Arch Enemy Entertainment
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| Arch Enemy Entertainment | |
|---|---|
| Type | |
| Founded | 2004 |
| Headquarters | Playa Del Rey, Los Angeles |
| Key people | Neil Herndon, Tone Rodriguez, J.K. Stevens, Chad Watson, William Wilson, Chet Yeary II |
| Industry | Comics |
Arch Enemy Entertainment is an independent comic book studio based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was founded in 2004 by writer William Wilson (G.I.JOE: Frontline and John Carpenter's The Snake Plisskin Chronicles) with the help of artist, Tone Rodriguez (John Carpenter's The Snake Plissken Chronicles and Violent Messiahs).
The creation of the company came about when the two founders came together and shared their thoughts and ideals about the comic book industry as a whole. Both of them wanted an environment where they could create the stories that they wanted to see and characters of their own creation. Both men agreed that this would allow a fresh and innovative voice to be heard, and for new and compelling ideas and storylines to reach the general public. Thus, Arch Enemy was born.
From this business model, the founders filled the ranks of the company with members who held similar ideals. As a whole, the mission statement of the company is to not only work on other people's comics, but to have the ability to create their own, and to tell the stories that they want to see told. The other mission of the company is to springboard new and emerging talent into the comic book world, and to help young artists and writers get a start in the competitive business of comic book making, giving them an opportunity to work in the industry. Many larger publishers require writers or artists to have a body of published work before they can work one something with their label on it, and Arch Enemy is a forum in which new talent can find its voice before moving on to other publishers.
Arch Enemy Entertainment launched its first comic book U.T.F., released in 2006 as a three issue mini-series published through Ape Entertainment.
[edit] Upcoming Series
With a wide arrary of content, Arch Enemy Entertainment is striving to set a new, innovative standard for creating comic books. Their goal is to win over fans, one book at a time.
Listed below are several of the projects the company currently has in production as well as in print:
- Born & Bred
David Soul is inheriting his estranged father’s super-powers. How will the young football star deal with rekindling a relationship with the man he thought abandoned him, and the fact that his new powers could be responsible for his stardom? More importantly, how will he deal with the responsibility of being one of the most prominent super heroes on earth?
- The Diplomat
A high powered political action thriller, that sets the world on the brink of disaster. When diplomacy fails, he doesn't.
- The Enforcer
Alex Bishop is a typical husband and businessman. At least that's what his wife, Jillian thinks. Wait until she finds out her father recruited him into a covert government organization and made him an agent, codename: The Enforcer. A secret, yet high profile job with the responsibility of protecting the President and National Security.
- Karma
A Mafia assassin is cursed to walk the earth, her mission to clear her karma before she can enter the Pearly Gates. She is given the ability to see the physical manifestations of other people's karma, as well as her own. And she can't move on until everyone's is clean.
- Sun Up
Set in the style of all the classic spagetti westerns we've come to love, Sun Up is the story of a group of hard-edged calavry soldiers who are called in have to help a small fort resolve their problem, a band of blood thirsty vampires has come to take their fill of the blood of the innocent.
- MissFortune
Meet Uncle Sam's top agent: Miss Fortune. She's hard nosed, hardcore, hard to kill, and easy on the eyes to boot. Everything is going like clockwork for Emma Fortune, when her boyfriend, a fellow agent, is presumed dead after being taken out by a renowned assassin. Now, as she picks up the pieces and puts the bad guys on notice, that renowned femme fatale assassin will truly learn the meaning of Misfortune.
- F.P.S. (First Person Shooter)
It's a coming of age story, but like you've never read before. When a quiet kid stumbles into a store, he is given a strange gaming system by the clerk. But when he turns the game on, the monsters come to life, and out of the TV. Now, Blake, his brother Colin, his best friend Ricky, and the prettiest girl in school Jessica, must team up and stop the hordes of monsters that spill out and take over their town.
- Nadir
A supernatural series, set to debut as a web-comic
- Raven
In the future, a major sports star is murdered. The government now uses hundreds of telepaths and clairvoyants to aid in their investigations of crimes, and when the top 'minds' can't solve the crime or find one shred of evidence, there is only one man to turn to. Private Eye, Phillip Raven, a hard nosed investigator who gets the job done, with two-fisted justice and old fashion detective work.
- U.T.F. (Undead Task Force)
Since the founding of America, there has been a darkness at work that the general population knows nothing about. But there is an elite corp of soldiers ready to deal with the things that go bump in the night: THE U.T.F. Released in 2006, U.T.F. utilized the talents of television writer Scott Reynolds(E-RING) in addition to that of William and Tone.
