Smith (Archangel 8).[caption id="attachment_1222572" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Panel from The Resistance: Reborns, AWA Studios/UPSHOT[/caption]“The great thing about having the privilege of writing The Resistance,” Straczynski said,”Is that I get to go way deep into the characters, the history of all this, the politics, how the powers work...and for a world-builder, there's not much better than that. [...]
As their official bio reads:"Artists Writers & Artisans (AWA) is a comic book and digital media publisher, owned and operated by creators, founded by Marvel alumni Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso, along with Jon Miller, the former CEO of News Corp, Digital Media Group Fully funded by James Murdoch's Lupa Systems, Sister Group, and Lightspeed[...]
It’s very reminiscent of the type of content that editor Axel Alonso oversaw during his time at Vertigo Comics at DC.Today, the publisher released a kind of launch video to preview the launch.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9sInGdknVlM&feature=youtu.be The video features creators J Michael Straczynski, Michael Moreci, Jason Starr, Will Conrad, John Lees, and Dalibor Talajic, along with AWA’s Chief Creative[...]
Wise creators are already making sure they are on these editors' radar.
Jenn Haines (New Entry) Owner of The Dragon, a three-store chain of comic stores, Vice President of the ComicsPRO retailer advocacy group, her social power is massive, she knows so many connected people personally and is key in weaving a web of contacts[...]
Artists, Writers and Artisans, the new publishing company headed by Axel Alonso and Bill Jemas, is preparing for its official launch in 2020 The company wlll start with four inaugural titles in March 2020.In preparation for the launch, the company is launching The AWA Retailer Council, an initiative to give comics retailers incentives to order[...]
You get a good idea of the range of stories AWA wants to publish, with a lot more to come.AWA Studios is Axel Alonso and Bill Jemas' new publisher with grands ambitions Upshot Now #0 was a declaration of the publisher’s arrival on the comics scene They have a mission to publish genre stories with[...]
AWA Studios, the new comics publisher formed by Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso, came out with a full charm offensive at their booth at NYCC They held a spin-the-wheel lottery for con goers to win one of several ashcan comics promoting their upcoming titles There was a spirit of fun and games at the booth[...]
"I also wanted to ask about Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso's new comics publisher, Artists Writers & Artisans, launching at the show "They're running very interesting programming through the weekend, we're really excited to provide a platform, I've gotten my hands on an ashcan and a couple of things I cant talk about, but I[...]
Especially a new publisher and company.
— Darren Hupke (@darrenhupke) September 2, 2019Maybe we'll find out more at New York Comic Con? After all Artists, Writers & Artisans Inc from Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso will be debuting there too.Say, has anyone ever seen Andrew Rev and Bill Jemas in the same room together?When it[...]
This will include Penguin Random House launching a Penguin Random House Book Club promotion at the show, giiong away advance copies of book club titles before the show.The show will also be the convention debut of Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso's Artists, Writers & Artisans Inc, the publisher you first read about (repeatedly) on Bleeding[...]
Maybe Gabe Yocum isn't a glutton for punishment after all? Less than one month after leaving his cushy job at ReedPOP to rejoin former boss Bill Jemas at Jemas and Axel Alonso's Artists, Writers, and Artisans, Inc., Yocum has reversed course and announced he is leaving AWA and returning to ReedPOP Yocum posted on Facebook:
Hey[...]
And his new series with Jeff Lemire, Berserker Unbound published yesterday by Dark Horse Comics, was seen as part of that move.Well, it turns out that he may be reuniting with former Marvel EIC Axel Alonso and former Marvel publisher Bill Jemas at new New York comics publisher Artists, Writers And Artisans Inc, which they[...]
Our goal is to equip retailers with quality content from incredibly talented, well known creators, the best terms in the industry, bar none, and perhaps most importantly, direct participation in AWA’s publishing plans.”
Yocum will also head up AWA’s fan convention appearances. “If I’ve learned anything in my incredible 2 years at ReedPop, it’s that conventions are where[...]
Fight Girls is the new creator-owned series from Frank Cho, being published by AWA Comics, the new New York-based publisher founded by Bill Jemas as publisher and Axel Alonso as Editor-In-Chief.
Ten hard-as-nails women face off in an ancient contest of champions where the winner truly takes all: the title of “Queen of the Galaxy.” To[...]
One final upcoming launch from Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso's new New York-based comics publisher, AWA Comics Red Border by Jason Starr and Will Conrad.Jason Starr is a crime novelist, who has also written comics such as Punisher MAX and Wolverine MAX for Marvel when Alonso was EIC there, as well as writing Doc Savage[...]
We have another upcoming launch from Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso's new New York-based comics publisher, AWA Comics Hotell by John Lees and Dalibor TalajićLees is not the biggest of names, he broke out with indie hit And Then Emily Was Gone, with lots of work for ComixTribe including Oxymoron, Scam and Sink, as well[...]
Benjamin Percy is a novelist-turned-comic book writer, with critically acclaimed runs on Green Arrow, Nightwing, Teen Titans and James Bond to his name. But he's taking the Bill Jemas and Azel Alonso shilling for two new creator-owned titles being published by AWA Comics as part of their Upshot creator-owned imprint. The first is Devil's Highway, […]
Many of the ideas turned up in Chosen instead.Anyway, Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso are dropping the 'u' and publishing a different comic with similar themes, also written by a bit of an unusual lefty, Ales Kot, and drawn by Robert Sammelin, who previously drew an issue of Kot's Zero for Image Comics.Anyway, here's a[...]
based in New York with Axel Alonso as their editor-in-chief.Bleeding Cool previously reported on the publisher registering trademarks for the following:Color
Angels
Animatronically Correct
Full House
EyepopWell, they had to abandon trademarks for Color and Angels, due to conflicts with Kolor from GoPro and Angels Online from IGG Singapore.Well, it looks like they are[...]
Spinning out of Portsmouth Comic Con, we get news of a new comic book series that will be published by Bill Jemas and Axel Alonso's new comics publisher based in New York, Artists, Writers & Artisans Inc, known as AWA Old Haunts is a new comic from Suicide Squad writer Rob Williams, The Kitchen's[...]
