IDW to Publish Acclaimed Mixed Martial Arts Comic JOE PALOOKA!
Debuting back in 1930, Joe Palooka, by cartoonist Ham Fisher, was a heavyweight boxing champion and his newspaper strip was a huge hit. Now, in 2012, newspapers are slowly fading away and boxing isn’t as popular as it once was.
Meet the new Joe Palooka – a travelling Mixed Martial Arts fighter!
Press release
In yet another sign of the massive mainstream popularity of MMA and the UFC, IDW, one of the largest publishers of comics in America, whose top-selling comic book titles include G.I. JOE, TRANSFORMERS, True Blood, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Godzilla, and the award-winning 30 Days of Night has signed a deal to publish the first full-length MMA comic book ever, JOE PALOOKA.