Launched in 2002, Albatross Exploding Funnybooks has always been a labor of love for award-winning cartoonist Eric Powell. The label began as a means to publish Powell’s creator-owned series The Goon, which mainstream publishers had deemed “too different”. Although The Goon later found a home and wider audience with Dark Horse Comics, Powell continued to publish, celebrate, and cultivate creator-owned titles through Albatross Exploding Funnybooks including his all-ages comic Chimichanga and Rebecca Sugar’s Pug Davis. In 2016, Powell rededicated himself in earnest to his publishing company, launching his new fantasy series Hillbilly and other works such as the all-ages horror anthology Spook House and Brendon Small's Galaktikon. In 2023 Eric rejoined Dark Horse Comics bringing Albatross over as a new imprint.