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 Comics. Activity Books. Fun.
    Classic stories, characters, and publications for a new generation

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DÆRICK W. GRÖSS
Creative Director & Head of Studio G

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MAIA GRÖSS
Assistant Creative Director

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DÆRICK GRÖSS, SR.
Founder of Studio G
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Studio G logo iconWE ARE STUDIO G

Action, Adventure, and Fun for all ages

We are Studio G, a commercial illustration and small-press publishing house. Founded in 1989 by Dærick Gröss, Sr. to encompass his comic book creations, we are excited to relaunch our offering and brand for a new generation!

With the passing of D Sr. in late 2023, Studio G is now managed by his son Dærick W. Gröss. Our Assistant Creative Director is Maia Gröss, adding a third generation of vision and direction for the studio. With our relaunch comes a mix of familiar faces and brand new characters and stories to take us in all new directions. We will be offering comic titles for General, Mature, and Youth audiences, and we will be expanding into other forms of publication which will provide fun for audiences of all ages.

Cover of the Murcielaga She-Bat Archive, Volume 1 by Heroic Publishing and Critical BlastFor all you Murciélaga She-Bat fans, rejoice! Studio G's flagship heroine will be returning in a big way, just in time for her fourtieth (!) anniversary! All of her history will remain canon and be preserved even as we reimagine her for a new age. For those of you interested in taking a look back at her history, we've partnered with Heroic Publishing and Critical Blast to produce a complete omnibus of Murciélaga stories from the Dærick Sr. years.

As mentioned above, we have a slate of comics projects lining up with a mix of old and new characters and a full reinvention of our heroic universe. We'll be preserving the legacy we've been left, while bringing to life older untapped projects and brand new ideas we believe you'll be as excited to read as we are to tell the tales!

Keep tabs here for updates and announcments as we get things closer to production and publishing!
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Speaking of Murciélaga, you can read more about her here. Walk with us through her history, learn some fun facts, and get a taste of where she is headed as we ramp up for her relaunch...

PUBLICATIONS

A brief look at where we've been

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COMICS
Begining in 1988, what started as a small comic series in a martial arts-related magazine would soon turn into the birth of Studio G and our initial host of characters and stories. As the 1990s dawned and Dærick Sr.'s comics career was growing, Studio G partnered with Heroic Publications and launched Murciélaga into her own independent series. In addition to Murciélaga, Studio G also spread its wings with licenced and partnered properties including 7th Sea (Alderac Entertainment), Countdown Vampires (Bandai), Tales Of The Moonlight Cutter (Dale Berry) and Brodie's Law (David Bircham, Alan Grant, and Daley Osiyemi).


CARTOON STRIPS
Prior to his career in comics, founder Dærick Sr. had a long career as a newspaper cartoonist. In the 1980s, he published a long-running cartoon strip in a local paper called Oregano, populated with a rather quirky set of charcaters. During the 2010s he republished many of the old strips and brought back several of the charcaters for Studio G's (former) presence on Facebook under our older humor title The G Spot. During the latter 2010s, he created the political satire strip Trumpy, which DW has taken over and continues to produce. New strips (Vol. 2) of Trumpy are available on Bluesky and at First Comics News.
image of a couple newpaper cartoon strips of 'Oregano' by Dærick Gröss Sr. and a promotional image of the political satire strip 'Trumpy' by both Dærick W and Dærick Gröss Sr.


Heroic Publishing & Dennis Mallonee

From the earliest days as Studio G was coalescing into its own, Dærick Sr. formed a freindship with Dennis Mallonee and Heroic Publishing that lasted the rest of his life and now beyond. Heroic was there for us as Murciélaga made her debut in her own titled series in the early 1990s, and has been a close partner with us through the decades helping to keep the character published and in relatively continuous print all these years. As Dennis started up The Heroic Voice YouTube channel, he was gracious enough to speak with Dærick W. for episide 30 in January of 2025 to talk about him, D Sr., Murciélaga, and the future of Studio G...

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