AWA Studios

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.

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". Initial funders included Lightspeed Venture Partners and James Murdoch's Lupa Systems. The 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. In September 2019, AWA announced a Retail Council to be assembled.

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

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.

Leadership team

 * Axel Alonso, chief creative officer (2018–present)
 * Bill Jemas, chief executive officer and publisher (2018–2022)
 * Jonathan F Miller, chairman of the board (2018–present)

Creative council

 * J. Michael Straczynski (2018–present)
 * Reginald Hudlin (2018–present)
 * Garth Ennis (2018–2022)
 * Gregg Hurwitz (2018–present)
 * Margaret Stohl (2018–2022)
 * Frank Cho (2018–2022)
 * Laeta Kalogridis (2022–present)
 * Joseph Kosinski (2022–present)
 * Al Madrigal (2022–present)

Current

 * AWA

Former

 * iPOP
 * Lesser Evils
 * Upshot Studios (merged into AWA)

Film and TV adaptations

 * Chariot
 * Hotell
 * Marjorie Finnigan, Temporal Criminal