Archaia Studios Press

Archaia Studios Press is an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002.

History

Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic Artesia because the publisher, Sirius Entertainment, wanted to print the third series in black and white. He quickly realised he might as well publish other titles and early titles included Mouse Guard, Robotika and The Lone and Level Sands. ^[1] In March 2007 ASP hired Joseph Illidge, formerly at Milestone Comics, and announced a dozen new titles. ^[2] Revere joined from Alias Comics, after they moved to an all-Christian line-up, and ASP will publish the trade paperback. ^[3] Starkweather (based on a story by Piers Anthony) moved over from Arcana Studios for better "product positioning". ^[4] Pauline Benney joined as Art Director in late 2007 after a decade working in the same position at White Wolf, Inc.^[5]

Titles

Comics published by Archaia Studios Press include:

• Artesia (by Mark Smylie)
• The Engineer (by Brian Churilla and Jeremy Shepherd, 4-issue mini-series)^{[6] [7] [8]}
• The Killer (by Matz and Luc Jacamon, 10-issue limited series, tpb collects #1-4, 128 pages, September 2007, ISBN 1932386440)^[9]
• The Long Count by Jason L Blair and Leanne Buckley, 6-issue mini-series, December 2007, forthcoming)^{[10] [11]}
• The Lone and Level Sands (by A. David Lewis, with art by Marvin Perry Mann and Jennifer Rodgers) ^[12]
• Mouse Guard (by David Petersen)
• Okko: The Cycle of Water (by Hub, English translation, tpb, 4-issue mini-series, 112 pages, hardcover, August 2007, ISBN 1-932386-30-0)
• Primordia (by John R. Fultz and Roel Wielinga, September 2007)^{[13] [14]}
• Revere: (by Ed Lavallee and Grant Bond) ^[15]
• Robotika (by Alex Sheikman):
  • Robotika (tpb, 128 pages, hardcover, December 2006, ISBN 1932386211)^{[16] [17] [18]}
  • Robotika: For a Few Rubles More (October 2007-ongoing)^[19]
• Scars: A Life Well-Lived (by Durwin Talon and Guin Thompson, 3-issue mini-series, December 2007, forthcoming)^[20]
• Some New Kind of Slaughter, or Lost in the Flood (and How We Found Home Again): Diluvian Myths from Around the World (by Marvin Perry Mann and A. David Lewis, a 4-issue mini-series, December 2007, forthcoming)^{[21] [22]}
• Starkweather: Immortal (original story for issue #0 by Piers Anthony, adapted by David Rodriguez, with art by Patrick McEvoy, July 2007. Rodriguez and McEvoy continue the 5-issue mini-series, scheduled for bi-monthly publication.)^{[23] [24]}

Archaia has also published a role-playing game based on Artesia:

• Artesia: Adventures in the Known World
• Universities of the Middle Kingdom (forthcoming)

Films

So far two comics series have been optioned for adaptation into films: The Killer and Starkweather.^[24]

References

• Archaia Studios Press at the Comic Book DB

Footnotes

External links

• Official homepage
• An interview with the creators of The Long Count comic from Archaia Studios on the Comic Geek Speak podcast