88MPH Studios, Inc., was a comic book publisher based in Quebec City, founded in 2001 by Sebastien Clavet. Initially focused on comic books, 88MPH published an art book based on the popular Transformers series and a four issue mini-series called Ghostbusters: Legion, based on the popular 1980s comedy. An ongoing series was planned, only to be cancelled. A hardcover compilation of the mini series has been announced. Also, a limited edition poster featuring concept art from the Ghostbusters mini series was released by the company.

The 2004 release Ghostbusters: Legion comic book in was marred by multi-month long delays which some speculate led to the loss of interest and lower than expected sales for the series. In addition the collected hard cover edition of the mini series has caused controversy over it's multi-year delay despite several hundred paid orders. Some comic book and property fans have leveled charges of fraud at Clavet for allegedly shady business practices and mishandling customer refunds.

Despite the initial criticisms, Clavet had mainted a public face on his forum where he attempted to keep the Ghostbusters fanbase informed on the then current developments and status of release of the book. The arrangenemt changed in May of 2006 when Clavet announced that he would be taking a 'indefinate hiatus', stating he would be gone 'until good news' [1462]. The decision to remove himself from the forum for the immediate future has led to further speculation over his intentions, the removal has also contributed to the situation where frustrated fans have lost faith because they are seeking answers they believe may never materialise.

Excluding the delays, one of the more witnessed technical complaints with the Ghostbusters series was the overuse of variant covers. For each issue of the miniseries (Excluding the Zeddemore Factor convention exclusive) there were two main covers, a cover by regular series artist Steve Kurth and a painted cover by artist Dan Brereton. In addition to these there were four additional cover designs for the first issue of the series and one extra cover design for the forth (However the cover depicting the Ecto-1 was created for the second printing of issue one after it had sold out). The large number of varient covers had collected complaints that fans were being forced to pay out extra for all of the covers, should they wished to purchase all of them [1463].

During discussions where he explained his proposal for the continuation of the series after the hardcover had been released, Clavet had explained that a smaller number of variant covers would be used should he be able to continue with an ongoing series.

Despite his planning, a continuation of the series seems unlikely due to both the mentioned financial issues and his damaged reputation.

- Further utilizing the 80s basis of the company, a comic series based on the cult 1980s film, Tron was announced in 2003. However, it would appear that due to complications with Disney led to the abandonment of the project (As of April 2006 the Tron comic rights have been secured by Slave Labor Graphics).

In early 2006 Clavet had announced plans for an ongoing Ghostbusters comic book series. However, increased fees from General Motors for the use of the Cadillac body design for Ecto-1 and smaller than expected sales on the collected edition of the Ghostbusters: Legion series appear to have haulted the project. One potential plan is to market a series of lithographs based on cover art and original artwork to help raise funds for both the printing fee for the books and the licence fee for the vehicle. This has caused further controversy among the franchise's fanbase.

In May of 2006, Clavet announced that he would be retiring from his forum, Weaver Hall [1464], for an unknown length of time and that he would be leaving it's operation in the hands of his moderating staff. As of the point of this writing, he has been absent from his forum for three months.

[1465]. This reasoning is supported by members of his forum who believe he hasn't learned from the problems that plagued Genesis, and that history has repeated itself. Reaction to the announcement has been largley negative.

The weight of the decision may have caused even more damage then originally intended, creating more suspicions concerning the book and Sebastien Clavet himself. At present there appears to be only one way in which the 88 MPH's customers can be satisfied: the release of the Legion hardcover collection, which as of July 2006 is yet to see print and has become increasingly unlikely that it will ever be printed.

This decision in addition to the consensus of discontent from a number of Clavet's customers have led these customers to believe he has taken money from his customers with the intent on not delivering on the product.

In July of 2006, it was announced on the relaunched 88MPH Studios website that Sebastien Clavet had entered into legal action against Hasbro 'seeking damages for wrongful doings and non respect of multiple contractual terms in regards to a licensing agreement concerning the publication of Transformers related books'. A ruling has not been announced as of this writing. [1466]