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Interpresse, later known as Semic Interpresse, was a Danish comic book publisher that operated from 1954 to 1997. Known for original comics as well as translated American and European titles, it was an innovative and creative publisher with a dominant position in the Danish market especially from the early 1970s — when interest in comics culminated — until the mid-1980s — when competition from home video, computer games, and computer animation changed the marketplace. The company had foreign branches in Belgium and Norway (and for a short time in France); it also acquired a number of Danish competitors in the 1970s and '80s.
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Parent company | Bonnier Group (from 1973) |
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Status | Defunct, 1997 (acquired by Egmont Serieforlaget) |
Predecessor | Stenby Press |
Founded | 1954 (as Stenby Press) |
Founder | Arne Stenby and Armas Morby |
Country of origin | Denmark |
Headquarters location | Copenhagen |
Key people | Tonny Lützer, Uno Krüger, Per Sanderhage, Marianne Kidde, Henning Kure, Carsten Søndergaard, Rune T. Kidde, Michael G. Nielsen |
Publication types | Comic books |
Fiction genres | Western, war, adventure, romance |
Imprints | Runepress (from 1977) Forlaget Holme |
Danish creators associated with Interpresse included Peter Madsen, Freddy Milton,[1] and Teddy Kristiansen.
The publishing house Stenby Press was founded in 1954 by the young Danish history student Arne Stenby together with the Swedish magazine king T. Armas Morby. The company was renamed Interpresse in 1955. In 1961, publishing and printing moved into new buildings on Krogshoejvej in the Copenhagen suburb of Bagsværd.
In 1973, Morby bought out Stenby and sold fifty percent of the company to the Swedish Bonnier Group. The remainder of Stenby's shares were bought by Bonnier in 1986; on 1 July 1986, Interpresse and Carlsen Comics, which was also owned by Bonnier, were merged into SEMIC Forlagene A/S, with all three publishers continuing to use their prior names. In January 1991, Interpresse and Carlsen separated into two companies again, with the former becoming Semic Interpresse. Interpresse's focus was now purely on comics magazines, while Carlsen focused on albums (collections) and books.
From July 2, 1997, all comics releases were taken over by Egmont Serieforlaget.
Interpresse started a Belgian branch in 1965, operating it until 1980.[2] In 1967, the company joined with the French publisher Sagédition to form Interpresse; Sagédition in France,[3] mainly to publish Superman et Batman; this arrangement lasted until 1968, when the title was taken over by Interpresse Belgium.[4]
Interpresse acquired the Danish branch of Williams Publishing in the summer of 1976;[5] it acquired fellow Danish publisher Runepress on January 1, 1977, thereafter using Runepress as an imprint.[6]
From 1977 to 1986, the company operated a Norwegian branch of Interpresse.[7]
Interpresse acquired the comics publishing rights of fellow Danish publisher Winthers Forlag in 1984.[8]
Over the years, the publisher was associated with its prominent editor-personalities, for example: Tonny Lützer (1964–1973), Uno Krüger (1968–1976), Per Sanderhage (1971–1974), Marianne Kidde (1973–1982), Henning Kure (1974–1987), Carsten Søndergaard (1975-1993), Rune T. Kidde (1980–1981), and Michael G. Nielsen (1986–1997). Also, some translators became well known in the international comic book market, including Ove Høyer and Niels Søndergaard.
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