Black Mermaid Productions™ (BMP), also known as Black Mermaid, is an Australian creative team made up of Jozef Szekeres (artist) and Julie Ditrich (writer), which specialises in comics and graphic novels. Bruce Love left at the end of 2003, and BMP (New Wave), comprising Julie and Jozef, is now concentrating on work-for-hire and several creator-owned projects. In 2011 BMP contributed to the Tides of Hope flood relief comic anthology. In September 2013, BMP launched its comics professional development arm, Comics Masterclass.