • Medusa's Daughter Graphic Novel HC (2012)
  • Medusa's Daughter Graphic Novel Library HC (February 17, 2015)
  • Roboy Red Graphic Novel Comic (2012)
  • Wayward Sons Volume 1 (Wayward Sons: Legends) (December 2011)
  • Wayward Sons Volume 2 (Wayward Sons: Legends) (February 2014)
  • Wayward Sons Volume 3 (April 2014)
  • Wayward Sons Volume 4 (October 2014)

    • Film

    The following Red Giant Media film projects are in various stages of development, production or release. The films indicate Intrinsic Value, Red Giant Media, or by Red Giant officers: Isen Robbins, Aimee Schoof, David Campiti or Benny Powell as producers. They are listed on the Red Giant Entertainment website.

  • The Alphabet Killer (status: released)
  • The Attic (status: released)
  • Blue Caprice (2013) (status: released)
  • Death of a Dynasty (status: released)
  • Experimenter (2015) (status: Filming June 2014)
  • Gabi on the Roof in July (status: released)
  • The Hebrew Hammer (status: released)
  • Niko: The Journey To Magika (status: released; Released on Hulu 12/12/2014 View Movie)
  • Katrina (status: In production)
  • Last Blood (status: now casting with director Simon Hunter attached)
  • Omphalos (2014) (status: post-production)
  • Run (Status: Released)
  • Satan's Little Helper (status: released)
  • Shockwave, Darkside (status: RELEASED; UK Premiere: August 21, 2014 )
  • The Skeptic (status: released)
  • The Sticky Fingers of Time (status: released)
  • Supernovas (status: development announced)
  • The Truth About Lies (status: Post-Production; Release 1 February 2015, nominated for Best Screenplay at Beverly Hills Film Festival)
  • Wayard Sons (status: in development)
  • Wayward Sons: Legends (status: in development with producer Dan Lin)
  • XX/XY (status: released)

    • Television

    The following Red Giant television projects are in various stages of development and production.

  • Exposure (status: development announced; Kevin VanHook producer)

    • Video Games and Apps

    Bandai Namco Games America Inc. announced a partnership to provide more comic influenced games on July 23, 2014. First game to be released by 2014 Holiday season.

    History

  • Incorporated June 27, 2005 under the name Castmor Resources, Ltd.
  • Red Giant Entertainment, Inc. established in Clermont, Florida, in 2010.
  • Acquired Red Giant Entertainment, Inc., a Florida corporation (“RGE”), on June 11, 2012.
  • On June 26, 2012, Castmor Resources changed name to Red Giant Entertainment, Inc.
  • On March 4, 2013, Red Giant acquired ComicGenesis, LLC (“ComicGenesis”), a Nevada limited liability company that operates a user-generated comic site that hosts over 10,000 independent webcomics.

    • Partners

    Strategic partners include:

  • Bandai Namco Games

    • Controversy

    Japan Needs Heroes, the company's Kickstarter crowd-funded anthology project designed to benefit "victims of Japan's tragedies", was fully funded in May 2011, and Japan Needs Heroes II, the company's second such project was fully funded in 2013. Neither had been delivered as of January 2014. The company said both projects had gone to the printer as of December 30, 2014 and that digital downloads would be sent to the Kickstarter backers in January 2015. As of at least February 2015, printed hardcover and paperback books had not been mailed to Kickstarter backers. At San Diego Comic-Con International in 2015, Stan Lee and Red Giant's David Campiti showed the printed copies of Japan Needs Heroes.

    References

    Red Giant Entertainment Wikipedia
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