Viper Comics has been publishing indie comics since 2003 and has received positive reviews for several of their publications including Villains and Dead@17. Their graphic novels The Middleman and Emily Edison were selected as 2007 Great Graphic Novels for Teens by The Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA). In June 2008, a television series based on Viper's The Middleman series, created by Javier Grillo-Marxuach and illustrated by Les McClaine, debuted on ABC Family.