TKO Studios
Founded | 2017 |
---|---|
Founder | Tze Chun |
Country of origin | United States |
Headquarters location | Los Angeles |
Key people | Tze Chun Sebastian Girner |
Official website | tkopresents |
TKO Studios is an American comics publisher founded by Tze Chun in 2017.[1]
History
TKO Studios was founded in 2017 by Tze Chun. Unlike the majority of other American comic book publishers, TKO sell their books directly to consumers and comic book shops, completely bypassing distributor Diamond Comic Distributors.[1] In 2020, TKO Studios signed a deal Ingram Publisher Services / Publishers Group West to handle book distribution.[2]
The first wave of books launched December 10, 2018[3] and contained four miniseries: The Fearsome Doctor Fang by Tze Chun, Mike Weiss, and Dan McDaid; Goodnight Paradise by Joshua Dysart and Alberto Ponticelli; Sara by Garth Ennis and Steve Epting; and The 7 Deadly Sins by Tze Chun and Artyom Trakhanov. Their first wave of books were all released in three formats; a trade paperback collection, a box set of single issues, and digitally in single or collected editions. During their initial release the first issue of each series was available free digitally so consumers and retailers could preview the series before purchasing the rest.[4]
The second wave launched in October 28, 2019 using the same release format for another four miniseries: The Banks by Roxane Gay and Ming Doyle; Pound for Pound by Natalie Chaidez and Andy Belanger; and Sentient by Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Walta.[5]
In 2020, Sentient became the first title from TKO to be nominated for an Eisner Award, when the series picked up a nomination for Best Limited Series.[6]
The third wave of books launched in November 9, 2020 with two comic book miniseries: The Pull by Steve Orlando and Ricardo López Ortiz; and Redfork by Alex Paknadel and Nil Vandrell.[7] In addition the three miniseries, TKO released an illustrated prose collection Blood Like Garnets by Leigh Harlen with illustrations by Maria Nguygen and a new series of one-shot comic books under the banner TKO Shorts with three titles Seeds of Eden, The Father of All Things and Night Train.[8]
TKO Rogue
In November 2021, TKO announced TKO Rogue, an imprint focused on prose works. The first two books from this imprint will be Brood X and One Eye Open, coming out January 2022.[9]
Published works
Comics miniseries
Release date | Title | Story | Art | Cover(s) | Colors | Letters | Miniseries boxed set | Trade paperback |
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WAVE ONE December 10, 2018 | The Fearsome Doctor Fang | Tze Chun Mike Weiss | Dan McDaid | Daniela Miwa | Steve Wands | ISBN 9781952203015 | ISBN 9781732748514 | |
Goodnight Paradise | Joshua Dysart | Alberto Ponticelli | Giulia Brusco | ISBN 9781952203022 | ISBN 9781732748521 | |||
Sara | Garth Ennis | Steve Epting | Elizabeth Breitweiser | Rob Steen | ISBN 9781952203039 | ISBN 9781732748538 | ||
The 7 Deadly Sins | Tze Chun | Artyom Trakhanov | Giulia Brusco | Jared K. Fletcher | ISBN 9781952203008 | ISBN 9781732748507 | ||
WAVE TWO October 28, 2019 | The Banks | Roxane Gay | Ming Doyle | Jordie Bellaire | Ariana Maher | ISBN 9781952203060 | ISBN 9781732748583 | |
Pound for Pound | Natalie Chaidez | Andy Belanger | Daniela Miwa | Serge LaPointe | ISBN 9781952203046 | ISBN 9781732748569 | ||
Sentient | Jeff Lemire | Gabriel Walta | Steve Wands | ISBN 9781952203077 | ISBN 9781732748590 | |||
WAVE THREE November 9, 2020 | Redfork | Alex Paknadel | Nil Vendrell | Giulia Brusco | Ryan Ferrier | ISBN 9781952203138 | ISBN 9781952203091 | |
The Pull | Steve Orlando | Ricardo Lopez Ortiz | Triona Farell | Thomas Mauer | ISBN 9781952203145 | ISBN 9781952203107 |
Comics shorts
Release date | Title | Story | Art | Cover | Colors | Letters | Collected in |
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ROUND ONE November 9, 2020 | TKO Shorts #1: Seeds of Eden | Liana Kangas Joe Corallo | Paul Azaceta | Jeff Powell | TKO Presents Tales of Terror ISBN 9781952203565 (TPB) November 15, 2021 | ||
TKO Shorts #2: Father of All Things | Sebastian Girner | Baldemar Rivas | Steve Wands | ||||
TKO Shorts #3: Night Train | Steve Foxe | Lisandro Estherren | Patricio Delpeche | ||||
ROUND TWO February 28, 2021 | TKO Shorts #4: Dame from the Dark | Rob Pilkington | Kit Mills | Ariana Maher | |||
TKO Shorts #5: Hand Me Down | Alex Paknadel | Jen Hickman | Simon Bowland | ||||
TKO Shorts #6: Killiamsburg | Erick Freitas | Jelena Đorđević-Maksimović | Steve Wands | ||||
ROUND THREE June 1, 2021 | TKO Shorts #7: River of Sin | Kelly Williams | Chas! Pangburn | ||||
TKO Shorts #8: Roofstompers | Alex Paknadel | Ian McEwan | Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou | ||||
TKO Shorts #9: The Walk | Michael Moreci | Jesús Hervás |
Prose novels
Release date | Title | Story | Art | Cover | Colors | ISBN |
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November 9, 2020 | Blood Like Garnets | Leigh Harlen | Maria Nguyen | Maria Nguyen Jared K. Fletcher | Maria Nguyen | 9781952203732 (TPB) |
January 11, 2022 | Brood X | Joshua Dysart | M.K. Perker | 9781952203282 (TPB) | ||
One Eye Open | Alex Grecian | Andrea Mutti | 9781952203299 (TPB) |
Original graphic novels
Release date | Title | Story | Art | Cover(s) | Colors | Letters | ISBN |
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June 1, 2021 (preorders) July 6, 2021 (retail) | Djeliya | Juni Ba | 9781952203244 (TPB) 9781952203275 (HC) | ||||
Scales & Scoundrels – Book 1: Where Dragons Wander1 | Sebastian Girner | Galaad | Jeff Powell | 9781952203220 (TPB) 9781952203251 (HC) | |||
Scales & Scoundrels – Book 2: The Festival of Life2 | 9781952203237 (TPB) 9781952203268 (HC) | ||||||
November 15, 2021 (preorders) | Graveneye | Sloane Leong | Anna Bowles | 9781952203176 (TPB) |
1Originally published by Image Comics in 2017-2018 as Scales & Scoundrels #1-10
2Originally published by Image Comics in 2018 as Scales & Scoundrels #11-12 plus 250 pages of original content.
Media adaptions
In August 2020 The Banks was put into development as a feature film by production company MACRO with Gay returning to pen the script with Charles D. King, Poppy Hanks, Jelani Johnson, Tze Chun and Jatin Thakker serving as producers.[10]
References
- ^ a b A New Comics Publisher Aims to Shake Things Up. The New York Times, December 19, 2018.
- ^ "TKO Studios Signs Deal With Top Book Distributor Ingram Publisher Services / Publishers Group West". Comic Years.
- ^ "First wave of books currently available". Twitter. TKO Studios. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
- ^ New Publisher TKO Studios Plans to Change How Readers Buy Comics. The Hollywood Reporter, December 10, 2018.
- ^ TKO Studios Releases Second Wave of Comics Outright Geekery, November 1, 2019
- ^ 2020 Eisner Awards Nominations Comic-Con, 2020
- ^ TKO Studios announces new wave of books from Steve Orlando, Steve Niles, other non-Steve creators The Comics Beat, September 24, 2020
- ^ TKO Studios adds zine-sided Knockout Shorts, illustrated prose to Wave 3 offerings The Comics Beat, October 16, 2020
- ^ "TKO Studios Announce TKO Rogue, a New Imprint Dedicated to Releasing Novels and Illustrated Fiction". Broken Frontier. November 19, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Roxane Gay to Adapt Graphic Novel 'The Banks' for TKO Studios, Macro The Hollywood Reporter, August 12, 2020.
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