AdHouse Books

AdHouse Books was an independent comic book publisher based in Richmond, Virginia. It was founded in 2002 by graphic designer .

AdHouse was known primarily as a publisher of graphic novels, beginning with 2002's , traditional comic book series, and art books, including James Jean's ;

The company announced on July 14th 2021 that it would cease publications after its 101st book. The company would then take 2022 to visit as many shows, conventions, festivals, etc., as they could. Among the reasons, Pitzer mentioned his older age, as well as "low sales on recent releases, uneasiness about the crowdfunding model, and the lack of conventions due to the COVID-19 pandemic."^[2]

Graphic novels and single issue comics[]

• (2005 - 2008) anthology, by Dean Trippe, Nick Bertozzi, Mike Dawson, and Hope Larson (4 issues)
• Zig Zag (2005–2007) by (2 issues)
• (2006) Anthology, edited by
• (2006) by
• (2006) by Scott Morse, published by Red Window and distributed by AdHouse Books
• (2006) by
• (2005) Anthology, edited by , Dean Haspiel and Scott Morse
• (2005) by Doug Fraser
• (2005) by Debbie Huey, distributed by AdHouse Books
• Salamander Dream (2005) by Hope Larson
• (2005) by (1 issue)
• (2004) by Paul Hornschemeier
• (2004) by Paul Hornschemeier
• (2004) by Fermin Solis
• (2004) by Scott Morse, , and
• (2004) by Scott Morse
• (2004) by Simone Lia
• (2004) Anthology, edited by
• (2004) by (4 issues)
• (2003) by Scott Mills
• (2002) by

Art books[]

• Blue Collar / White Collar by Sterling Hundley
• (2004) by Scott Morse
• (2005) by James Jean
• Process Recess 2: Portfolio (2007) by James Jean
• Process Recess 3 (2009) by James Jean

Awards[]

In 2004, AdHouse's received 's Kudos Award for Excellence. The anthology was also nominated for several other awards, including Best Anthology and Special Award for Excellence in Presentation by the Harvey Awards, and Best Anthology and Best Publication Design by the Eisner Awards.

AdHouse's first publication, , won the 2002 Small Press Expo Ignatz Award for Outstanding Debut and the 2002 Ninth Art Lighthouse Award for Debut Book, and was nominated for a 2003 Eisner Award for Best Graphic Novel.

References[]

External links[]

• AdHouse Books official website
• 2008 podcast interview^{[permanent dead link]} with Peter Semeti and Chris Pitzer at comiXology
• 2006 Newsarama Interview^{[permanent dead link]}
• 2006 Graphic Language Interview
• 2008 Comics Reporter Holiday Interview