![]() The other commonality underpinning the entirety of the Upshot Universe is the publisher’s approach to all of its stories, whether part of the shared backdrop or one-off endeavors: each title is released as a miniseries (anywhere from four to six issues), with multiple installments possible should the narrative warrant it and the sales justify it. The common throughline connecting almost all of AWA’s various output is the emphasis on adult-oriented – and, typically, high-quality – content whether a fresh take on the zombie apocalypse, a comedic sci-fi yarn set in an alien emergency room, or a one-night-stand romantic fling becoming a stalker horror-esque tale, there is very little that screams conventional (even AWA’s Mafia outing has supernatural underpinnings). There’s even less that features that standard comic-book trope, superheroes – and on those few occasions when the costumed folk do turn up, it’s with a slightly different frame on the tried-and-true formula, such as with E-Ratic, which sees its 15-year-old, single-parented superhero get his electricity-based powers for only 10 minutes a day. ![]() Think of it, then, as a sort of cross between the Marvel Universe and Vertigo, the former DC imprint that served as a heady potpourri of esoteric properties – Upshot can be as far-reaching or as intimate as a particular narrative needs it to be. ![]() The company, founded by Chief Creative Officer Axel Alonso (the former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics), Chief Executive Officer Bill Jemas (Marvel’s former chief operating officer and publisher), and Board Chair Jonathan Miller (a “corporate legend” who has experience with News Corp, Advancit Capital, and the Fandom juggernaut), has been putting out books since March 2020 – just in time for covid-19 to descend upon the globe, disrupting the comics industry (along with nearly everything else, of course). But disruption is precisely what AWA has always had in mind at the center of its publishing strategy is the Upshot Universe, which is simultaneously meant to serve as both a shared universe for a whole swath of different storytellers to play within and as a collection of quirky creator-owned titles that have no obligation to reference the events of any other book. AWA Studios may be one of the newest comic-book publishers out there on the market, but it’s already more than made a name for itself – particularly when it had more or less predicted just what a pandemic would look and feel like in the modern world, replete with all of the political ramifications that we are continuing to see fall out, both nationally and internationally.īut we’re getting ahead of ourselves here.
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