VORTEX COMICS INC. Location: Sumach Street, Toronto. Owner/Publisher: William Marks.
Contributors: Chester Brown, Dan Day, Gene Day, Gregory Gallant (Seth), Steve Gilbert, Joe Haidar, Peter Hsu, Don Marshall, Paul McCusker, Dene Motter, Tom Nesbitt, Nick Poliwko, Paul Rivoche. Dave Ross, Ken Steacy, Ron Sutton, Ty Templeton, Anthony van Bruggen, John van Bruggen, Maurice Vellecoup, James Waley, Rob Walton.
This was a publishing company organized by William Marks.
An interesting serial in Vortex is Jeff Morgan’s “Studio” in which he uses his friends and associates as models for the serials characters.
PRODUCT:
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC:
| Bloodlines …: “…”. Car., Rob Walton:… Colour cover. Black & white content. |
| 4, 1987: “First Movement Dreaming Innocence Pt. 1”: 1-24. Cover illus., Rob Walton
5, 1987: “First Movement Dreaming Innocence Pt. 2”: 1-24. Cover illus., Rob Walton 6, 1988: “First Movement Dreaming Innocence Pt. 3”: 1-24. Cover illus., Rob Walton 7, 1988: “First Movement Dreaming Innocence Pt. 4”: 1-22. Cover illus., Rob Walton & Rick Taylor. |
| Kevin Mace, …: …. Colour cover. Issue 1-1, Black & white content. Issue 1-2, Colour content. |
| …, 1-1, 1985: “Kevin Mace”. Plot, Klaus Schönefeld & Ty Templeton. Script Ty. Illus., Klaus. “Lenny’s Casino Grill”. Writ., Ty Templeton. Illus., Mike Dringenberg.
…, 1-2, February 1986: “Kevin Mace”. Car., Klaus Schönefeld. Let., Deborah Glencross. Col., Caroline Lowe. |
| Stig’s Inferno …: Car., Ty Templeton. Colour cover. Black & white content. Issue 1-1 cover by Paul Rivoche. All other covers by Ty Templeton. | ||||
| …, 1-1, 1984. | …, 1-2, 1984. | …, 1-3, 1985. | …, 1-4, 1985. | …, 1-5, 1986.* |
*Issues 6, January 1987 & 7, March 1987 published by Eclipse Comics.
PERIODICAL GRAPHIC ANTHOLOGY:
| Vortex, …: Authors, Various. Colour cover. Black & white content. | |||
| …, 1-1, November 1982.
…, 1-2, March 1983. …, 1-3, May 1983. |
…, 1-4, July 1983.
…, 1-5, September 1983. …, 1-6, 1984. |
…, 1-7, March 1984.
…, 1-8, April 1984. …, 1-9, May 1984. |
…, 1-10, Sept. 1984.
…, 1-11, January 1985. …, 1-12, 1986. …, 1-13, 1987. |
SOURCE:
Article newspaper:
Toronto Sun, 11 Jan.1987: “Fab Funnies.” Writ., Dan Proudfoot: C8.
Toronto Star, 27 Feb.1987: “Here’s your guide to superheroes of Canadian comics”: D6.
GALLERY:
Vortex 1-13, 1987: Front cover, illustrator Maurice Vellekoop.