Artists Writers & Artisans, Inc. or AWA Studios is an American independent comic book publisher founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso, Bill Jemas and Jonathan F. Miller.
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, with Jemas as Chief Executive Officer, Alonso as Chief Creative Officer, and Miller as a Senior Council member. The initials in the company's name stand for "Artists Writers & Artisans".
Initial funders included Lightspeed Venture Partners and
James Murdoch's Lupa Systems. Elisabeth Murdoch's SISTER media investment firm also contributed funding in March 2020
and Fremantle contributed funding in February 2023.
Over time, a Creative Council was joined by J. Michael Straczynski,
Reginald Hudlin,
Garth Ennis,
Gregg Hurwitz,
Margaret Stohl and
Frank Cho.
American Ronin was presented as a potential book from AWA in June 2019.
In June 2021, AWA announced the foundation of its own film/TV division, being helmed by Zach Studin as President.
Since 2023, the Upshot Studios imprint was merged into AWA.
In June 2024, AWA announced an alliance with Vertigo Entertainment to create a new horror storytelling pipeline called FUTURE OF FEAR.
Key people
Leadership team
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Axel Alonso, co-founder & chief creative officer (2018–present)
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Jonathan F. Miller, co-founder & co-chairman of the board (2018–present)
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Zach Studin, president, AWA Studios (2021–present)
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Matthew Anderson, co-chairman of the board & chief executive officer (2022–present)
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Diya Sagar, chief financial officer (2023–present)
Creative council
Imprints
Current
Former
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iPOP
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Lesser Evils
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Upshot Studios (merged into AWA)
List of works
Series
Announced series
Graphic novels
One-shots
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Magazines
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Film and TV adaptations
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Chariot
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Hotell
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Old Haunts
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Marjorie Finnigan, Temporal Criminal
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Devil's Highway
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