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| name = Stickman Graphics
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| type = Private Company
| genre = [[Graphic novel]]s
| foundation = [[Brooklyn]], [[New York State|NY]], [[United States|USA]] (1989)
| founder = [[Kevin Tinsley]]
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'''Stickman Graphics''' is an American publisher of graphic novels, prose fiction and how-to books.
The company is currently located in the Borough of [[Brooklyn]] in [[New York City]].

==Company history==

Stickman Graphics was founded by [[Kevin Tinsley]] as a [[graphic arts]] production studio servicing the publishing and [[comic book]] industries. As a result of an extensive period assisting in the digital transition of [[Marvel Comics]]’ production department, Tinsley published ''Digital Prepress for Comic Books'' in 1999.<ref>{{cite book |title= Digital Prepress for Comic Books: The Definitive Desktop Production Guide |year= 1999|isbn= 0-9675423-0-8|last1= Tinsley|first1= Kevin}}</ref>

After the initial success of this timely how-to book, Stickman Graphics transitioned into a publishing business model, and began publishing first-run graphic novel titles.<ref>Biography - Tinsley, Kevin M.: An article from: Contemporary Authors [HTML] (Digital). by Gale Reference Team, (December 16, 2007)</ref> In 2008, it attempted to broaden its market base by releasing an urban-fantasy prose novel called ''Fruit of the Poisonous Vine'', based upon its [[Stonehaven (comic)|''Stonehaven'']] series of graphic novels.<ref name="Pub">{{cite web|url=http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6360366.html?nid=2789 |title=Magic and Crime in the City |access-date=2008-09-24 |publisher=Publishers Weekly |date=2006-08-08 |last=Cha |first=Kai-Ming |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061201180846/http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6360366.html?nid=2789 |archive-date=December 1, 2006 }}</ref>

==Publications==
[[File:DPPCBv2 cover.png|left|thumb|Softcover to ''Digital Prepress for Comic Books'']]
;Digital Prepress for Comic Books
How-to/self-publishing 
Released: 1999 
softcover {{ISBN|0-9675423-0-8}}

''Digital Prepress for Comic Books'' was published in November 1999. This professional level how-to book has a narrow focus on [[prepress|pre-production techniques]] geared specifically for [[printing]] comic artwork on an [[offset printing|offset]] press. The basics of digital coloring and lettering are covered with an emphasis on trapping given the necessity of performing such production techniques simultaneously with the creative process of computer coloring and lettering.

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[[File:Festeringhardcover.png|left|thumb|Hardcover to ''The Festering Season'']]
;The Festering Season
graphic novel 
Released: 2002 
softcover {{ISBN|0-9675423-2-4}} 
hardcover {{ISBN|0-9675423-1-6}}

''[[Festering Season|The Festering Season]]'' is a graphic novel published in 2002. This graphic novel is a [[supernatural]]-[[Mystery fiction|mystery]] about the daughter of a [[Louisiana Voodoo|Vodou]] priestess in New York City as she investigates the murder of her mother. The story is highly polemical and particularly critical of the [[Rudolph Giuliani|Giuliani]] administration. It received positive write ups in the media, including the ''[[New York Times]]''<ref>{{cite news |first= George Gene|last= Gustines|title= The Amazing Adventures of New York City|work= New York Times|date= 2002-11-03 }}</ref> and ''[[Publishers Weekly]]''.<ref name="Pub" />
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[[Stonehaven (comic)|''Stonehaven'']] is a series of graphic novels and prose novels set in a contemporary [[urban fantasy]] city of the same name, in which [[mythical creatures]] live openly alongside humans. The individual stories tend to be multi-genre (crime thrillers, adventure, mystery) within this [[fantasy]] environment and use a rotating ensemble cast of characters.
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;Milk Cartons and Dog Biscuits
graphic novel 
Released: 2004 
softcover {{ISBN|0-9675423-4-0}} 
hardcover {{ISBN|0-9675423-3-2}}

The first book in the series, ''Milk Cartons and Dog Biscuits'' (graphic novel, 2004), is an introduction of the city through the eyes of an outsider. It follows a State Ranger (the equivalent of a marshal or [[state trooper|state police trooper]]) from a rural area who travels to the city in search of his runaway daughter. Receiving no assistance from the Municipal Guard (the city police), he hires a disreputable half-elf [[private detective]], named Victor Jardine, to help in his search. Their investigation brings them in conflict with the Chinese mob and a renegade [[werewolf]], while introducing a number of recurring characters and institutions.
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;''Subterranean Hearts''
graphic novel 
Released: 2006 
softcover {{ISBN|0-9675423-6-7}} 
hardcover {{ISBN|0-9675423-5-9}}

''Subterranean Hearts'', the second book in the series (graphic novel, 2006), is about an [[elf|elven]] magic student attending Stonehaven University who must take a summer job at an extermination company in order to pay her tuition. This company employs magic-users, clerics and ex-military in order to deal with more fantastical pests. An intersecting storyline involves Victor Jardine and mob enforcer Meili Mau (also introduced in first book) coming into conflict over a mentally disturbed teenager. The story culminates with all parties fighting for their lives against [[trolls]] in the city’s sewer system.
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;'''Fruit of the Poisonous Vine'''
prose novel 
Released: 2008 
{{ISBN|978-0-9675423-7-9}}

The third book in the series, ''Fruit of the Poisonous Vine'', is a prose novel (2008). This crime drama focuses on a police investigation of the murder of a [[barrister]] in possession of illegal [[blood donation]]s. This book focuses on several secondary characters from previous titles, as well as introducing several new protagonists to the series. A central theme of the story focuses on the effect of [[Magic (fantasy)|magic]] and [[pagan]] [[faith healing]] has had on the medical profession.
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==Notes==
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==References==
''Tales of the City''. by Bill Baker, ''Bakers Dozen'', posted March 3, 2004;
http://www.worldfamouscomics.com/bakersdozen/back20040303.shtml

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Stickman Graphics - Revision history

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