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Major Publications, also known was Major Magazines, was the publisher of the satirical magazine ''Cracked'', the most durable imitator of ''Mad'' magazine. Founded by Robert C. Sproul in 1958, the company generally imitated other publishers' successes in various genres, such as Westerns, men's adventure, and the Warren Publications mid-1960s revival of horror comics.〔 Even as the company chased publishing trends, its long-running flagship title was ''Cracked'', which the company published from 1958–1985. ''Cracked'' In addition to the flagship title, Major put out a number of publications under the ''Cracked'' umbrella, including ''Cracked Collector's Edition'', ''Giant Cracked'', and ''Super Cracked''. Many ''Cracked'' contributors worked on these titles. The company also published a number of monster-themed magazines, imitating publications like ''Fangoria'' and ''Famous Monsters of Filmland''. Editor Terry Bisson recalled, "The whole company was about lowball imitations. The publisher ... wanted to put out some imitations of Western, romance and astrology mags, and I was hired (at about age 27) to put them together because of my romance mag experience.... The pseudomags did pretty well (this was a very low end market)."〔(Web of Horror Index ). Enjolrasworld.com (2008-09-15). Retrieved on 2010-11-26.〕 The most notable of Major's black-and-white horror magazines was ''Web of Horror,'' edited by Bisson, which published three issues from 1969–1970. Bruce Jones made his professional debut in ''Web of Horror'' #3, writing and drawing the six-page story "Point Of View". Wayne Howard contributed to issue #1. Syd Shores penciled "Blood Thirst!" in #1 and "Strangers!" in #3. Ralph Reese was a regular contributor to ''Web of Horror''. Other contributors included Bernie Wrightson, Michael Kaluta, and Jeff Jones. Bisson left after issue #3, leaving the editorial chores to Wrightson and Bruce Jones. As Wrightson recalls, In 1985, founder Sproul sold the company's assets to Globe Communications, which moved the operations to Florida and continued to published ''Cracked'' and some of its affiliated magazines under the Major Magazines name. Globe sold the assets to American Media in 1994. == Titles published == * ''Cracked'' titles: * * ''Cracked'' (212 issues, Feb./Mar. 1958 - July 1985) — sold to Globe Communications * * ''Biggest Greatest Cracked'' (21 issues, 1965 – Fall 1986) * * ''Cracked Collector's Edition'' (58 issues, 1973 – February 1985) * * ''Cracked Digest'' (5 issues, Oct. 1986 - Oct. 1987) * * ''Cracked Goes to the Movies'' (1 issue, 1971) * * ''Cracked Shut-Ups'' 2 issues, 1971) * * ''Extra Special Cracked'' (9 issues, 1976 - Winter 1986) * * ''Giant Cracked'' (48 issues, 1965 - Winter 1989) * * ''King-Sized Cracked'' (20 issues, 1967 - Summer 1986) * * ''Super Cracked'' (32 issues, 1968 - Fall 1986) * ''Monster Howls'' (1 issue, 1966) — Humor-Vision imprint * ''Monsters Attack'' (3 issues, 1989 - 1990) — Globe Communications imprint * ''Pow Magazine'' (3 issues, 1966 - 1967) — Humor-Vision imprint * ''Web of Horror'' (3 issues, Dec. 1969 – Apr. 1970) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Major Publications」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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