IDW Publishing
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IDW Publishing is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher known for producing licensed titles based on popular media franchises.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| IDW Publishing canonical | 59 |
| IDW | 2 |
| IDW Entertainment | 1 |
| IDW Ghostbusters comic books | 1 |
| IDW Media Holdings | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3659858 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: IDW Publishing Context triple: [Doctor Who comic strips, publisher, IDW Publishing]
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A.
Icon Comics
Icon Comics is a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics established to publish work by high-profile writers and artists outside the main Marvel Universe.
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B.
Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics Books is an American independent publisher renowned for its high-quality editions of classic and alternative comics and graphic novels.
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C.
Epic Comics
Epic Comics was a Marvel Comics imprint known for publishing creator-owned and more mature, experimental titles outside the mainstream superhero line.
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D.
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is a major American comic book and manga publisher known for creator-owned titles and popular franchises like Hellboy, Sin City, and licensed properties such as Star Wars and Alien.
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E.
Marvel Knights
Marvel Knights is a Marvel Comics imprint known for publishing darker, more mature, and often creator-driven takes on popular Marvel characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IDW Publishing Target entity description: IDW Publishing is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher known for producing licensed titles based on popular media franchises.
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A.
Icon Comics
Icon Comics is a creator-owned imprint of Marvel Comics established to publish work by high-profile writers and artists outside the main Marvel Universe.
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B.
Fantagraphics Books
Fantagraphics Books is an American independent publisher renowned for its high-quality editions of classic and alternative comics and graphic novels.
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C.
Epic Comics
Epic Comics was a Marvel Comics imprint known for publishing creator-owned and more mature, experimental titles outside the mainstream superhero line.
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D.
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics is a major American comic book and manga publisher known for creator-owned titles and popular franchises like Hellboy, Sin City, and licensed properties such as Star Wars and Alien.
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E.
Marvel Knights
Marvel Knights is a Marvel Comics imprint known for publishing darker, more mature, and often creator-driven takes on popular Marvel characters.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (58)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
comic book publisher
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graphic novel publisher ⓘ |
| Artist’s Editions | reproduce original comic art at full size ⓘ |
| basedIn |
San Diego, California
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linked to:
San Diego, California, United States
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| collaboratesWith |
BBC
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CBS ⓘ Hasbro ⓘ Nickelodeon ⓘ Paramount ⓘ
linked to:
Paramount Pictures
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| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| distribution |
book trade
ⓘ
direct market comic shops ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
adaptations of films
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adaptations of television series ⓘ adaptations of video games ⓘ licensed properties ⓘ media tie-in comics ⓘ |
| formerName | Idea and Design Works ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
limited series
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miniseries ⓘ ongoing series ⓘ original graphic novels ⓘ single-issue comics ⓘ |
| hasImprint |
Artist’s Editions line
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Library of American Comics ⓘ Top Shelf Productions ⓘ |
| hasNotableLine |
Artist’s Editions
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linked to:
Artist’s Editions line
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| industry |
comic books
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entertainment ⓘ graphic novels ⓘ |
| knownFor |
creator-owned comic series
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graphic novel adaptations of media franchises ⓘ licensed comic book titles ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableLicensedFranchise |
Doctor Who
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Dungeons & Dragons ⓘ G.I. Joe ⓘ Ghostbusters ⓘ Godzilla ⓘ Judge Dredd ⓘ My Little Pony ⓘ Star Trek ⓘ Star Wars (selected projects, including art books or specials) ⓘ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ⓘ The X-Files ⓘ Transformers ⓘ |
| parentCompany |
IDW Media Holdings
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linked to:
IDW Publishing
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| publishes |
art books
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collections of classic comic strips ⓘ comic books ⓘ graphic novels ⓘ trade paperbacks ⓘ |
| publishesGenre |
all-ages comics
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crime comics ⓘ fantasy comics ⓘ horror comics ⓘ science fiction comics ⓘ superhero comics ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: IDW Publishing Description of subject: IDW Publishing is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher known for producing licensed titles based on popular media franchises.
Referenced by (64)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IDW Publishing
linked to: IDW Publishing
linked to: IDW Publishing