Hexagon Comics a number of books in English through its affiliated company, Black Coat Press: In France, starting in May 2010, Hexagon Comics launched a series of monthly, 500-plus-page trade paperbacks reprinting classic stories from its library, as well as launching three 48-page comic-book series: "Strangers", "Strangers Universe" and "Le Garde Républicain". There are also Italian, Spanish and Turkish-language editions of some of the Hexagon Comics titles. Hexagon Comics Hexagon Comics is a syndicate of French, Italian and Spanish comic book writers and artists formed in early 2004, after French publisher Semic Comics decided to cancel its line of comic books. Taking
Hexagon Tower 14-story tower was named after the hexagon shaped windows based on the chemical compound Benzene which is widely used in the creation of synthetic dyes. During its height in the 1960s, more than 14,000 people were employed at the site. However, after growing competition from East Asian dye markets, the Specialty Chemicals division of ICI at Hexagon Tower passed ownership over to Zeneca in the mid-1990s. Zeneca's move into pharmaceuticals saw Hexagon Tower become Avecia's international headquarters when it was bought by the company in 1999. In 2008, LaSalle Investment Management – an independent subsidiary of Jones Lang LaSalle –