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==History==
==History==
TKO Studios was founded in 2017 by [[Tze Chun]] and Salvatore Simeone. 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]].<ref name=TKOlaunch/>
TKO Studios was founded in 2017 by [[Tze Chun]] and Salvatore Simeone. 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]].<ref name=TKOlaunch/> In 2020, TKO Studios signed a deal Ingram Publisher Services / Publishers Group West to handle book distribution.<ref><ref>{{cite web |title=TKO Studios Signs Deal With Top Book Distributor Ingram Publisher Services / Publishers Group West |url=https://comicyears.com/pop-culture/tko-studios-signs-deal-with-top-book-distributor-ingram-publisher-services-publishers-group-west/ |website=Comic Years}}</ref>


===Wave One===
The first wave of books launched in December 2018 and contained four series, ''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.<ref>
The first wave of books launched December 10, 2018<ref>{{cite web |title=First wave of books currently available |url=https://twitter.com/TKOpresents/status/1072261876078149633 |website=Twitter |publisher=TKO Studios |accessdate=January 28, 2020}}</ref> 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.<ref>
[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tko-studios-plans-change-how-readers-buy-comics-1168158 New Publisher TKO Studios Plans to Change How Readers Buy Comics]. The Hollywood Reporter, December 10, 2018.</ref>
[https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/tko-studios-plans-change-how-readers-buy-comics-1168158 New Publisher TKO Studios Plans to Change How Readers Buy Comics]. The Hollywood Reporter, December 10, 2018.</ref>


{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
The second wave launched in November 2019 using the same release format for another four series, ''The Banks'' by [[Roxane Gay]] and [[Ming Doyle]], ''Eve of Extinction'' by Salvatore Simeone, Steve Simeone, Nik Virella and Isaac Goodhart, ''Pound for Pound'' by [[Natalie Chaidez]] and Andy Belanger and ''Sentient'' by [[Jeff Lemire]] and Gabriel Walta.<ref>[https://www.outrightgeekery.com/2019/11/01/tko-studios-releases-second-wave-of-comics/ TKO Studios Releases Second Wave of Comics] Outright Geekery, November 1, 2019</ref>
|-
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.<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2020-eisner-awards-nominations 2020 Eisner Awards Nominations] Comic-Con, 2020</ref>
!Title
!Format
!Story
!Art
!Cover(s)
!Colors
!Letters
|-
!''The Fearsome Doctor Fang''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|[[Tze Chun]]<br>Mike Weiss
|colspan=2|[[Dan McDaid]]
|Daniela Miwa
|rowspan=2|Steve Wands
|-
!''Goodnight Paradise''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|[[Joshua Dysart]]
|colspan=2|Alberto Ponticelli
|Giulia Brusco
|-
!''Sara''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|[[Garth Ennis]]
|colspan=2|[[Steve Epting]]
|Elizabeth Breitweiser
|Rob Steen
|-
!''The 7 Deadly Sins''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|[[Tze Chun]]
|colspan=2|Artyom Trakhanov
|Giulia Brusco
|Jared K. Fletcher
|}


===Wave Two===
The third wave of books launched in November 2020 with three titles; ''Lonesome Days, Savage Nights'' by [[Steve Niles]], Salvatore Simeone and Szymon Kudranski, ''The Pull'' by [[Steve Orlando]] and Ricardo López Ortiz and ''Redfork'' by Alex Paknadel and Nil Vandrell.<ref>[https://www.comicsbeat.com/tko-studios-wave-3-announcement/ TKO Studios announces new wave of books from Steve Orlando, Steve Niles, other non-Steve creators] The Comics Beat, September 24, 2020</ref> In addition to wave three, TKO announced an illustrated prose collection ''Blood Like Garnets'' by Leigh Harlen with illustrations by Maria Nguygen and a new series of single release comic books under the banner ''TKO Shorts'' with three titles ''Seeds of Eden'', ''The Father of All Things'' and ''Night Train'' also released in November 2020.<ref>[https://www.comicsbeat.com/tko-wave-3-shorts/ TKO Studios adds zine-sided Knockout Shorts, illustrated prose to Wave 3 offerings] The Comics Beat, October 16, 2020</ref>
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]]; ''Eve of Extinction'' by Salvatore Simeone, Steve Simeone, Nik Virella, and Isaac Goodhart; ''Pound for Pound'' by [[Natalie Chaidez]] and Andy Belanger; and ''Sentient'' by [[Jeff Lemire]] and Gabriel Walta.<ref>[https://www.outrightgeekery.com/2019/11/01/tko-studios-releases-second-wave-of-comics/ TKO Studios Releases Second Wave of Comics] Outright Geekery, November 1, 2019</ref>

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.<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/2020-eisner-awards-nominations 2020 Eisner Awards Nominations] Comic-Con, 2020</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Title
!Format
!Story
!Art
!Cover(s)
!Colors
!Letters
|-
!''The Banks''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|[[Roxane Gay]]
|colspan=2|Ming Doyle
|[[Jordie Bellaire]]
|rowspan=2|Ariana Maher
|-
!''Eve of Extinction''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|Sal Simeone<br>Steve Simeone
|Nik Virella<br>Isaac Goodheart
|Maria Nguyen
|Nik Virella<br>Ruth Redmond
|-
!''Pound for Pound''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|[[Natalie Chaidez]]
|colspan=2|Andy Belanger
|Daniela Miwa
|Serge LaPointe
|-
!''Sentient''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|[[Jeff Lemire]]
|colspan=3|Gabriel Walta
|Steve Wands
|}

===Wave Three===
The third wave of books launched in November 9, 2020 with three comic book miniseries: ''Lonesome Days, Savage Nights'' by [[Steve Niles]], Salvatore Simeone, and Szymon Kudranski; ''The Pull'' by [[Steve Orlando]] and Ricardo López Ortiz; and ''Redfork'' by Alex Paknadel and Nil Vandrell.<ref>[https://www.comicsbeat.com/tko-studios-wave-3-announcement/ TKO Studios announces new wave of books from Steve Orlando, Steve Niles, other non-Steve creators] The Comics Beat, September 24, 2020</ref> 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 (comics)|one-shot comic books]] under the banner ''TKO Shorts'' with three titles ''Seeds of Eden'', ''The Father of All Things'' and ''Night Train''.<ref>[https://www.comicsbeat.com/tko-wave-3-shorts/ TKO Studios adds zine-sided Knockout Shorts, illustrated prose to Wave 3 offerings] The Comics Beat, October 16, 2020</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"
|-
!Title
!Format
!Story
!Art
!Cover(s)
!Colors
!Letters
|-
!''The Manning Files – Volume 1:<br>Lonesome Days, Savage Nights''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|Steve Niles<br>Salvatore Simeone
|colspan=3|Szymon Kudranski
|Thomas Mauer
|-
!''Redfork''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|Alex Paknadel
|colspan=2|Nil Vendrell
|Giulia Brusco
|Ryan Ferrier
|-
!''The Pull''
|6-issue comic<br>miniseries
|Steve Orlando
|colspan=2|Ricardo Lopez Ortiz
|Triona Farell
|Thomas Mauer
|-
!''TKO Shorts'' #1: ''Seeds of Eden''
|One-shot<br>comic
|Liana Kangas<br>Joe Corallo
|colspan=3|Paul Azaceta
|Jeff Powell
|-
!''TKO Shorts'' #2: ''Father of All Things''
|One-shot<br>comic
|Sebastian Girner
|colspan=3|Baldemar Rivas
|rowspan=2|Steve Wands
|-
!''TKO Shorts'' #3: ''Night Train''
|One-shot<br>comic
|Steve Foxe
|colspan=2|Lisandro Estherren
|Patricio Delpeche
|-
!''Blood Like Garnets''
|Prose<br>anthology
|Leigh Harlen
|Maria Nguyen
|Maria Nguyen<br>Jared K. Fletcher
|Maria Nguyen
|{{n/a}}
|}


==Media Adaptions==
==Media Adaptions==

Revision as of 14:47, 12 January 2021

TKO Studios
Founded2017
FounderTze Chun, Salvatore Simeone
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationLos Angeles
Key peopleTze Chun
Salvatore Simeone
Sebastian Girner
Official websitetkopresents.com

TKO Studios is an American comics publisher founded by Tze Chun and Salvatore Simeone in 2017.[1]

History

TKO Studios was founded in 2017 by Tze Chun and Salvatore Simeone. 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.Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page).

Wave One

The first wave of books launched December 10, 2018[2] 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.[3]

Title Format Story Art Cover(s) Colors Letters
The Fearsome Doctor Fang 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Tze Chun
Mike Weiss 		Dan McDaid Daniela Miwa Steve Wands
Goodnight Paradise 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Joshua Dysart Alberto Ponticelli Giulia Brusco
Sara 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Garth Ennis Steve Epting Elizabeth Breitweiser Rob Steen
The 7 Deadly Sins 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Tze Chun Artyom Trakhanov Giulia Brusco Jared K. Fletcher

Wave Two

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; Eve of Extinction by Salvatore Simeone, Steve Simeone, Nik Virella, and Isaac Goodhart; Pound for Pound by Natalie Chaidez and Andy Belanger; and Sentient by Jeff Lemire and Gabriel Walta.[4]

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.[5]

Title Format Story Art Cover(s) Colors Letters
The Banks 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Roxane Gay Ming Doyle Jordie Bellaire Ariana Maher
Eve of Extinction 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Sal Simeone
Steve Simeone 		Nik Virella
Isaac Goodheart 		Maria Nguyen Nik Virella
Ruth Redmond
Pound for Pound 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Natalie Chaidez Andy Belanger Daniela Miwa Serge LaPointe
Sentient 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Jeff Lemire Gabriel Walta Steve Wands

Wave Three

The third wave of books launched in November 9, 2020 with three comic book miniseries: Lonesome Days, Savage Nights by Steve Niles, Salvatore Simeone, and Szymon Kudranski; The Pull by Steve Orlando and Ricardo López Ortiz; and Redfork by Alex Paknadel and Nil Vandrell.[6] 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.[7]

Title Format Story Art Cover(s) Colors Letters
The Manning Files – Volume 1:
Lonesome Days, Savage Nights 		6-issue comic
miniseries 		Steve Niles
Salvatore Simeone 		Szymon Kudranski Thomas Mauer
Redfork 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Alex Paknadel Nil Vendrell Giulia Brusco Ryan Ferrier
The Pull 6-issue comic
miniseries 		Steve Orlando Ricardo Lopez Ortiz Triona Farell Thomas Mauer
TKO Shorts #1: Seeds of Eden One-shot
comic 		Liana Kangas
Joe Corallo 		Paul Azaceta Jeff Powell
TKO Shorts #2: Father of All Things One-shot
comic 		Sebastian Girner Baldemar Rivas Steve Wands
TKO Shorts #3: Night Train One-shot
comic 		Steve Foxe Lisandro Estherren Patricio Delpeche
Blood Like Garnets Prose
anthology 		Leigh Harlen Maria Nguyen Maria Nguyen
Jared K. Fletcher 		Maria Nguyen —

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, Salvatore Simeone, Tze Chun and Jatin Thakker serving as producers.[8]

References

  1. ^ a b A New Comics Publisher Aims to Shake Things Up. The New York Times, December 19, 2018.
  2. ^ "First wave of books currently available". Twitter. TKO Studios. Retrieved January 28, 2020.
  3. ^ New Publisher TKO Studios Plans to Change How Readers Buy Comics. The Hollywood Reporter, December 10, 2018.
  4. ^ TKO Studios Releases Second Wave of Comics Outright Geekery, November 1, 2019
  5. ^ 2020 Eisner Awards Nominations Comic-Con, 2020
  6. ^ TKO Studios announces new wave of books from Steve Orlando, Steve Niles, other non-Steve creators The Comics Beat, September 24, 2020
  7. ^ TKO Studios adds zine-sided Knockout Shorts, illustrated prose to Wave 3 offerings The Comics Beat, October 16, 2020
  8. ^ Roxane Gay to Adapt Graphic Novel 'The Banks' for TKO Studios, Macro The Hollywood Reporter, August 12, 2020.
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