13 Flames Empire

Canadian comic book publisher 13 Flames Empire 1999 Ira Hunter, Robin Thompson Victoria, British Columbia, Canada Comics http://www.13flames.com 13 Flames Empire is an independent comic book publisher based in Victoria, British Columbia founded by Ira Hunter and Robin Thompson in 1999. Overview Originally named Hunter Thompson Unlimited, the company changed its name to 13 Flames Empire in 2006. Ira met Robin Thompson in 1999 through an ad he put in the paper. 13 Flames Empire's titles include Champions of Hell, Zombie Jesus, and Undead Inbreds. 13 Flames Empire's comics target Mature Readers as they contain disturbing, horrifying, obscene, profane, and immoral material; they often have satanic or horror themes. However, they "are tongue in cheek, Evil Dead kind of funny"; Ira says that he has "a pretty sick and twisted, over-the-top sense of humour."Japhy Japhy Q&A With Ira Hunter http://www.themetropolitan.ca/back_issues/mp_5-2.pdf The Metropolitan 23 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20140116220812/http://www.themetropolitan.ca/back_issues/mp_5-2.pdf 16 January 2014 July 2007 Champions of Hell came out of a horror movie screenplay of the same name that Ira had been working on.Devlin Mike Underground success http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/arts/story.html?id=5f43409b-75e2-49b3-94aa-45b923b01b9b&p=1 timescolonist.com 11 November 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20120225221444/http://www2.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/arts/story.html?id=5f43409b-75e2-49b3-94aa-45b923b01b9b&p=1 2012-02-25 dead Zombie Jesus came out of a local filmmaking contest in Victoria, called Scrapshots. The criteria were that the movies had to be done entirely in one shot, with no postproduction whatsoever. Ira entered one called Corpus Delecti (The Passion of Zombie Jesus), and surprised everyone by taking first place.Gingold Michael Experience THE PASSION OF THE ZOMBIE CHRIST! http://drcyclopsrecords.net/worldhorrornetwork/whn/?p=908 Fangoria.com 19 June 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20110815060807/http://drcyclopsrecords.net/worldhorrornetwork/whn/?p=908 2011-08-15 dead Undead Inbreds was created by Joel Shelton, with dialog by Ira Hunter and Lawrence Denvir. It debuted at the 2010 San Diego Comic Convention. Writing for the comics is done mainly using the Marvel Method of writing with Ira Hunter supplying the outline and the dialog. Sequential artwork for Champions of Hell is provided by Robin Thompson, and artwork for the covers is provided by Tim Vigil of Faust fame. The format of 13 Flames Empire's comics is black and white 8"x11" with "bright and violent red covers".Price Zombie Jesus http://www.thedevilsdemons.com/2010/05/10/zombie-jesus/ TheDevilsDemons.com 10 March 2010 https://web.archive.org/web/20110206192644/http://www.thedevilsdemons.com/2010/05/10/zombie-jesus/ 2011-02-06 dead Contributors Ira Hunter Robin Thompson Tim Vigil Joel Shelton Lawrence Denvir Titles Champions of Hell (2000–present) Undead Inbreds (2010–present) Zombie Jesus (2004–present) San Diego Comic Convention 13 Flames Empire has had booth H02 in the small press section of the San Diego Comic Convention since 2000. In 2006, Robin Thompson dressed as the 13 Flames Empire character Zombie Jesus and wandered around the convention floor saying "If you love zombies and you love Jesus, then you have to love Zombie Jesus." Later at the Eisner Awards ceremony, Chip Kidd stated that this was his favorite quote that he had overheard at the convention.Parkin J.K. Come for the James Jean, stay for the James Kochalka http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/09/12/come-for-the-james-jean-stay-for-the-james-kochalka/ newsarama.com 12 September 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20061226200226/http://blog.newsarama.com/2006/09/12/come-for-the-james-jean-stay-for-the-james-kochalka/ 2006-12-26 dead References External links 13 Flames Empire Official website Category:Comic book publishing companies of Canada Category:Companies based in Victoria, British Columbia