Dreamwave Productions

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Dreamwave Productions
Former type Comic publisher
Industry Comics
Founded 1996
Founder(s) Pat Lee and Roger Lee
Defunct 2005
Headquarters Toronto, Canada

Dreamwave Productions was a Canadian art design studio and comic book publisher founded in 1996 and is best known for their multiple Transformers comic book series. The company shut down on January 4, 2005.

History[edit | edit source]

Early years[edit | edit source]

Brothers Pat Lee and Roger Lee founded Dreamwave Productions in Toronto, Canada in 1996 as an imprint under Image Comics, publishing their first mini-series Darkminds. Pat maintained artistic control while Roger managed the business operations. Dreamwave split off from Image Comics in April 2002.[1]

Transformers[edit | edit source]

Dreamwave acquired the license for the Transformers toyline from Hasbro in December 2001.[2] The first mini-series, written by Chris Sarracini & drawn by Pat Lee and based on the Transformers: Generation 1 characters, was the top-selling book on the sales charts for its entire run. Various Transformers ongoing and limited series followed, covering various continuities with the Transformers franchise.

Closure and auction[edit | edit source]

Writers James McDonough and Adam Patyk left the company in 2004 over pay disputes.[3][4] Despite plans for hiring replacements for them, Dreamwave subsequently announced that they had gone out of business.[5] The company shut down on January 4, 2005,[5] citing "the shrinking comic book market combined with a weak U.S. dollar" as the reason for their closure.[5]

In late April 2005, freelancers who were still owed money by Dreamwave discovered they were also liable for debts incurred by Dreamwave. According to the terms of the contract the company had with Federal Express, the freelancers were left liable for the cost of shipping their unpublished, unpaid for work to Canada. Guido Guidi and Don Figueroa were two such freelancers affected.[6]

After the company's bankruptcy in January 2005, Dreamwave's assets were auctioned off on August 2, 2005 and purchased by Canadian entrepreneur Christian Dery, who planned to relaunch its original properties.[7] However, the new Dreamwave have not published nor announced the publishing of any titles since the 2005 announcement.

IDW Publishing acquired the Transformers license in 2005 and began publishing new Transformers comics in 2006.[8]

List of Dreamwave comics[edit | edit source]

Original series[edit | edit source]

  • Arkanium
  • Darkminds
  • Echo
  • Fate of the Blade
  • NecroWar
  • Neon Cyber (set in the same world as Darkminds)
  • Sandscape
  • Shidima (set in the same world as Warlands)
  • Warlands

Licensed series[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Dreamwave Ankles Image". ICv2. 2001-11-25. Retrieved 2013-06-02. 
  2. ↑ Tformers.com (2001-12-12). "New Transformers Comic Transformers News Reviews Movies Comics and Toys". Tformers.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 
  3. ↑ Tformers.com (2004-11-16). "Writers McDonough & Patyk Leave Dreamwave Transformers News Reviews Movies Comics and Toys". Tformers.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 
  4. ↑ Tformers.com (2004-11-17). "McDonough & Patyk Comment on Departure Transformers News Reviews Movies Comics and Toys". Tformers.com. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Dreamwave Productions Closes Up Shop". Comic Book Resources. 2005-01-04. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 
  6. ↑ Stump, Greg (July 2005). "Transformers Line Picked Up by IDW, Though Creators Still Have Reason to Gripe". The Comics Journal (269): 53. ISSN 0194-7869. 
  7. ↑ "Christian Dery Acquires Dreamwave". Comic Book Resources. 2005-08-11. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 
  8. ↑ "IDW's Transformers - New Opportunities In Disguise". Comic Book Resources. 2005-05-26. Retrieved 2013-09-16. 

Bibliography[edit | edit source]

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