Stephen Christy

Stephen Christy
Born 1985 (age 29–30)
Chicago, IL
Residence Los Angeles, CA
Nationality American
Alma mater Emerson College
Occupation Editor-in-chief,
Archaia Entertainment
(2010-13)
President of development,
Boom! Studios
(2014-present)
Years active 2008-present

Stephen Christy (born 1985)[1] is an American film and television producer and comic book editor. He is the president of development at graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios, and was formerly former editor-in-chief at Archaia Entertainment, where he won two Eisner Awards, as the editor of Jim Henson's Tale of Sand and Return of the Dapper Men.[2]

Early life and education

Christy was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois.[2] He attended Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2007 with a degree in film and television production. While at Emerson, he co-founded the literary anthology Thread, which publishes screenplays, plays and comic book scripts; produced original content for the Emerson Channel; and interned at Marvel Comics and DC Comics in New York City.[3]

Career

Archaia Entertainment

Following graduation, Christy briefly worked in reality television, and then at Devil's Due Publishing, opening a Los Angeles office for the Chicago-based small press publisher.[3] He then moved to Archaia Entertainment, serving as director of development for about a year, before being named editor-in-chief of Archaia Entertainment in April 2010, when he was 24 years old.[1] Christy also handled film and television development for the company, overseeing the sale of the film rights for four graphic novels, two each to Fox and Warner Brothers.[4][5][6][7]

Christy served as editor-in-chief at Archaia until 2013, with notable successes including Tumor, a collaboration with Amazon.com that was released serially on the Kindle prior to its hardcover publication, and was the first graphic novel created specifically for the Kindle;[8] the American English-language re-launch of Shotaro Ishinomori's classic manga Cyborg 009;[9][10] and the publication of Jim Henson's A Tale of Sand, a graphic novel adaptation by Ramon Perez, based on an unproduced screenplay by Jim Henson.[11][12] Henson began writing the screenplay, his first, in the 1950s. It took him 20 years to complete.[12] Christy created panels to discuss and screen Henson's early work at comic conventions across the US, including Comic-Con in San Diego, California.[12] In a publishing partnership with The Jim Henson Company, which Christy helped negotiate in 2009, Archaia published numerous graphic novels based on Henson properties, including The Storyteller, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow and Fraggle Rock.[1][11][13][14][15]

During Christy's tenure, Archaia won five Eisner Awards.[16] In 2011, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard won for Best Anthology,[17] while Return of the Dapper Men won for Best Graphic Album: New.[18] In 2012, Tale of Sand won three Eisner Awards, for Best Graphic Album: New, Best Publication Design and Best Penciller/Inker.[19][20] The graphic novel also won two Harvey Awards and a Joe Shuster Award.[3]

Boom! Studios

In June 2013, comic book and graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios acquired Archaia Entertainment, with Archaia functioning as an imprint of Boom![21] After the acquisition of Archaia, Christy was named president of development of Boom! Studios, overseeing all film, television, web and animation projects in development at the company's four brands: Boom!, Archaia, KaBoom! And Boom! Box.[16]

In October 2013, Boom! Studios signed a first-look feature film deal with 20th Century Fox Studios for all Boom! Imprints, with Christy acting as a producer on the projects.[22] In September 2014, Boom! signed a separate broadcast and cable first look television deal with 20th Century Fox TV, with Christy serving as an executive producer on any project developed with the studio.[23][24]

Also in 2014, Christy was an executive producer of Comic Book Artists: Next Generation, a 30-minute documentary about the artists at R.A.I.D. Studio in Toronto, for AT&T U-Verse's Buzz channel.[25]

Bibliography

Christy has edited or co-edited the following books:

Devil's Due Publishing

Archaia Entertainment

References

  1. 1 2 3 Albert Ching, “EiC Stephen Christy on ARCHAIA’s Present and Future,” Newsarama.com, August 10, 2010.
  2. 1 2 “Lightning Session With Stephen Christy III,” Legendary Comics, April 17, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 Michael Moccio, “Interview with Archaia Entertainment Editor-in-Chief Stephen Christy,” Emertainment Monthly, July 11, 2013.
  4. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr, “Fox Buys Graphic Novel ‘Rust’ With Aline Brosh McKenna To Adapt,” Deadline.com, July 15, 2011.
  5. ↑ Borys Kit, “Warner Bros Picks Up Graphic Novel ‘Bolivar’ for Animated Movie,” The Hollywood Reporter, March 5, 2012.
  6. ↑ Jason Moore, “Warner Bros. Pictures to Adapt Archaia Entertainment’s Lucid,” SciFi Mafia, March 12, 2012.
  7. ↑ Borys Kit, “’Devil Wears Prada’ Writer To Adapt Modern ‘Jane Eyre’ Graphic Novel,” The Hollywood Reporter, June 24, 2013.
  8. ↑ Calvin Reid, “Amazon, Archaia To Release Kindle Graphic Novel,” Publishers Weekly, July 21, 2009.
  9. ↑ Toshi Nakamura, “I Love Cyborg 009, and the New Graphic Novel Does Not Disappoint,” Kotaku, September 12, 2013.
  10. ↑ Borys Kit, “Comic-Con 2012: ‘Cyborg 009’ Coming to American Comics, Movie in Development,” The Hollywood Reporter, July 9, 2012.
  11. 1 2 Andy Khouri, “Boom! Studios & Archaia Editors-In-Chief Matt Gagnon & Stephen Christy Talk Merger, Creator Deals and Aesthetics,” Comics Alliance, July 5, 2013.
  12. 1 2 3 Alexandra Cheney, “Jim Henson’s Earliest Screenplay Gets Graphic Novel Treatment,” Wall Street Journal, January 16, 2012.
  13. ↑ James Gartler, “’Labyrinth’ graphic novel prequel to answer, ‘Who was the Goblin King?’,” Entertainment Weekly, January 6, 2012.
  14. ↑ Jason Sacks, “Stephen Christy: Archaia Comics and their Beautiful Books,” Comics Bulletin, May 4, 2011.
  15. ↑ Shaun Manning, “Inside Archaia & Henson’s Partnership,” Comic Book Resources, June 23, 2009.
  16. 1 2 Borys Kit, “Boom! Studios Expands Exec Lineup as Company Moves to Fox Lot,” The Hollywood Reporter, April 21, 2014.
  17. ↑ Andy Khouri, “New (And Very Lovely) ‘Mouse Guard’ Anthology Arrives in Print Next Week With Stan Sakai, Ben Caldwell & More,” Comics Alliance, June 20, 2013.
  18. ↑ Albert Ching, “McCann & Lee Acquire ‘Dapper Men’ Rights From Archaia,” Comic Book Resources, January 2, 2014.
  19. ↑ Hugh Armitage, “Eisner Awards 2012: Mark Waid, ‘Tale of Sand’ dominate,” Digital Spy, July 15, 2012.
  20. ↑ Calvin Reid, “Archaia’s ‘Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand’ Takes Home Three Eisner Awards,” Publishers Weekly, July 14, 2012.
  21. ↑ Heidi MacDonald, “Boom! Studios Acquires Archaia Entertainment,” Publishers Weekly, June 24, 2013.
  22. ↑ Borys Kit, “20th Century Fox Inks Innovative Deal With Comics Publisher Boom! Studios,” The Hollywood Reporter, October 2, 2013.
  23. ↑ Nellie Andreeva, “BOOM! Studios Inks First-Look Deal With 20th Century Fox TV,” Deadline.com, August 20, 2014.
  24. ↑ Nellie Andreeva, “BOOM! Studios Sells Dramas ‘Deep State’ With Howard Gordon & ‘The Rinse’ To Fox,” Deadline.com, November 24, 2014.
  25. ↑ Borys Kit, “R.A.I.D. Studio Comic Artists Get Spotlight With Documentary,” The Hollywood Reporter, November 4, 2014.

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