Comi was launched in 2005[1] by writer David Wise and his wife Audry Taylor; the former served as the company's CEO, with the latter as creative director.
[3] The company specialized in adapting Japanese manga for the American market, with much of their output the work of mother/daughter team Brynne Chandler and Mallory Reaves.
They published such best-selling series as the Eisner-nominated After School Nightmare, Cantarella, Her Majesty's Dog, Tenshi Ja Nai!!
Comi imprint was shut down in 2009 after the parent company (also owned by Wise and Taylor) declared bankruptcy due to the failure of its unrelated on-line app "oPlay".
Comi creative director Audry Taylor confirmed that the new website was a scam not associated with the defunct imprint.