Everyman Studios was founded in Colorado Springs, Colorado in January, 1973, as a small-press publisher of underground (alternative) comics and a journal, Cascade Comix Monthly. Starting in 1981, founding member Artie Romero transitioned it into a commercial, contract animation studio, and in 1994 he renamed it ARG! Cartoon Animation. In 2022 the studio again changed course, no longer taking contract animation jobs, but only producing our own original animated shorts.
Everyman Studios was founded by Artie Edward Romero
and friends. Starting in his high school days in the late 1960s, Artie was a cartoonist, comic book
artist and publisher. In the spring of 1968, seeing his covers and illustrations for George
Washington High School literary magazine Cranberry Oblivion hot off the press at a print
shop in Denver, Artie became fascinated with printing and publishing. He studied fine art and
illustration in college, and kept drawing and publishing, achieving fame as "Ed Romero"
in the small comic book fan community of the day. In 1972 he edited and published the fifth and
best issue of his comics and science fiction fanzine Realm,
including artwork by Frank Frazetta, Vaughn Bode, Michael Wm Kaluta, Barry Windsor-Smith, Carl
Barks, Gil Kane and other titans of the Silver Age of comics.
Everyman was always a labor of love, successful only by the standards of the small press.
Artie largely lost interest in printing and publishing in 1981, after he fell in love with the
art of animation. In 1981 Everyman Studios became an animation studio, and it
was renamed ARG! Cartoon Animation in 1994. For more details, check out
Artie Romero's personal site.
Recent comics books by Everyman Studios artists & friends!
Realm #8: The best of Everyman Comics Nutso Toons #2 ![]() This large size, adults-only comix book features a wrap-around cover and 5-page previously unpublished story "Squork & Ortney" by Artie Romero, 10 pages by the late underground comix legend Skip Williamson (1944-2017), plus comics and art by tremendous talents such as Jay Lynch (1945-2017), Rick Berry (NEW full-color inside back cover painting), MK Brown, Spain Rodriguez (1940-2012), Dan O'Neill, Darrel Anderson, Bob Vojtko, Jim Siergey, William Kirk Kennedy (1953-2010) and more. 36 pages, oversize 8.5" x 11" with full-color front, back and inside covers, all on the best quality paper stock. This first edition is limited to 500 copies. This could be the LAST of the old school underground comix books, so order your copy today with FREE shipping (USA). |
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