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Annie Koyama and Koyama Press: an oral history Like Cinderella with a temper, Kickass Annie will never be the same after midnight on Dec. 31. That’s when Koyama Press, the prolific Canadian comic arts publisher featuring the iconic Kickass Annie doodle as its mascot, will close for good. The former film producer made her unlikely entrée into publishing in 2007. Perhaps her risk tolerance had been informed by two big gambles sparked by a health crisis: chronic illness led her to invest in pharmaceuticals, then a brain aneurysm required precision surgery. Both were successful, and both led Koyama to throw her finances and energy into what became Koyama Press. ....