design works llc founder ted adams alex garner kris oprisko robbie robbins country of origin united states headquarters location san diego california key people ted adams ceo owner robbie robbins executive vice president owner chris ryall publisher editor in chief matthew ruzicka cfo alan payne vp of sales publication types comics imprints blue dream studios the library of american comics worthwhile books yoe books top shelf productions owner s idw media holdings inc. otc pink idwm official website official website idw publishing is an american publisher of comic books graphic novels art books and comic strip collections . the company was founded as the publishing division of idea and design works llc idw and is regularly recognized as the fourth largest comic book publisher in the united states . the company is perhaps best known for its licensed comic book adaptations of movies and cartoons . contents 1 history 2 imprints 2.1 yoe books 2.2 the library of american comics 2.3 worthwhile books and blue dream studios 3 publications 4 adaptations in other media 4.1 upcoming projects 5 references 6 external links history edit this section contains embedded lists that may be better presented using prose . you can help by converting the list or lists to prose if appropriate . editing help is available . april 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message idea and design works idw was formed in 1999 by a group of entertainment executives and artists that included ted adams robbie robbins alex garner and kris oprisko to develop products related to video games movies tv collectible card games comic books and trading cards . in 2000 idea and design works formed its publishing division idw publishing and in 2007 idt purchased a majority interest in idw . two of the original founders adams ceo and publisher and robbins evp still actively manage the company which has grown into a fully staffed publishing company . citation needed in 2007 idt corporation purchased a majority interest in idw . in 2009 idt created ctm media holdings via a tax free spin off . this new company later renamed idw media holdings consists of the majority interest in idw and ctm media group . 1 cover to ghostbusters 2 one of the licensed properties published by idw . art by nick runge . the company s first traditional comic series 30 days of night created by steve niles & ben templesmith started a seven figure bidding war between dreamworks mgm and senator international with senator winning and sam raimi attached to produce . 2 3 idw publishing s second title popbot won two gold spectrum awards . 4 idw publishing also publishes comics based on the tv franchises star trek and csi . the company s other licensed comics include topps mars attacks sony s underworld fx the shield fox 24 5 and angel ; universal s land of the dead and shaun of the dead ; and konami s silent hill 6 castlevania metal gear solid and speed racer . the company has also had success with comic license from toy company hasbro brands ; the transformers with takara g.i. joe my little pony and jem . transformers has had as many as five different titles running concurrently . beginning in 2008 the company licensed the doctor who series from the bbc launching two concurrent titles doctor who classics which reprints colorized comic strips featuring the past doctors such as the fourth doctor and fifth doctor originally published in the late 1970 s early 1980 s by doctor who magazine and doctor who agent provocateur an original six part limited series featuring the tenth doctor and overseen and written by tv series script editor gary russell . an additional six part limited series titled doctor who the forgotten started in mid 2008 by tony lee and pia guerra 7 8 as well as a series of monthly one shot self contained stories . july 2009 saw the beginning of doctor who an ongoing series featuring the tenth doctor written by tony lee and illustrated by a rotating art team . 9 in 2010 idw publishing released the sequel to michael san giacomo s phantom jack image comics series with phantom jack the nowhere man agenda . the graphic novel is notable because it features the death of the main character a reporter who can turn invisible . idw publishing formed an imprint with ea games in late 2009 called ea comics to focus on adaptations of the latter s video games with initial titles including army of two and dragon age . 10 september 6 2011 for the 10th anniversary of 9 11 idw publishing teamed up charlie foxtrot entertainment and released the graphic novel code word geronimo written by retired marine corps captain dale dye and julia dye drawn by gerry kissell with inker amin amat . 11 code word geronimo reached 22 on diamond comics top 100 list its first month after release . 12 in march 2012 idw publishing announced it would release new comics based on judge dredd and the crow . 13 also in 2012 hasbro licensed the use of my little pony friendship is magic for an idw comic book series . in february 2013 idw publishing announced a partnership with cartoon network to publish comics based on the network s television series and reprint older cartoon network comics . 14 on january 6 2015 idw publishing announced it had acquired top shelf productions . 15 in february 2015 it was announced that idw publishing made a deal with disney to continue the publication of the following comic books uncle scrooge donald duck mickey mouse and walt disney s comics and stories . 16 imprints edit yoe books edit the art of ditko the creativity of ditko barney google gambling horse races & high toned women the carl barks big book of barney bear the complete milt gross dan decarlo s jetta dick briefer s frankenstein the chilling archives of horror comics felix the cat s greatest comic book tails the golden collection of klassic krazy kool kids komics the great treasury of christmas comic book stories krazy & ignatz tiger tea bob powell s terror the chilling archives of horror comics popeye the great comic book tales by bud sagendorf zombie the chilling archives of horror comics the library of american comics edit alex toth archie the classic newspaper comics blondie bloom county bringing up father from sea to shining sea chuck jones the dream that never was crawford the complete chester gould s dick tracy the family circus king aroo al capp s complete li l abner the little king the complete little orphan annie loac essentials including baron bean the gumps and polly and her pals miss fury polly and her pals rip kirby scorchy smith and the art of noel sickles skippy star trek the newspaper comic steve canyon the complete terry and the pirates walt disney s donald duck the daily newspaper comics walt disney s donald duck the sunday newspaper comics walt disney s silly symphonies the complete disney classics walt disney s treasury of classic tales x 9 secret agent corrigan in 2008 the first volume of the complete terry and the pirates received an eisner award for best archival collection . worthwhile books and blue dream studios edit the idw creator visions panel at the 2013 new york comic con . from left to right writers sidney friedfertig gary gerani adadsam knave dan goldman m. zachary sherman jeff kline and jason enright . at the podium is idw vice president of marketing dirk wood . idw publishing launched two new imprints in 2008 worthwhile books part of their children s books division 17 and scott christian sava s blue dream studios previously a separate self publishing venture . 18 19 idw publishing acquired the g.i. joe comics license in may 2008 previously held by devil s due publishing and released three new series under editor andy schmidt 20 from writers such as chuck dixon larry hama and christos gage . other comics were released in time to tie in with the summer 2009 g.i. joe film . 21 22 in march 2009 idw publishing forged an agreement with mike gold s comicmix.com to publish print versions of comicmix s online comic books . the agreement stipulates comicmix must provide two comic books a month to idw publishing to publish as well as graphic novels and trade paperbacks as demanded by the market . the books are published with both the idw publishing and comicmix.com logos on the covers . as of the end of 2009 the agreement has produced print versions of the grimjack series the manx cat ; the jon sable series ashes of eden ; mark wheatley and robert tinnell s pulp hero series lone justice ; the graphic novel demons of sherwood by tinnell and bo hampton ; and a graphic novel collecting trevor von eeden s the original johnson . a collection of munden s bar stories original to comicmix s website is also forthcoming . 23 in 2004 2005 and 2006 idw publishing was named publisher of the year by diamond comic distributors . 24 publications edit main article list of idw publishing publications adaptations in other media edit konami acquired the video game rights and minority ownership in idw publishing s cvo covert vampiric operations . dead link 25 30 days of night has been adapted into a film of the same name in 2007 starring josh hartnett and melissa george directed by david slade and produced by spider man director sam raimi . it is distributed by columbia pictures . dimension films has an option on two steve niles idw publishing properties wake the dead with x2 screenwriter michael dougherty attached to write and hyde with mike fleiss the bachelor the texas chainsaw massacre attached to produce . 26 27 the motion comic version of transformers movie prequel titled transformers beginnings albeit excluding characters not present in the movie is included in the transformers dvd . syfy announced a television adaptation of wynonna earp set to premiere on april 1 2016 . upcoming projects edit usa network announced a pilot for brooklyn animal control produced by david goyer . 28 29 paramount has an option on the steve niles idw publishing property aleister arcane . 30 in june 2016 variety reported that jim carrey will star in eli roth s film adaptation of aleister arcane for amblin entertainment . 31 references edit ctm holdings . ctmholdings.com . retrieved 31 december 2015 . signonsandiego.com july 2006 a hollywood ending ign.com 2007 30 days of night locus index to sf awards 2002 spectrum awards http wayback.archive.org web 20151104210653 http www.locusmag.com sfawards db spectrum12002.html . weiland jonah march 2004 . idw publishing to release comic based on tv show 24 . comic book resources . weiland jonah july 2003 . idw publishing joins konami for silent hill comic book . comic book resources . the timeline of a time lord lee talks doctor who . comic book resources . june 26 2008 tony lee and the doctors in the house newsarama . july 14 2008 tony lee on the doctor who ongoing series . newsarama . july 10 2009 ea and idw launch army of two and dragon age comics . press release reuters . october 5 2009 gustines george gene . graphic books best sellers true life 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