verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2008 learn how and when to remove this template message insomnia publications industry publishing founded 2006 founder crawford coutts alasdair duncan headquarters edinburgh scotland products comics graphic novels website official website insomnia publications ltd was a british comic book publishing company . contents 1 history 2 management team 3 titles 3.1 graphic novels 3.2 vigil 3.3 art books 4 notes 5 references 6 external links history edit insomnia was an independent comics publisher founded by managing director crawford coutts in 2006 to publish his own work . it was based in edinburgh scotland with various partners in london dundee and vancouver . insomnia began publishing layer zero in 2007 an anthology title as showcase for new creators . 2009 saw the release of cancertown and cages the first insomnia graphic novels by which the company would make its name as an independent publisher focused on instant trades or albums in the european model along with art portfolio books . it was also one of the first independent companies to partner with sony to bring digital comics to the psp . citation needed insomnia books are aimed at teen mature readers and most have an 18 age rating . the focus is on stories which are unusual literate challenging and thought provoking . in 2009 insomnia launched the vigil imprint for bio graphic novels starting with burke and hare . 1 2 3 following internal problems in early 2010 insomnia publications filed final accounts with companies house on 30 june 2010 . on the 20 august 2010 crawford coutts issued a statement released creators from their contracts with the company . 4 management team edit crawford coutts managing director and publisher co founder titles edit layer zero anthologies by various creators graphic novels edit cages by xander bennet and melanie cook . 5 foreword by ben templesmith january 2009 isbn 1 905808 10 0 cancertown by cy dethan stephen downey melanie cook and nic wilkinson . foreword by bryan talbot may 2009 isbn 1 905808 13 5 buskers by jeyems samuel sean michael wilson and michiru morikawa oct 2009 vigil edit titles in the virgil bio graphic novels imprint include burke and hare by martin conaghan and will pickering . foreword by alan grant oct 2009 isbn 1 905808 12 7 1 2 art books edit art books include milk by stref sept 2009 isbn 1 905808 11 9 notes edit a b burke and hare get their own comic book . stv . january 14 2010 . retrieved january 14 2010 . a b ferguson brian ; lavelle christine january 14 2010 . body snatchers burke and hare turned into comic book stars . the scotsman . retrieved january 14 2010 . joe november 13 2009 . bodies for gold we talk bodysnatching to martin conaghan & will pickering . forbidden planet . retrieved march 28 2010 . johnson rich . insomnia publications finally gets put to sleep . bleeding cool . retrieved 20 august 2010 . vasseur richard may 23 2009 . interview with melanie cook . jazma online . retrieved march 28 2010 . references edit insomnia publications at the comic book db insomnia breaks out cages at bristol comic expo press release insomnia productions april 14 2008 external links edit official website the red eye weekly news blog cancertown website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title insomnia publications & oldid 729988175 categories comic book publishing companies of the united kingdom2006 establishments in the united kingdom2010 disestablishments in the united kingdompublishing companies established in 2006companies disestablished in 2010defunct companies of the united kingdomhidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2008all articles needing additional referencesall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from october 2009 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 15 july 2016 at 23 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view