Brain Scan Studios is an independent comic book publisher based in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1999 by Brian Kirsten, its focus is one-shots, mini-series and graphic novels. Brain Scan's first published material was the three issue mini-series Touch of Death, followed by Civil Wardrobe from Rich Johnston, the horror one-shot Fiendish Fables and the six issues series One Last Song. Brain Scan has also released several books in purely digital format: Humpday, Serial and Revolution of the Mask. Brain Scan launched FictFact.com, a tracking tool for book series in October 2009.