Teshkeel Comics
{{Short description|Kuwaiti comic book publisher}}
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تشكيل كومكس
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| type = Private
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| foundation = 2006
| founder = Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa
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| location = Safat, 13048 Kuwait
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| key_people = Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa, Editor-in-chief
| industry = Publishing
| products = Comics
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Teshkeel Comics ({{langx|ar|تشكيل كومكس|translit=taškeel komiks}}, or more formally تشكيل للقصص المصورة taškeel li-l-qiṣaṣ al-muṣawwara) is a Kuwaiti comic book publisher, and a division of Teshkeel Media Group, a company focused on creating, re-engineering and exploiting all forms of children's media based on or infused with localised culture in the Middle East.
History
Teshkeel Comics was founded by Dr. Naif Al-Mutawa while studying for his M.B.A. at Columbia Business School in 2003.{{cite web|title=Naif Al-Mutawa Hermes Profile|url=http://www7.gsb.columbia.edu/alumni/news/Batman-Robin-99|publisher=Columbia Business School|accessdate=2012-11-26}} In 2005, Teshkeel had established a partnership with Marvel Comics to publish their comic book titles in the Arabic language to be released for audiences in the Middle East and North African regions, which are an Arab-speaking majority.{{cite web |url=http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.172.TESHKEEL_MEDIA_GROUP_BRINGS_MARVEL_COMICS_TO_THE |publisher=Marvel.com news release |title=TESHKEEL MEDIA GROUP BRINGS MARVEL COMICS TO THE MIDDLE EAST |date=2006-02-23 |accessdate=2009-08-04}} On March 16, 2006, Teshkeel released their first published comic, which was an issue of The Spectacular Spider-Man in Arabic. Teshkeel also made deals with DC Comics and Archie Comics{{cite web |url=http://comicsworthreading.com/2006/03/17/archie-in-the-middle-east/ |publisher=Comics Worth Reading |title=Archie in the Middle East |first=Johanna |last=Carlson |date=2006-03-17 |accessdate=2011-10-26}} to publish and distribute their own comic book titles in Arabic the same way.
Other than translating American comics, Teshkeel also published an original superhero comic book series, The 99. The 99 debuted in May 2006, and continued to be published until September 2013. Teshkeel published The 99 in English, Arabic, and Bahasa Indonesian, among other languages.{{cite web |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122757193882554759 |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |title=Kuwaiti Entrepreneur Hopes to Create the Next Pokémon |first=Margaret |last=Coker |date=2008-11-25 |accessdate=2009-08-04}} The 99 was distributed in North America via Diamond Comic Distributors.{{cite web |url=http://www.ameinfo.com/140783.html |publisher=AME Info |title=Teshkeel signs exclusive distribution deal |date=2007-12-05 |accessdate=2009-09-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616223904/http://www.ameinfo.com/140783.html |archivedate=2010-06-16 }}
Teshkeel Comics also published a licensed children's magazine based on Cartoon Network's characters and series. This magazine was published in both English and Arabic.
Published works
=Original titles=
- The 99 (Arabic and English)
=Licensed titles=
{{Incomplete list|date=August 2011}}
- Archie (Arabic only)
- Archie and Friends (Arabic only)
- The Batman Adventures (Arabic only; based on Volume 2)
- Cartoon Network Magazine (Arabic and English)
- Hulk (Arabic only; based on the 2000 series)
- Marvel (Arabic only; umbrella title for various stories of miscellaneous Marvel characters, such as Fantastic Four)
- The Spectacular Spider-Man (Arabic only)
- Superman Adventures (Arabic only)
- Ultimate Spider-Man (Arabic only)
- Ultimate X-Men (Arabic only)
References
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External links
- [http://comicbookdb.com/publisher.php?ID=2823 Teshkeel Comics] at the Comic Book DB
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20090531085825/http://archive.gulfnews.com/articles/06/09/28/10070755.html Unicorn joins Teshkeel to fund comic publisher], Gulf News, September 28, 2006
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/22/international/middleeast/22comics.html Comics to Battle for Truth, Justice and the Islamic Way], New York Times, January 22, 2006
- [http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=517070 Can Comics Change the Arab World?], The Harvard Crimson, February 15, 2007
- [http://www.comicology.in/2008/11/tashkeel-99-0-to-4-2008.html Teshkeel in India - Comicology]
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Category:Publishing companies established in 2006
Category:Comic book publishing companies of the Middle East