IDW Publishing 943904 225666012 2008-07-14T20:23:37Z Emperor 8625 Disambiguating as requested (and some others too {{Infobox Company | company_name = Idea and Design Works, LLC/IDW Publishing | company_logo = [[Image:IDW logo.jpg|50px]] | company_type = [[Limited Liability Company]] | foundation = [[1999 in comics|1999]] | key_people = Ted Adams, President/Owner <br /> Robbie Robbins, Executive Vice-President/Owner<br />Chris Ryall, Publisher/Editor-in-Chief <br />Matthew Ruzicka, Controller<br />Alan Payne, VP of Sales<br /> | location = [[San Diego]], [[California]], [[USA]] | industry = [[Comics]] | homepage = [http://www.idwpublishing.com/ IDW Publishing.com] }} '''IDW Publishing''' (a division of Idea and Design Works) is an [[United States|American]] [[comic book]] [[company (law)|company]]. The company was founded in [[1999 in comics|1999]] and has been awarded the title "Publisher of the Year Under 5% Market Share" for the last three years ([[2004 in comics|2004]], [[2005 in comics|2005]] and [[2006 in comics|2006]]) by [[Diamond Comic Distributors]]. <ref>scoop.diamondgalleries.com (April 2006) [http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=11845&si=122 IDW's Gem-Award Triple Crown]</ref> IDW is regularly recognized as the fifth largest publisher of American comic books by [[Diamond Comic Distributors]]. <ref>NEWSARAMA.com (February 2007) [http://www.newsarama.com/marketreport/jan07sales.html JANUARY 2007 SALES CHARTS & MARKET SHARE REPORT]</ref> The company was initially known for horror comics such as ''[[30 Days of Night]]'', ''[[Dark Days]]'' and numerous others. Some of the most well-known writers of horror comics, including [[Ashley Wood]], [[Ben Templesmith]] and [[Steve Niles]], have written for IDW. The company now also specialize in licensed properties, acquiring the rights to ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[Angel (TV series)|Angel]]'', ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation|CSI]]'', ''[[Transformers (toy line)|Transformers]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[Doctor Who]]'' and ''[[G.I. Joe]]''. ==History== ===IDW=== Idea + Design Works (IDW) was formed in [[1999 in comics|1999]] by four entertainment executives and artists. They decided to create a company that would allow them to work with a variety of clients on the things they liked: video games, movies, tv, collectible card games, comic books, and trading cards. The company's services include character design, concept design, logo design, computer color, custom comic books, custom trading cards, trading card games, DVD menu design, online and print style guides, text stories, and more. The company has built a client base that includes: [[Activision]], [[BBC|the BBC]], [[Artisan Entertainment]], [[Bandai America]], [[Brady Games]], [[Cartoon Network]], [[Dimension Films]], [[Electronic Arts]], [[Fox Family]], [[Golden Books]], [[LEGO]], [[Lion's Gate]], ''[[The Man Show]]'', [[Microsoft]], [[Pepsi]], [[Pioneer Corporation|Pioneer]], [[Revolution Films]], [[Square Enix|Square]], [[Simon & Schuster]], [[Trimark Pictures]], [[Upper Deck]], and many more. ===IDW Publishing=== IDW Publishing's second title, ''[[Popbot]]'', was acknowledged with two [[Spectrum Gold Awards]].<ref>[http://www.locusmag.com/SFAwards/Db/Spectrum12002.html Locus index to SF awards: 2002 Spectrum Awards].</ref> The company's first comic series, ''[[30 Days of Night]]'', started a seven-figure bidding war between [[Dreamworks]], [[MGM]], and [[Senator International]] with Senator winning and [[Sam Raimi]] attached to produce. <ref>SignonSanDiego.com (July 2006) [http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/rowe/20060716-9999-lz1c16rowe.html A Hollywood ending ]</ref><ref>IGN.com (2007) [http://movies.ign.com/objects/486/486900.html 30 Days of Night]</ref> IDW also publishes the comic based on the hit [[CBS]] TV show ''[[CSI: Crime Scene Investigation]]'' The company's other licensed comics include [[Sony]]'s ''[[Underworld (2003 film)|Underworld]]'', [[FX]]'s ''[[The Shield]]'', [[Fox]]'s ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]''<ref>Comic Book Resources (March 2004) [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=3418 IDW PUBLISHING TO RELEASE COMIC BASED ON TV SHOW "24" ] by Jonah Weiland. Sample Art Included.</ref> and ''[[Angel]]''; [[Hasbro]]’s "[[The Transformers (IDW Publishing)|The Transformers]]", [[Universal Studios|Universal]]’s ''[[Land of the Dead]]'' and ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]''; and [[Konami]]’s ''[[Silent Hill]]'',<ref>Comic Book Resources (July 2003) [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=2510 IDW PUBLISHING JOINS KONAMI FOR 'SILENT HILL' COMIC BOOK] by Jonah Weiland. Sample Art Included.</ref> ''[[Castlevania]]'', ''[[Metal Gear Solid]]'', and ''[[Speed Racer]]''. Beginning in 2008, the company licensed the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' series from the BBC, launching two concurrent titles: ''Doctor Who Classics'', which reprints colorized [[comic strip]]s featuring the [[Fourth Doctor]] originally published in the late 1970s-early 1980s by ''[[Doctor Who Magazine]]'', and ''Doctor Who'', a series of original stories featuring the current [[Tenth Doctor]] and overseen by TV series writer [[Gary Russell]]. An additional 6-part miniseries titled ''[[Doctor Who: The Forgotten]]'' is due out in mid 2008 by [[Tony Lee]] and [[Pia Guerra]]. They also launched two new [[imprint]]s in [[2008 in comics|2008]]: [[Worthwhile Books]], part of their children's books division<ref>[http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=12720 IDW Launches New Children's Division and Imprint], [[Comic Book Resources]], [[January 10]], [[2008]]</ref>, and [[Scott Christian Sava]]'s [[Blue Dream Studios]].<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=148919 Blue Dream becomes imprint of IDW], [[Newsarama]], [[March 4]], [[2008]]</ref> In [[2004 in comics|2004]], [[2005 in comics|2005]] and [[2006 in comics|2006]] IDW was named "Publisher of the Year" by [[Diamond Comic Distributors]]. <ref>scoop.diamondgalleries.com (April 2006) [http://scoop.diamondgalleries.com/scoop_article.asp?ai=11845&si=122 IDW's Gem-Award Triple Crown]</ref> ==List of publications== ===Series=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ====#–O==== *''[[30 Days of Night]]'' *''[[30 Days of Night|30 Days of Night: Bloodsucker Tales]]'' *''[[30 Days of Night|30 Days of Night: Dead Space]]'' *''[[30 Days of Night|30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow]]'' *''[[Aleister Arcane]]'' *''[[Angel Scriptbook]]'' *''[[Angel: After the Fall]]'' *''[[Auld Lang Syne (Angel comic)|Angel: Aud Lang Syne]]'' *''[[The Curse (Angel comic)|Angel: The Curse]]'' *''[[Old Friends (Angel comic)|Angel: Old Friends]]'' *''[[Badger (comics)|Badger]]'' *''[[Bigfoot (comics)|Bigfoot]]'' *''[[Castlevania: The Belmont Legacy]]'' *''[[Cemetery Blues]]'' *''[[Chicanos (comics)|Chicanos]]'' *''[[The Great and Secret Show|Clive Barker's The Great and Secret Show]]'' *''[[The Thief of Always|Clive Barker's The Thief of Always]]'' *''[[Cobb: Off the Leash]]'' *''[[CSI: Serial]]'' *''[[CSI: Bad Rap]]'' *''[[CSI: Demon House]]'' *''[[CSI: Dominos]]'' *''[[CSI: Dying in the Gutters]]'' *''[[CSI: Secret Identity]]'' *''[[CSI: NY - Bloody Murder]]'' *''[[Criminal Macabre: A Cal McDonald Mystery|Criminal Macabre]]'' *''[[CVO: Artifact]]'' *''[[CVO: Rogue State]]'' *''[[Dampyr (comics)|Dampyr]]'' *''[[30 Days of Night|Dark Days]]'' *''[[Dead, She Said]]'' *''[[Desperadoes: Banners of Gold]]'' *''[[Doctor Who (comics)|Doctor Who]]'' *''[[Doctor Who Magazine#Other reprints|Doctor Who Classics]]'' *''[[Doomed (comics)|Doomed]]'' *''[[Dracula's Revenge]]'' *''[[Easy Way (comics)|Easy Way]]'' *''[[Eric Red's Containment]]'' *''[[Fallen Angel (comics)|Fallen Angel]]'' *''[[FX (comics)|FX]]'' *''[[George A. Romero's Dawn of the Dead]]'' *''[[George A. Romero's Land of the Dead]]'' *''[[GrimJack|GrimJack: Killer Instinct]]'' *''[[Grumpy Old Monsters]]'' *''[[Jon Sable|Jon Sable, Freelance: Bloodtrail]]'' *''[[Karney]]'' *''[[The Keep (comics)|The Keep]]'' *''[[Locke & Key]]'' *''[[Lore (comics)|Lore]]'' *''[[Lurid]]'' *''[[The Lurkers (comics)|The Lurkers]]'' *''[[Mage Knight: Stolen Destiny]]'' *''[[Masters of Horror]]'' *''[[Maze Agency|The Maze Agency]]'' *''[[Metal Gear Solid (comics)|Metal Gear Solid]]'' *''[[Metal Gear Solid (comics)|Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty]]'' *''[[New Avengers/Transformers]]'' (crossover with [[Marvel Comics]]) *''[[Night Mary]]'' *''[[Olympus Heights]]'' {{col-2}} ====P–Z==== *''[[Popbot]]'' *''[[pristeen16]]'' *''[[Remains (comics)|Remains]]'' *''[[Hell House (novel)|Richard Matheson's Hell House]]'' *''[[I Am Legend (novel)|Richard Matheson's I Am Legend]]'' *''[[Road to Hell]]'' *''[[Scarface (1983 film)#Books and comics|Scarface]]: Scarred for Life'' *''[[Scarface (1983 film)#Books and comics|Scarface]]: Devil in Disguise'' *''[[Secret Skull]]'' *''[[Shadowplay (comics)|Shadowplay]]'' *''[[Shaun of the Dead (comic)|Shaun of the Dead]]'' *''[[The Shield: Spotlight]]'' *''[[Silent Hill (comics)|Silent Hill]]'' *''[[Silent Hill (comics)#Silent Hill: Dead/Alive|Silent Hill: Dead/Alive]]'' *''[[Silent Hill (comics)#Silent Hill: Dying Inside|Silent Hill: Dying Inside]]'' *''[[Singularity 7]]'' *''[[Smoke (IDW Publishing)|Smoke]]'' *''[[Spike: Asylum]]'' *''[[Spike vs. Dracula]]'' *''[[Star Trek: Assignment: Earth]]'' *''[[Star Trek: Klingons: Blood Will Tell]]'' *''[[Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Space Between]]'' *''[[Star Trek: Year Four]]'' *''[[Super Bad James Dynomite]]'' *''[[Supermarket (comics)|Supermarket]]'' *''[[Supernatural Freak Machine: A Cal McDonald Mystery]]'' *''[[Swallow (comics)|Swallow]]'' *''[[Tank Girl]]:[[The Gifting]]'' *''[[Beast Wars: The Ascending|The Transformers: Beast Wars - The Ascending]]'' *''[[Beast Wars: The Gathering|The Transformers: Beast Wars - The Gathering]]'' *''[[The Transformers: Devastation]]'' *''[[The Transformers: Escalation]]'' *''[[The Transformers: All Hail Megatron]]'' (to follow ''Revelation'') *''[[The Transformers: Revelation]]'' (to follow ''Devastation'') *''[[The Transformers: Evolutions|The Transformers: Evolutions - Hearts of Steel]]'' *''[[The Transformers: Generations]]'' *''[[The Transformers: Infiltration]]'' *''[[The Transformers: Spotlight]]'' *''[[The Transformers: Stormbringer]]'' *''[[The Transformers: Megatron Origin]]'' *''[[Transformers: Movie Adaptation]]'' *''[[Transformers: Movie Prequel]]'' *''[[Transformers: The Animated Movie]]'' *''[[Underworld: Red in Tooth and Claw]]'' *''[[War of the Undead]]'' *''[[Wake the Dead (comics)|Wake the Dead]]'' *''[[Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse]]'' *''[[Wynonna Earp]]'' *''[[Zombies! Eclipse of the Undead]]'' *''[[Zombies!|Zombies! Feast]]'' *''[[Zombies Vs Robots]]'' {{col-end}} ===One-Shots/GNs/Art Books=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ====#–O==== *''[[24 (comics)|24]]'' *''[[24: Cold Warriors]]'' *''[[24: Midnight Sun]]'' *''[[24: Nightfall]]'' *''[[24: Stories]]'' *''[[30 Days of Night|30 Days of Night: Annual 2004]]'' *''[[30 Days of Night|30 Days of Night: Annual 2005]]'' *''[[Adventures in Oz]]'' *''[[Masks (Angel comic)|Angel: Masks]]'' *''[[Connor: Spotlight (Angel comic)|Angel Spotlight: Connor]]'' *''[[Doyle: Spotlight (Angel comic)|Angel Spotlight: Doyle]]'' *''[[Gunn: Spotlight (Angel comic)|Angel Spotlight: Gunn]]'' *''[[Illyria: Spotlight (Angel comic)|Angel Spotlight: Illyria]]'' *''[[Wesley: Spotlight (Angel comic)|Angel Spotlight: Wesley]]'' *''[[Art of Armitage]]'' *''[[Art of Tommy Lee Edwards]]'' *''[[Ascend (comics)|Ascend]]''<ref>[http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=137113 Keith Arem on ''Ascend: Special Edition''], [[Newsarama]], November 21, 2007</ref> *''[[The Bible: Eden]]'' *''[[Blood Stained Sword]]'' *''[[Chiaroscuro: Patchwork Book 1]]'' *''[[Children of the Grave (comics)|Children of the Grave]]'' *''[[The Claws Come Out]]'' *''[[Jon Sable|The Complete Jon Sable: Freelance]]'' *''[[Wynonna Earp|The Complete Wynonna Earp]]'' *''[[CSI (comics)|CSI: Thicker Than Blood]]'' *''[[CSI (comics)|CSI: Miami]]'' *''[[CSI (comics)|CSI: Miami - Blood/Money]]'' *''[[CSI (comics)|CSI: Miami - Smoking Gun]]'' *''[[CSI (comics)|CSI: Miami - Thou Shalt Not...]]'' *''[[CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations]]'' *''[[CVO: Human Touch]]'' *''[[The Devil's Rejects]]'' *''[[Criminal Macabre|Dial M for Monster: A Cal McDonald Mystery]]'' *''[[Dos Fantas: More Art of Ashley Wood]]'' *''[[Gene Pool (comics)|Gene Pool]]'' *''[[Grand Fanta: The Best of Ashley Wood]]'' *''[[Criminal Macabre|Guns, Drugs, and Monsters: A Cal McDonald Mystery]]'' *''[[Criminal Macabre|Hairball: A Cal McDonald Mystery]]'' *''[[Heartbreakers (comics)|Heartbreakers]]'': "Heartbreakers Meet [[Boilerplate (robot)|Boilerplate]]" <ref>[http://www.idwpublishing.com/titles/heartbreakers.shtml IDW Publishing<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://www.bigredhair.com/heartbreakers/hbbp.html Heartbreakers Meet Boilerplate<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> *''[[Horrorcide]]'' *''[[Hyde (comics)|Hyde]]'' *''[[IDW Poster Book]]'' *''[[IDW Sampler]]'' *''[[IDW Tales of Terror]]'' *''[[Invasion '55]]'' *''[[GrimJack|The Legend of GrimJack]]'' *''[[Journey (comics)|Journey: The Adventures of Wolverine McAlistaire]] *''[[Legion (IDW Publishing)|Legion]]'' *''[[Little Apple Dolls: Welcome to the Inbetween]]'' *''[[Little Book of Horror: Dracula]]'' *''[[Little Book of Horror: Frankenstein]]'' *''[[Little Book of Horror: War of the Worlds]]'' *''[[Mage Knight: Rebellion]]'' *''[[Mars IDW]]'' *''[[Maze Agency|The Maze Agency]]'' *''[[Monster House (comics)|Monster House]]'' {{col-2}} ====P–Z==== *''[[Popbot Reader]]'' *''[[Richard Matheson's I Am Legend]]'' *''[[Savage Membrane: A Cal McDonald Mystery]]'' *''[[Saw: Rebirth]]'' *''[[Sencilla Fanta: Ashley Wood Sketchbook]]'' *''[[Seven Block]]'' *''[[Shaun of the Dead (comics)#IDW Publishing|Shaun of the Dead ]]'' *''[[Silent Hill (comics)|Silent Hill: Among the Damned]]'' *''[[Silent Hill (comics)|Silent Hill: The Grinning Man]]'' *''[[Silent Hill (comics)|Silent Hill: Paint It Black]]'' *''[[The Slab]]'' *''[[Sparrow: Ashley Wood]]'' *''[[Speed Racer#Comics|Speed Racer & Racer X: The Origins Collection]]'' *''[[Speed Racer#Comics|Speed Racer Volume 1]]'' *''[[Speed Racer#Comics|Speed Racer Volume 2]]'' *''[[Speed Racer#Comics|Speed Racer Volume 3]]'' *''[[Speed Racer#Comics|Speed Racer Volume 4]]'' *''[[Speed Racer#Comics|Speed Racer Volume 5]]'' *''[[Speed Racer#Comics|Speed Racer: Chronicles of the Racer]]'' *''[[Speed Racer#Comics|Speed Racer: Racer X Volume 1]]'' *''[[Spike: Lost and Found (Angel comic)|Spike: Lost and Found]]'' *''[[Spike: Old Times (Angel comic)|Spike: Old Times]]'' *''[[Spike: Old Wounds (Angel comic)|Spike: Old Wounds]]'' *''[[Spookhouse]]'' *''[[Steve Niles' Cellar of Nastiness]]'' *''[[Super Deluxe Hero Happy Hour: The Lost Episode]]'' *''[[Sword of Dracula]]'' *''[[Tilting at Windmills (comics)|Tilting at Windmills]]'' *''[[Tommyrot: The Art of Ben Templesmith]]'' *''[[Transformers: Cybertron: Balancing Act]]'' *''[[List of Transformers comic book series#Transformers: Generation 1: Prime Directive (Volume One):(2002)|Transformers: Generation 1 Volume One]]'' *''[[List of Transformers comic book series#Transformers: Generation 1: War and Peace (Volume 2) (2003)|Transformers: Generation 1 Volume Two]]'' *''[[Transformers: The War Within]] Volume 1'' *''[[Transformers: The War Within]] Volume 2 - The Dark Ages'' *''[[The Transformers: Greatest Battles of Optimus Prime and Megatron]]'' *''[[The Transformers: The Ark : A Complete Compendium of Transformers Animation Models]]'' *''[[The Transformers: The Best of Don Figueroa]]'' *''[[The Transformers: The Best of Simon Furman]]'' *''[[Tres Fanta: Even More Art of Ashley Wood]]'' *''[[The Unauthorized Puffed Movie Adaptation]]'' *''[[Underworld (comics)|Underworld]]'' *''[[Underworld: Evolution (comics)|Underworld: Evolution]]'' *''[[Uno Fanta Art: The Art of Ashley Wood]]'' *''[[Vampire Hunter D]]'' *''[[The Vanishers]]'' *''[[The Very Big Monster Show]]'' *''[[Will Eisner's John Law]]'' *''[[Will Eisner's John Law: Angels and Ashes, Devils and Dust]]'' *''[[Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse - The Taster]]'' {{col-end}} ==Adaptations in other media== [[Konami]] acquired the video game rights, and minority ownership, in IDW’s ''[[CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations]]'' <ref> SilverBulletComics.com [http://www.silverbulletcomicbooks.com/news/109354794519496.htm IDW Continues Popular Franchise With "CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations—Rogue State"]</ref>. [[Dimension Films]] has an option on two [[Steve Niles]]/IDW properties: ''Wake the Dead'', with ''[[X-2]]'' screenwriter [[Michael Dougherty]] attached to write, and ''[[Hyde (comics)|Hyde]]'', with [[Mike Fleiss]] (''[[The Bachelor (film)|The Bachelor]]'', ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003 film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]'') attached to produce. <ref>Comics2Film.com [http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=4537/Dimension Books "HYDE" Film Rights]</ref><ref>Horror.com (November 2003) [http://www.horror.com/php/article-286-1.html Dimension to "Wake The Dead"]</ref> IDW Publishing is also supposed to release a comic based on the Hollywood Zombies Topps Card Set at some point in the future. [[Paramount Pictures|Paramount]] has an option on the [[Steve Niles]]/IDW property ''[[Aleister Arcane]]''. <ref>Comics2Film.com (June 2004) [http://www.comics2film.com/FanFrame.php?f_id=8122 Par gains 'Arcane' rights] </ref> ==References== {{Reflist|2}} == External links == *{{official|http://www.idwpublishing.com}} [[Category:IDW Publishing]]