Издательство «Vertigo»

Импринт Vertigo был образован в 1993 году под управлением Карен Бергер, выпускницы Бруклинского колледжа со степенью по английской литературе и знанием истории искусств, присоединившейся к DC Comics в 1979 году в качестве помощницы Пола Левитца, дебютировав в House of Mystery №292 после коллекционного репринта Sgt. Rock. В финальном выпуске House of Mystery №323 она была нарисована в комиксе, как лично выселяющая Каина из Дома. По иронии, как снисходительно она относилась к нему в комиксе, так она стала важной в продолжении развития персонажа в DC. В середине 1980-х Бергер, тогда уже редактор таких серий, как Wonder Woman и Amethyst, Princess of Gemworld, начав назначать сценаристов из Великобритании. Среди них были и Нил Гейман, которого она встретила в 1987 году в поиске талантов, также как и Питера Миллигана и Гранта Моррисона. Она "нашла их чувствительность и точку зрения освежающе другой, более острой и умной", чем у большинства американских сценаристов комиксов, и работала с ними над суперегроическими/научно-фантастическими сериями Animal Man, Doom Patrol том 2 и Shade, The Changing Man том 2; также над мини-серией Black Orchid (первая работа Нила Геймана в DC),фэнтези-серию The Sandman том 2 и серия ужасов Hellblazer и The Saga of the Swamp Thing,, сценаристом последней был Алан Мур, британский сценарист, продолживший дело Лена Вейна.
Эти семь серий, каждая из которых содержала содержала на обложке "Предназначено для взрослых читателей", и разделяли изощрённую чувствительность, которую фанаты окрестили "Вселенная Бергер" (англ. the Bergerverse), сформировали исходную базу для Vertigo. На редакторском совещании в 1993 году, на котором были Бергер, Левитц, издательс DC Джанет Кан и управляющий редактор Дик Джиордано, Бергер получила разрешение поместить эти серии в импринт, который Бергер описала, как "делающий нечто другое в комиксах и помогающее средним "вырасти". Несколько серий DC носили лейбл Vertigo, такие, как Green Arrow, на обложке которой он красовался с тома 2 № 1 (февраль 1988 года) по №63 (конец июня 1992 года), поскольку серии не дали сделать переход в новы импринт. Серия The Question изначально носила этот лейбл с выпуска №8 (сентябрь 1987 года) и вплоть до закрытия серии весной 1992 года, так и не став серией Vertigo. Другие "предназначенные для взрослых читателей" серии включали Vigilante, Haywire и Skreemer, мини-серии и one-shot'ы, такие как Gilgamesh II, Tailgunner Jo, World Without End, Mister E и Batman: The Killing Joke. Эти комиксы для взрослых, как те, что вошли в Vertigo, так и те, что не воли, часто носили бляшку DC в более маленьком размере, чем обычно.
Несколько ранних серий Vertigo пришли в импринт из покинутого Disney Comics импринта Touchmark Comics, линии заявленной прежде, как "Disney Implosion" в 1991 году, и позже покинутой. Touchmark должен был возглавляться бывшим редактором DC Артом Янгом, но когда она был выброшен, и Янг и серии комиксов были приобретены DC для формирования Vertigo. Бергер заметила, что "когда Арт Янг стал доступен вместе с имуществом Touchmark... это помогло основать импринт," и обеспечило приток проектов, позволивший Бергер "удвоить её предложенный план издания." Серии комиксов Touchmark включали Enigma, Sebastian O, Mercy и Shadows Fall.
В начале декабря 2012 года Карен Бергер заявила, что покинет компанию в марте 2013 года, отметив двадцать лет с Vertigo и 33 года с DC Comics, что делает её самым долго-работавшем работником DC.

Активные Серии:

Fables (137 issues to date, plus various mini-series, graphic novels, the spin-off titles Jack of Fables and Fairest, and the prose novel Peter & Max)
The Unwritten (60 issues to date, relaunched in January 2014 as The Unwritten Vol. 2: Apocalypse)
American Vampire (34 issues to date, on hiatus starting January 2013)
Fairest (23 issues to date)
Astro City (8 issues to date, previous volumes published by Image Comics and under the Wildstorm imprint)
FBP: Federal Bureau of Physics (7 issues to date, first print of issue #1 titled Collider)
Coffin Hill (4 issues to date)
Hinterkind (4 issues to date)
Dead Boy Detectives (2 issues to date)

Закрытые/Законченные Серии:

Hellblazer (300 issues, plus several spin-offs)
Swamp Thing Vol. #2 (171 issues, plus the one-shot Swamp Thing: Roots and two subsequent volumes of 20 and 29 issues, respectively)
100 Bullets
Animal Man (89 issues)
Doom Patrol Vol.2 (87 issues)
The Sandman (75 issues, plus the spin-off titles, The Dreaming and Lucifer)
The Books of Magic (75 issues plus initial 4 issue mini-series, 3 sequel series of 5, 25 and 15 issues respectively, as well as 3 The Books of Faerie spin-off mini-series)
Lucifer (75 issues)
DMZ (72 issues, November 2005 – February 2012)
Sandman Mystery Theatre (70 issues plus a one-shot special and a 5 issue mini-series)
Shade, the Changing Man (70 issues)
Preacher (66 issues plus tie-ins)
Transmetropolitan
The Dreaming (60 issues, June 1996 – May 2001)
Y: The Last Man (60 issues, September 2002 – March 2008)
Scalped (60 issues, March 2007 – August 2012)
The Invisibles
Jack of Fables (50 issues)
Northlanders (50 issues, February 2008 – April 2012)
House of Mystery (42 issues, May 2008 – October 2011)
Sweet Tooth (40 issues)
The Losers (32 issues, August 2003 – March 2006)
The Exterminators (30 issues, March 2006 – August 2008)
Madame Xanadu (29 issues, August 2008 – January 2011)
iZombie (28 issues, July 2010 – August 2012)
American Century (27 issues, May 2001 – October 2003)
Human Target (25 issues including initial four issue mini-series. One graphic novel in addition to this, April 1999 – June 2005)
House of Secrets (25 issues, October 1996 – December 1998)
Hunter: The Age of Magic (25 issues, September 2001 – September 2003)
Unknown Soldier (25 issues, October 2008 – December 2010)
Codename: Knockout (24 issues, June 2001 – June 2003)
Loveless
Air (24 issues, October 2008 – August 2010)
American Virgin (23 issues, May 2006 – March 2008)
Black Orchid (22 issues, September 1993 – June 1995)
Testament (22 issues, February 2006 – March 2008)
Crusades (20 issues and one special, June 2001 – December 2002)
Outlaw Nation (19 issues, November 2000 – May 2002)
Crossing Midnight (19 issues, January 2007 – July 2008)
Army@Love (18 issues, May 2007 – February 2008 and August 2008 – January 2009)
Young Liars (18 issues, May 2008 – October 2009)
Kid Eternity (16 issues, May 1993 – September 1994)
Flinch (16 issues, June 1999 – January 2001)
Deadenders (16 issues, March 2000 – June 2001)
Greek Street (16 issues, September 2009 – December 2010)
Books of Magick: Life During Wartime (15 issues, September 2004 – December 2005)
Seekers into the Mystery (15 issues, January 1996 – April 1997)
Saucer Country (14 issues)
Trigger (8 issues, December 2004 – August 2005)
Deadman (13 issues, October 2006 – November 2007)
The Un-Men (13 issues, October 2007 – October 2008)
The Vinyl Underground (12 issues, October 2007 – September 2008)
Spaceman (9 issues, December 2011 – October 2012)
New Deadwardians (8 issues, March 2012 – October 2012)
Minx (8 issues, October 1998 – May 1999)
Dominique Laveau, Voodoo Child (7 issues, March–September 2012)

Оригинальные Графические Романы:

The Heart of the Beast, written by Dean Motter and Judith Dupré. Art by Sean Phillips, 1994
The Tragical Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch, written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Dave McKean, 1994
The Mystery Play, written by Grant Morrison. Art by John J. Muth, 1995
You Are Here, written by Kyle Baker. Art by Kyle Baker, 1998
The House on the Borderland, written by William Hope Hodgson and Simon Revelstroke. Art by Richard Corben, 2000
Sandman: The Dream Hunters, written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Yoshitaka Amano, 2000
I, Paparazzi, written by Pat McGreal, 2001
The Little Endless Storybook, written by Jill Thompson. Art by Jill Thompson, 2001
Bigg Time, written by Ty Templeton. Art by Ty Templeton, 2002
Human Target: Final Cut, written by Peter Milligan. Art by Javier Pulido, 2002
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe, written by Jonathon Scott Fuqua. Art by Stephen John Phillips, 2002
King David, written by Kyle Baker. Art by Kyle Baker, 2002
The Sandman Presents: The Furies, written by Mike Carey. Art by John Bolton, 2002
Barnum!: In Secret Service to the USA, written by David Tischman and Howard Chaykin. Art by Niko Henrichon, 2003
Death: At Death's Door, written by Jill Thompson. Art by Jill Thompson, 2003
The House on the Borderland, written by Simon Revelstroke. Art by Richard Corben, 2003
Lovecraft, written by Hans Rodionoff and Keith Giffen. Art by Enrique Breccia, 2003
Orbiter, written by Warren Ellis. Art by Colleen Doran, 2003
The Sandman: Endless Nights, written by Neil Gaiman. Art by Barron Storey, Bill Sienkiewicz, Dave McKean, Frank Quitely, Glenn Fabry, Miguelanxo Prado, Milo Manara, and P. Craig Russell, 2003
Sgt. Rock: Between Hell and a Hard Place, written by Brian Azzarello. Art by Joe Kubert, 2003
Undercover Genie, written by Kyle Baker. Art by Kyle Baker, 2003
It's a Bird, written by Steven T. Seagle. Art by Teddy Kristiansen, 2004
The Originals, written by Dave Gibbons. Art by Dave Gibbons, 2004
The Dead Boy Detectives, written by Jill Thompson. Art by Jill Thompson, 2005
The Fountain, written by Darren Aronofsky. Art by Kent Williams, 2005
Hellblazer: All His Engines, written by Mike Carey. Art by Leonardo Manco, 2005
The Quitter, written by Harvey Pekar. Art by Dean Haspiel, 2005
Can't Get No, written by Rick Veitch. Art by Rick Veitch, 2006
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall, written by Bill Willingham. Art by Brian Bolland, Charles Vess, Derek Kirk Kim, Esao Andrews, James Jean, Jill Thompson, John Bolton, Mark Buckingham, Mark Wheatley, Michael William Kaluta and Tara McPherson, 2006
Pride of Baghdad, written by Brian K. Vaughan. Art by Niko Henrichon, 2006
Sloth, written by Gilbert Hernandez. Art by Gilbert Hernandez, 2006
Cairo, written by G. Willow Wilson. Art by M. K. Perker, 2007
God Save the Queen, written by Mike Carey. Art by John Bolton, 2007
Silverfish, written by David Lapham. Art by David Lapham, 2007
The Alcoholic, written by Jonathan Ames. Art by Dean Haspiel, 2008
Incognegro, written by Mat Johnson. Art by Warren Pleece, 2008
Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm, written by Percy Carey. Art by Ronald Wimberly, 2008
Dark Entries by Ian Rankin and Werther Dell'Edera,(Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2009
Filthy Rich by Brian Azzarello and Victor Santos, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2009
Luna Park, written by Kevin Baker. Art by Danijel Zezelj, 2009
The Nobody, written by Jeff Lemire. Art by Jeff Lemire, 2009
A Sickness in the Family by Denise Mina and Antonio Fuso, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2010
Area 10 by Christos N. Gage and Chris Samnee, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2010
The Bronx Kill by Peter Milligan and James Romberger, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2010
The Chill by Jason Starr and Mick Bertilorenzi, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2010
Cuba: My Revolution, written by Inverna Lockpez. Art by Dean Haspiel, 2010
Dark Rain: A New Orleans Story, written by Mat Johnson. Art by Simon Gane, 2010
The Executor by Jon Evans and Andrea Mutti, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2010
Fogtown by Andersen Gabrych and Brad Rader, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2010
The Green Woman, written by Peter Straub. Art by John Bolton, 2010
Hellblazer: Pandemonium, written by Jamie Delano. Art by Jock, 2010
How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less, written by Sarah Glidden. Art by Sarah Glidden, 2010
Neil Young's Greendale, written by Joshua Dysart. Art by Cliff Chiang, 2010
Other Lives, written by Peter Bagge. Art by Peter Bagge, 2010
Revolver, written by Matt Kindt. Art by Matt Kindt, 2010
99 Days by Matteo Casali and Kristian Donaldson, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2011
Aaron and Ahmed, written by Jay Cantor. Art by James Romberger, 2011
Cowboys by Gary Philips and Brian Hurtt, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2011
Delirium's Party: A Little Endless Storybook, written by Jill Thompson. Art by Jill Thompson, 2011
Flight of Angels, written by Alisa Kwitney, Bill Willingham, Holly Black, Louise Hawes and Todd Mitchell. Art by Rebecca Guay, 2011
Marzi: A Memoir, written by Marzena Sowa. Art by Sylvain Savoia, 2011
Noche Roja by Simon Oliver and Jason Latour, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2011
Rat Catcher by Andy Diggle and Victor Ibanez, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2011
Return to Perdition by Max Allan Collins, (Vertigo Crime subimprint), 2011
A.D.D., written by Douglas Rushkoff. Art by Goran Sudzuka, 2012
Get Jiro!, written by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose. Art by Langdon Foss, 2012
Gone to Amerikay, written by Derek McCulloch. Art by Colleen Doran, 2012
Prince of Cats, written by Ronald Wimberly. Art by Ronald Wimberly, 2012
Right State, written by Mat Johnson. Art by Andrea Mutti, 2012
Shooters, written by Brandon Jerwa and Eric Trautmann. Art by Steve Lieber, 2012