AWA_Studios

AWA Studios

AWA Studios

American comic book publishing company

Artists, Writers & Artisans or AWA Studios is an American independent comic book publisher founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso, Bill Jemas and Jonathan F Miller.[3]

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History

AWA Studios was founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso and Bill Jemas from Marvel Comics, with the addition of Jonathan F Miller from Fandom. While Alonso and Jemas are Chief Creative Officers, Miller is a Senior Council member. The initials in the company's name stand for "Artists, Writers & Artisans".[3] Initial funders included Lightspeed Venture Partners and James Murdoch's Lupa Systems. The SISTER media investment firm also contributed funding in March 2020.[4] Over time, a Creative Council was joined by J. Michael Straczynski, Reginald Hudlin, Garth Ennis, Gregg Hurwitz, Margaret Stohl and Frank Cho.[5] In September 2019, AWA announced a Retail Council to be assembled.[6]

American Ronin was presented as a potential book from AWA in June 2019.[7] In August 2019, Straczynski announced a new shared universe for AWA, debuting in 2020 with The Resistance.[8] During New York Comic Con 2019, AWA released Upshot Now No. 0.[9] AWA Studios premiered with four titles, released in March 2020 under its Upshot imprint.[10]

In June 2021, AWA announced the foundation of its own film/TV division, being helmed by Zach Studin as President.[11][12]

Since 2023, the Upshot Studios imprint was merged into AWA.[citation needed]

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Leadership team

Creative council

Imprints

Upshot imprint logo

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Graphic novels

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Film and TV adaptations

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