than being profitable. Tundra received multiple award nominations during its first and second years, including Harvey Awards and Eisner Awards, but despite critical acclaim the company was not making money on its titles. Speaking in 1992/93, Eastman was optimistic that the company had "finally reached the point where [it had] slowed up enough . . . to be giving individual projects the time and attention they require[d]." Shortly thereafter, in the spring of 1993, Tundra was bought out by Kitchen Sink Press, closing its (solo) doors after just three years, losing Eastman between $9 and $14 million. Titles published Notable works released by Tundra include: Cages by Dave McKean, issues #1–7 (Dec. 1990 – June 1993) – issues #8–10 (Aug. 1993 – May 1996) published by Kitchen Sink Press Cobalt 60 by Mark Bodé and Larry Todd (1992) – continuation of Vaughn Bodé's series from the 1960s ComicsTrips: A Journal of Travels through Africa and Southeast Asia by Peter Kuper (1992) Doghead by Al Columbia (1992) – Columbia's first solo comic book Graffiti Kitchen by Eddie Campbell (1993) The Jam: Urban Adventure by Bernie Mireault (Jan.–May 1992) Madman Adventures by Mike Allred (1992–1993) The Maximortal by Rick Veitch (1992–1993) – published under his own King Hell imprint Rain by Rolf Stark and Marlene Stevens (1993–1994) Taboo, edited by Steve Bissette – horror anthology where portions of Alan Moore's From Hell (with Eddie Campbell) and Lost Girls (with Melinda Gebbie), as well as Neil Gaiman's unfinished Sweeney Todd (with Michael Zulli), were first serialized; Tundra also released the first From Hell collections Tantalizing Stories by Mark Martin and Jim Woodring (Oct. 1992 – July 1993) – children's comic where most of Woodring's early Frank stories appeared Trailer Trash by Roy Tompkins (1992–1993) Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud (1993) Tundra had been prepared to take over publication of Alan Moore's troubled Big Numbers series (originally self-published by Moore) before it was aborted. Tundra UK In 1991 a British arm of the company, Tundra UK, opened in London. Led by Dave Elliott, an editor at Deadline and a founder of Atomeka Press, the UK branch worked with creators already on board with Tundra in the US as well as developing new projects. Tundra UK published comics from 1992–1993; titles they published included: The Bogie Man by John Wagner & Alan Grant and Robin Smith (1992–1993) Greenhouse Warriors by Glenn Dakin and Phil Elliott