NBM has announced that it has been acquired by Ablaze in an asset sale. NBM co-founder Terry Nantier will package new titles for Ablaze. The acquisition includes the NBM brand and catalog. It “provides for the assumption of contracts with creators and licensors and the transfer of editorial operations to Ablaze.” NBM will continue as an imprint of Ablaze.

The acquisition of NBM allows Ablaze to expand its international market reach and boost its backlist as well as launch new creator-owned titles.

NBM will be distributed along with other Ablaze titles by Simon & Schuster, Lunar, Universal, and Diamond UK.

Terry Nantier co-founded NBM (Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine Publishing) in 1976 as the first American publisher to focus exclusively on graphic novels, introducing BD to the U.S. market.

Nantier will serve as editorial consultant and packager for Ablaze, with several new books in development for 2026.