Mam Tor Publishing

During 2004, Mam Tor Publishing was established by Liam & Christina McCormack-Sharp to publish Sharpenings, The Art of Liam Sharp.[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?threadid=23348 Liam Sharp Launches Mam Tor & Event Horison], Newsarama, 14 December 2004 {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101115101155/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?threadid=23348 |date=15 November 2010 }} It, a personal artbook featuring previously unreleased art samples of Sharp, was initially a portfolio showcase he could send publishers.

Mam Tor has published the anthology Mam Tor: Event Horizon.

Currently Mam Tor is releasing stand-alone graphic novels, like Matt Coyle's Worry Doll[https://web.archive.org/web/20070207141532/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2007/01/08/bocoyle08.xml Nightmare world at the tip of his pen ], The Daily Telegraph, 1 August 2007 and Sharp's Lap Of The Gods, as well as developing other properties for comics, books, and film.

They have just started publishing a quarterly free comic given away in Time Out. Four Feet From a Rat[http://www.fourfeetfromarat.com/ Four Feet From a Rat] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218142416/http://www.fourfeetfromarat.com/ |date=2008-12-18 }} is a 16-page comic comprising 4 stories, all written by the advertising company Mother, Stories in the first issue are "The Crane Gods" Liam Sharp, "The Little Guy" by Chris Weston, "Routemaster" by Dave Kendall and "Don Pigeone" by Kev Crossley.[http://creativity-online.com/?action=news:article&newsId=125818§ionName=behind_the_work Mother Spreads Its Weirdness], Creativity Online (includes free PDF download of first issue)[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=151174 Mam Tor & Mother Take Time Out With 'Four Feet From a Rat'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101104054755/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=151174 |date=2010-11-04 }}, Newsarama, 24 March 2008[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/mar/17/advertising.pressandpublishing Mother's comic turn], The Guardian, 17 March 2008 The third issue got press attention thanks to the story illustrated by Roger Langridge "Young Boris," which featured the adventures of London mayor Boris Johnson.[https://www.theguardian.com/media/2008/oct/30/boris-johnson-time-out-comic Boris Johnson battles Ken Livingstone in Time Out comic], The Guardian, 30 October 2008

The books mascot Viking Zombie Elvis, who opens and closes each book has made the leap from the printed page to (undead) life in the shlock mock rock doc "Paul Hammond's Rumours of Ragnorok? a Historiography"[http://www.myspace.com/zombieelvisandthevikings Zombie Elvis]

Mam Tor are now in production with various other media projects, including the above-mentioned Zombie Elvis feature.{{fact|date=July 2024}}

• Sharpenings: The Art of Liam Sharp
• Mam Tor: Event Horizon:
• #1 (140 pages, May 2005, {{ISBN|0-9549998-0-0}})
• #2 (208 pages, November 2005, {{ISBN|0-9549998-1-9}})
• Life Is Humiliation #1, #2
• Worry Doll — (graphic novel by Matt Coyle, January 2007, {{ISBN|0-9549998-3-5}})
• Lap of the Gods — (collection of personal works by Liam Sharp)
• St. Cyborg's — (by Nick Wray, 168 pages, January 2008, {{ISBN|0-9549998-5-1}})
• The Enemy's Son — Erth Chronicles Book I (by James Johnson, May 2008, {{ISBN|0-9549998-4-3}})
• Four Feet From A Rat — (Quarterly comic supplement in Time Out London magazine, March 2008 - )
• God Killers – Machivarius Point & Other Stories - (Novel and short stories by Liam Sharp, May 2009, {{ISBN|978-0-9549998-6-5}})

• 2006:
• Won Best Graphic Novel, Sci-Fi London, for Mam Tor: Event Horizon[http://www.sci-fi-london.com/cutenews/booknews.php?subaction=showfull&id=1143580999&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4& Sci-Fi London Award for Best Graphic Novel] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060511174516/http://www.sci-fi-london.com/cutenews/booknews.php?subaction=showfull&id=1143580999&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4& |date=2006-05-11 }}
• 2007:
• Won Best Comic Book Artist, Rue Morgue Award, for Matt Coyle's Worry Doll
• Nominated Best British Colour Comic, Eagle Awards, for Mam Tor: Event Horizon[http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/results.asp?year=2006 Eagle Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409203012/http://www.eagleawards.co.uk/results.asp?year=2006 |date=2008-04-09 }}

• Liam Sharp
• Steve Niles
• Ashley Wood
• Chris Weston
• Dan Wickline
• Kody Chamberlain
• Tom Muller
• Shane McCarthy
• Emma Simcock-Tooth
• Kev Crossley
• Gary Erskine
• Glenn Fabry
• Simon Bisley
• Emily Hare
• Dave Kendall
• Matt Dixon
• Greg Staples
• John Bamber
• Matt Boyce
• Alan Grant
• Brem
• Douglas Rushkoff
• Ali Powers
• Matt Coyle
• Nick Wray

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• [http://comicbooks.about.com/od/comicbookpublishers/p/mamtorprofile.htm Profile at About.com]

• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060217220823/http://www.maximonline.com/entertainment/features/2005/panel_surfing/ Maxim Online reviews Event Horizon 1] (bottom of the page)
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060813104122/http://www.sffworld.com/crevoff/3.html SFF World Reviews Event Horizon 1]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20060223235907/http://www.sffworld.com/crevoff/4.html SFF World Reviews Event Horizon 2]
• [http://www.sci-fi-london.com/cutenews/booknews.php?subaction=showfull&id=1132765734&archive=&start_from=&ucat=4&_from=&ucat=4& Sci-Fi London reviews Event Horizon 2]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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