About Us
Asylum Press is a publishing company that produces premium comic books and graphic novels within the horror, science fiction, and action genres. We then maximize the value of these branded properties by extending them across multiple media platforms, including movies, TV, and video games, often using transmedia storytelling techniques and social networking to reach a much broader audience than traditional comic book publishers do.
Our books feature original, character-driven stories and cinematic artwork by top creators and newly discovered talent that will appeal to not only comic book fans, but also mainstream fiction readers who don't normally buy comics.
Over the last year, we’ve worked hard to recruit the best artists we can find from around the world and team them up with professional screenwriters to create exceptional material that will captivate readers. We believe quality still matters in this industry.
Asylum Press delivers high-concept books via a business model that focuses on digital publishing and new distribution outlets in both the American and international markets.
Frank Forte
Frank Forte is the publisher at Asylum Press. He is an accomplished storyboard artist and comic book artist. His film and TV credits include Lovecraft Country, Fantasy Island, Solar Opposite, 3Below: Tales of Arcadia, Insidious: The Last Key, Bob's Burgers, Despicable Me 2, Lego: Guardians of the Galaxy, Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out, The Super Hero Squad Show, Marvel Heroes 4D, and Lego Hero Factory.
Forte’s comic book credits include Heavy Metal Magazine, Bob’s Burgers, Warlash, DTOX, Billy Boy, From Beyonde, and Zombie Terrors among others.
In Forte’s spare time he paints. Influenced by classic cartoons and comic books, his paintings are an assemblage of inspiration from what he grew up watching on TV and reading in comic books. Trying to capture the feeling and emotion of a moving cartoon on a flat canvas, Forte's work incorporates horrific and twisted subjects in disturbingly bizarre situations. His work has been exhibited at the La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Copro Gallery, Corey Helford Gallery, CASS Contemporary, Dark Art Emporium, Arch Enemy Arts, Phone Booth Gallery, Night Gallery Fine Arts, Cannibal Flower Gallery and Hyaena Gallery.
