Personality Comics

Personality Comics was a short-lived American comic book publisher which specialized in unauthorized profiles of professional athletes and entertainers, as well as adult comics. A typical Personality Comics title featured a painted portrait of the subject on the cover, with black-and-white art inside. Operating from 1991 to 1993, the company published a myriad of titles under a variety of imprint labels. (Many of Personality's titles were not comics per se, as they were primarily text with illustrations rather than sequential art.)

Regular contributors included Robert Schnakenberg, Mark Caraballo, Hector Diaz, Neil Feigeles, and Pat Henkel. Notable creators associated with Personality included Barry Blair, Fred Hembeck, Adam Hughes, and John Tartaglione.

History

Originally based in Massapequa, New York, Personality later moved to Melville, New York. Adam Post was the company's publisher, co-owner, and president. The company's story editor was Michele Howell, and the art editor was Kirk Lindo.

In February 1993, Personality announced it had bought the rights to the defunct comics magazine Amazing Heroes, and planned to revive it.^[1] However, nothing came of it as Personality itself folded later that year.

Altogether, Personality Comics published nearly 80 titles and over 200 individual issues.

Titles (selected)

• Bambi and Friends (9 issues, Jan–Sept. 1991) — adult title put out by the Friendly Comics imprint
• Music Comics (5 issues, 1991–1992) — profiles included Elvis Presley and Metallica
• The New Crew (11 issues, July 1991–Oct. 1992) — profiles of actors from Star Trek: The Next Generation television series, including Denise Crosby, LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Michael Dorn
• The Original Crew (12 issues, 1991–1992) — profiles of actors from the original Star Trek television show, including William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, James Doohan, Majel Barrett, Mark Lenard, and Walter Koenig
• Personality Classics (4 issues, 1991) — profiles included Marilyn Monroe and James Dean
• Personality Comics Presents (18 issues, March 1991–1992) — profiles included Paulina Porizkova and Cassandra Peterson
• Spoof Comics Presents (19 issues, July 1992–July 1993) — spoofs of popular DC Comics and Marvel Comics superheroines
• Sports Classics (5 issues, Dec. 1991–Sept. 1992) — profiles included Babe Ruth and Mickey Mantle
• Sports Comics (5 issues, 1992) — profiles included Ken Griffey, Jr., Magic Johnson, Kirby Puckett, and Riddick Bowe
• Sports Personalities (14 issues, July 1991-1992)

Imprints

• Adult Comics^[2]
• Best
• Bible
• Celebrity
• Comic Chronicles
• Cutting Edge Productions
• Friendly Comics
• Humor
• Real Life
• Spoof Comics
• Trivia

Notes

References

• Personality Comics at the Grand Comics Database
• Personality Comics at the Comic Book DB
• Who's Who of American Comics Books, 1928–1999