Hooclyne
HoocLyne Entertainment (now defunct) was the name of an independent comic book production studio that released 52 comic books between 1993 and 2000. The headquarters were located in Streetsville, Ontario, Canada, a community within the city of Mississauga.
The CEO of the company, Kevin J. Johnston ran the company until it was closed on June 3 of 2000. The name HoocLyne came from a conversation that Johnston had with Valerie Pringle prior to his appearance on Canada AM in mid 1993. She said “hook, line and sinker” to a coworker while his makeup was being applied, and the rest is history.
The titles that HoocLyne Entertainment produced are (in order of release – please note that some titles are missing from this list):
FLOYD Issue 1: November 2, 1993
FLOYD Issue 2: March 1, 1994
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats Issue 1: June 21, 1994
FLOYD Issue 3: June 24, 1994
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats Issue 2: September 10, 1994
The Amarillo Rattlers Issue 1: December 13, 1994
FLOYD Issue 4: January 31, 1995 – Limited Release
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats Issue 3: June 3, 1995
The Toronto Argonauts Issue 1: June 30, 1995
FLOYD Issue 5: December 1, 1995 – Limited Release
Demon Dog Issue 1: May 3, 1996
Lightning Man (Graphic Novel): October 31, 1996
Demon Dog Issue 2: June 3, 1997
Demon Dog Issue 3: December 5, 1997
The Brampton Battalion Issue 1: August 3, 1998
The Brampton Battalion Issue 2: August 5, 1998
The Brampton Battalion Issues 3 to 16: November 1, 1998
Demon Dog Issue 4: May 17, 1999
Demon Dog Issue 5: August 3, 1999
FLOYD Issue 6: September 26, 1999 – Limited Release – This issue was a rework of issues 1 through 5 with missing pieces of the story added in. The print run on this issue was fewer than 500 copies.