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= Magnetic Press = Magnetic Press is a subsidiary of Polarity and Lion Forge Ltd. that publishes graphic novels, art books, and periodicals curated with a focus on internationally recognized content and talent, presented with premium quality design and production value. The Magnetic brand was founded by writer and video game veteran Mike Kennedy in 2013 as the independent publishing company Magnetic Press, Inc, featuring creators both new and established from around the world, sharing their stories with an English-language audience often for the first time. Their award-winning library includes such celebrated titles as the Love series of wordless wildlife graphic novels, as well as Eisner-nominated books Mister Invincible, Pistouvi, Irena, Stay, A Sea of Love, Watersnakes, Herakles, Doomboy, A Glance Backward, Little Tails, The Ghost of Gaudi, and Dave Dorman’s Wasted Lands Omnibus. Magnetic has earned a total of 23 Eisner Award nominations in their first six-of-six years of eligibility. Magnetic also won the Gold Medal of Excellence in the graphic novel category of the 2016 Independent Publisher Awards for Love: The Fox .

Imprints
In 2021, Magnetic launched Magnetic Press Play, an imprint dedicated to gaming and new media endeavors. Projects and properties include Carbon Grey, based on the Image Comics series by Hoang Nguyen, Klaw, Hugo Broyler, and The World of Cassyno. Other as-yet-announced licenses and projects are forthcoming.

Publication History
Magnetic Press does not adhere to a traditional publication structure, instead, most (not all) graphic novels are offered through Kickstarter and Backerkit campaigns where users can support the publication through their desired tiers. The following list is not comprehensive but highlights many of the books published :


 * 1,000 Storms
 * Adrastea
 * After the Fall
 * Arsin Lupin
 * Ashes, Ashes
 * Ballad of Yaya
 * Beneath the Trees
 * Black Box Chronicles
 * Black Water Lilies
 * Brigada
 * Brindille
 * Carbon & Silicon
 * Cats Cats Cats
 * Collected Toppi
 * Convoy
 * Daomu
 * Darryl Openworld
 * Doomboy
 * Dracula
 * Dreams Factory
 * False Guard
 * Frankenstein
 * Frontier
 * Fraternity
 * Ghost Money
 * Ghost of Gaudi
 * Giantess
 * Gunland
 * Hard Melody
 * Herakles
 * Hugo Broyler
 * Infinity 8
 * Irena
 * Jazz Maynard
 * Klaw
 * Letters from Animals
 * Little Nemo
 * Little Pierrot
 * Little Tales
 * Love
 * Luminae
 * Meka
 * Mezkal
 * Midnight Order
 * Milo's World
 * Mongolian Wind: Art of Lu Ming
 * Monolith
 * Mister Invincible
 * My Friend Toby
 * Naja
 * No Future
 * Ogre Gods
 * Orphans
 * Paris 2119
 * Pistouvi
 * Rise of the Zelphire
 * A Sea of Love
 * SHANGRI-LA
 * Sherlock Holmes: A Study in Scarlet
 * Small World
 * Stay
 * Streamliner
 * Super Ego
 * Tao Bang
 * Temudjin
 * Tezucomi
 * The Adoption
 * Wasted Lands Omnibus

Awards and Nominations

 * Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards:
 * 2023:
 * Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: A Sea of Love (by Gregory Panaccione)
 * 2022:
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Love: The Mastiff (by Frédéric Brrémaud and Foderico Bertolucci), Nomination
 * Best Painter and Multimedia Artist: Foderico Bertolucci (by Love: The Mastiff and Brindille), Nomination
 * Best Painter and Multimedia Artist: Frank Pé (Little Nemo), Nomination
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Between Snow and Wolf (by Agnes Domergue and Helene Canac), Nomination
 * 2021:
 * Best Publication for Kids: Mister Invincible: Local Hero (by Pascal Jousselin), Nomination
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Irena Books 2-3 (by Jean-David Morvan, Severine Tréfouël, and David Evrard, translation by Dan Christensen), Nomination
 * Best Writer/Artist: Pascal Jousselin, Mister Invincible: Local Hero, Nomination
 * Best Penciller/Inker or Penciller/Inker Team: Bertrand Gatignol, Pistouvi, Nomination
 * Best Cover Artist Peach Momoko: (Covers for Magnetic Kickstarters: Paris 2119, Aster of Pan, and Small World), Nomination
 * 2020:
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Stay
 * Best Writer: Lewis
 * 2019:
 * Best Publication for Teens: Watersnakes
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Herakles (volume 1)
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: A Sea of Love
 * Best Writer/Artist: Tony
 * Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Sea (by Gregory Panaccione)
 * Best Painter/Multimedia Artist: Tony
 * Best Publication Design: A Sea of Love
 * 2018:
 * Best Publication for Early Readers: LT: Savannah
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Gaudi
 * Best Painter: Federico
 * 2017:
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Love: Lion
 * Best Painter: Federico
 * 2016:
 * Best U.S. Edition of International Material: Glance
 * Best Painter: Federico
 * Best Painter: Tony
 * 2015:
 * Best Publication for Teens: Doomboy
 * Best Reprint: WLO
 * Other Awards:
 * 2016 Independent Publisher Award, Love the Fox