Titan Entertainment Group

Titan Entertainment Group (TEG) is a British retailing, publishing and merchandise company - owner of the Forbidden Planet bookstore chain, Titan Magazines, Titan Comics, Titan Merchandise and Titan Books. TEG is owned by Nick Landau and Vivian Cheung.

Titan Entertainment Group
Retailer
Publisher
IndustryComic books
Retail
Publishing
Founded1978
FoundersNick Landau
Mike Lake
Mike Luckman
HeadquartersLondon, England, United Kingdom
Key people
Nick Landau
Vivian Cheung
Leigh Baulch
Chris Teather
Andrew Sumner
Laura Price
DivisionsForbidden Planet bookstore chain
Titan Publishing Group
Titan Merchandise

History

Titan Distributors

Up through the mid-1970s, only a small range of American comic books were available in British newsagents. Landau saw the distribution opportunity, and along with Mike Lake and Mike Luckman, formed Comic Media Distributors. Soon changing its name to Titan Distributors, Landau operated the business until 1992, when he and Lake parted company. (Lake almost immediately sold Titan Distributors to the American comics distributor Diamond Comic Distributors.)[1]

Forbidden Planet
Main article: Forbidden Planet (bookstore)

Early on, Landau was "forced" into retail by the closure of one of his leading customers; he needed to take a radical step to avoid going out of business himself. In 1978, Titan Entertainment Group opened its first Forbidden Planet bookstore, on Denmark Street in London.

In 1992 Landau and Luck parted company. Landau established TEG, through which he and partner Vivian Cheung ran Forbidden Planet. A separate business, Forbidden Planet International, was established by Luck. These FPI stores were mainly located in northern England and Scotland.

Although TEG has made some attempts to establish Forbidden Planet abroad, there are no longer any TEG-owned FP stores outside the UK.

Titan Publishing Group

Titan Books

In 1981, TEG started Titan Books, publishers of both new and licensed graphic novels and film and TV tie-ins.

Titan Magazines
Main article: Titan Magazines

Titan Magazines, officially launched in 1995, publishes Star Trek Magazine, the Wallace and Gromit comic, UK editions of Simpsons Comics, and many other titles.

Titan Merchandise

Titan Merchandise (launched in 2011) produces high-quality licensed merchandise for global properties, including Marvel Comics, Star Wars, Doctor Who, The Beatles, Star Trek, Alien, Breaking Bad, Ghostbusters and Hammer Horror.

Titan Comics

In the mid 2000s, TEG started Titan Comics, a bold new publishing initiative from Titan Publishing, offering readers the best new stories from new and established comics creators.

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References
  1. "NewsWatch: Diamond Acquires Titan Distributors," The Comics Journal #154 (November 1992), p. 14.
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