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Company History

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1969 - 1996

Joseph Parente opens the Little Nemo Shop, the nation's first comic book shop and comic art gallery. During this period the comic book industry as we understand it is effectively born.

1980 - 1998

Joseph Parente served as the American liaison to Prato Comic Art Symposium (Convegno internazionale del fumetto e del fantastico) in Prato Italy. Parente coordinate the appearance of numerous American comic artists and cartoonists to the prestigious show for nearly 20 years .

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1995 - 2001

Scott Mauriello and Chris Parente open Anime Crash, the nations first chain of Asian Pop Culture stores.

1996

The Crash Cinema family of labels is launched. Japanese Anime, Hong Kong Action films and Independent genre films begin to hit retail outlets under a variety of proprietary labels.

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1997 - 2020

Mike Carbonaro runs NYC longest running Pop Culture trade show - Big Apple Comic Convention. Mike Carbonaro has produced over 100 shows over the last 25 years.

2001

Crash Media partners with Threshold Entertainment to launch Black Belt TV, the first broadcast endeavor featuring the Crash Cinema library

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2003 - 2020

Crash Media enters into numerous streaming and broadcast partnerships to expose the Crash Cinema Library to a worldwide audience

2017

Crash Media returns to it's roots and actively begins buying, selling and displaying collectible art. Crash Media Partners has placed art worldwide including to The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art.

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2019

Flirt Pop - Crash Media and Big Apple partner to launch a POP UP event company focused on 1 and 2 boutique art events.

2020

Mike Carbonaro, Scott Mauriello and Chris Parente launch the thecomicdr.com an online appraisal service for comic books original art and collectibles.

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2020

Kung Fu Theater - Crash Media launches a streaming channel on Roku, Amazon Prime and Apple TV.