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Archaia Entertainment, LLC, commonly known as Archaia (formerly known as Archaia Studios Press), is an
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of American comic book and graphic novel publisher
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. Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an
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publishing company established by
Mark Smylie Mark Smylie is an American comics creator, writer and illustrator. He is best known for his '' Artesia'' epic fantasy comic series.Cornog, Martha (July 1, 2011). "Graphic Novels: Archaia's A-List", '' Library Journal'' 136 (12). Biography Born i ...
in 2002. On June 24, 2013, Archaia was acquired by
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and became a wholly owned imprint.


History

Mark Smylie formed the company as a home for his comic book series '' Artesia''. The original Artesia publisher,
Sirius Entertainment Sirius Entertainment was an American comic book company which operated from 1994 to 2007. Sirius Entertainment was founded by Robb Horan, Joseph Michael Linsner, and Larry Salamone, Fassbender, Tom. "A Sirius Interview: With Two Sirius Guys," ...
, published the first 6 issue mini-series ''Artesia'' in 1999 and the second 6 issue mini-series ''Artesia Afield'' in 2000 in full color. In an attempt to keep costs down, Sirius wanted to print the third series ''Artesia Afire'' in black and white. Smylie decided to take the series back from the publisher and open his own publishing outfit to finance the full color publication of the third series. In April 2006 the company announced they would be expanding their publishing to encompass projects from third parties that were not created by original founder Mark Smylie. "It wasn't long - out of equal parts necessity and entrepreneurialism - before the New Jersey-based painter realized that simply putting out his own work, regardless of how critically acclaimed it was, simply wouldn't be enough, and, along with business partner Aki Liao, began actively searching for both new and existing material to publish under the Archaia banner." In May 2008, Smylie announced they would be restructuring the company in order to address late-shipping books following the departure of Archaia's co-publisher Aki Liao. "We want to make sure we come out of the reorganization with a better workflow and solicitation process model," Smylie said. "We also want to make sure we emerge in the next few months from our reorganization with a release schedule that we can hit on a regular basis, as guaranteed as possible.". Archaia was bought by Kunoichi in October 2008, who relaunched the company in June 2009 as simply Archaia. Smylie was installed as Publisher while Stephen Christy was brought aboard as Director of Development. Kunoichi principal P.J. Bickett took over as CEO. In April 2010, Christy was named the company's Editor-in-Chief. In 2013, Archaia was acquired by
Boom! Studios Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Origins In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Ho ...
and converted from a stand-alone company into an imprint at the publisher.
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inherited Fox's stake in
Boom! Studios Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Origins In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Ho ...
, therefore inheriting Fox's stake in Archaia Entertainment, after Disney acquired 21st Century Fox's assets on March 20, 2019.


Film adaptations

In March, 2012,
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announced that it had picked up
Sean Rubin Sean Rubin is an American illustrator and author of children's books. Rubin is known for writing and illustrating the children's book ''Bolivar''. He also illustrated some of the ''Redwall'' and '' Mouse Guard'' books.Akiva Goldsman Akiva J. Goldsman (born July 7, 1962) is an American filmmaker. He is known for making motion pictures and adaptations of popular novels. Goldsman's filmography as a screenwriter includes ''The Client''; ''Batman Forever'' and its sequel '' Ba ...
and Kerry Foster will produce the film through their Weed Road company. The graphic novel ''Rust'' was also picked up by
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. It has
Aline Brosh McKenna Aline Brosh McKenna (born August 2, 1967) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. Her credits include writing '' The Devil Wears Prada'' (2006), ''27 Dresses'' (2008), ''Morning Glory'' (2010), ''We Bought a Zoo'' (2011) and co-cre ...
attached to write and
Simon Kinberg Simon David Kinberg (born August 2, 1973) is a British-born American filmmaker. He is best known for his work on the 20th Century Fox ''X-Men'' film franchise, and has also written such films as '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' and '' Sherlock Holmes''. He ...
to produce.


References


External links

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comiXologyAn interview with the creators of The Long Count comic from Archaia Studios on the Comic Geek Speak podcast
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