 The publishing company is owned by Joseph Vargo, who became world-renowned as a gothic-fantasy artist in the early 1990s with work ranging from album covers and books to posters and other products.Before forming Nox Arcana in 2003, Joseph Vargo produced two albums for Midnight Syndicate but left the band in 2000 to co-write "Tales from the Dark Tower", a book that follows the exploits of a vampire during the First Crusade.Over the next 8 years, he published "Dark Realms" magazine, released a best-selling card deck, "The Gothic Tarot", and wrote a book based on his original story for Nox Arcana's debut album, "Darklore Manor".