AWA Studios


AWA Studios is an American independent comic book publisher founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso, Bill Jemas and Jonathan Perkins Miller.

History

AWA Studios was founded in November 2018 by Axel Alonso and Bill Jemas from Marvel Comics, with the addition of Jonathan Perkins 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". Initial funders included Lightspeed Venture Partners and James Murdoch’s Lupa Systems. Sister media investment firm also contributed funding in March 2020. Over time, a Creative Council was joined by J. Michael Straczynski, Reginald Hudlin, Garth Ennis, Gregg Hurwitz, Margaret Stohl and Frank Cho. On September 2019, AWA announced a Retail Council to be assembled.
American Ronin was presented as a potential book from AWA in June 2019. On August 2019, Straczynski announced a new shared universe for AWA, debuting on 2020 with The Resistance. During New York Comic Con 2019, AWA released Upshot Now #0. AWA Studios that four titles, to released in March 2020 under its Upshot imprint.

Key people

Leadership team

2019

2020

Upcoming