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Amy Chu

Amy Chu (born 1968) is an American comic book author who runs the comic imprint Alpha Girl Comics as well as writing comics for other publishers.[1] She wrote the six-issue miniseries Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death and a few Wonder Woman issues for DC.[2]

In 2024, she won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

Early life

Chu was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968,[3][4] and moved frequently in her youth, spending her formative years in Iowa.[5] In 1989, she received dual degrees at Wellesley College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology for East Asian Studies and Architectural Design, respectively.[6][7][8] After working overseaas, she returned to the US and attended Harvard Business School for her MBA in 1999.[9][10]

Career

Chu worked in Hong Kong from 1995 to 1997, running the Macau tourism office.[5]

In 2010, Chu started Alpha Girl Comics when she and her friend, Georgia Lee, discussed the lack of female voices in comics.[11][7] Chu took a course in creative writing and developed her interest in comics writing from there.[9][12] She has continued to focus on the lack of representation of women in the comics industry speaking on panels at comic events.[13]

She published three collections of short stories under Alpha Girl Comics titled Girls Night Out from 2012 to 2014.[14] Several were funded through Kickstarter, as well as in 2017, a remaster and collection of all three volumes into paperback format.[15]

Chu has been writing Red Sonja for Dynamite Entertainment since late 2016.[16] She also started working on Dynamite's KISS in 2016.[17] Chu took over writing duties for Dynamite's Green Hornet beginning with the 2018 run.[18]

Chu was recognized as a cultural leader of the year for 2018 by the Corea Image Communications Institute and said she had plans to write a comic in Seoul.[19]

Chu wrote a comic adaptation of Carmilla titled Carmilla: The First Vampire set in 1990s New York City.[20] Her work went on to eran the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.[21]

Personal life

In 2001, Chu married Laurence Chang, an investment analyst who is also a graduate of Harvard; they both kept their surnames.[3] They have two children and as of 2018 reside in Princeton, New Jersey.[19][5]

Bibliography

Writer

Alpha Girl Comics
Dark Horse Comics
Darryl Makes Comics
Dynamite Entertainment
DC Comics
IDW Publishing
Image Comics
Lion Forge Comics
Marvel
Papercutz
Valiant
Vertigo

References

  1. ^ Ayers, Jeff (August 15, 2015). "A Wonderful Interview with Comic Writer AMY CHU". FanboysInc.com. Archived from the original on September 11, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  2. ^ "Amy Chu". DC Comics. 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Weddings; Amy Chu, Laurence Chang". The New York Times. May 27, 2001. Retrieved September 7, 2018. Ms. Chu, 33...
  4. ^ Chu, Amy (January 3, 2018). "A M Y C H U". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 26, 2021. Retrieved November 1, 2018. Thanks for all the #happybirthday birthday wishes! Got my free coffee from starbucks. Wish it was @deathwishcoffee though!
  5. ^ a b c "Amy Chu". Girls Like You and Me. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  6. ^ Garrett, Jennifer E. (2015). "Wonder Writer". Wellesley Magazine. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  7. ^ a b SC (May 9, 2016). "Interview with Amy Chu". comics w/ a slant. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  8. ^ Asselin, Janelle (December 18, 2013). "Hire This Woman: Writer Amy Chu". ComicsAlliance. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  9. ^ a b "Amy Chu MBA '99". Harvardwood. February 1, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  10. ^ Chu, Amy (December 1, 2015). "The Adventures of Amy Chu". Harvard Business School. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  11. ^ Chu, Amy (October 8, 2011). "About Us". ALPHA GIRL COMICS. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  12. ^ Horne, Karama (June 2, 2018). "Indie Comics Spotlight: Amy Chu talks Poison Ivy, Summit, Kato's daughter and why Killer Croc is her fave". Syfy.com. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  13. ^ Abad-Santos, Alexander (October 11, 2013). "If Wall Street Is More Open to Women than Comics, We Have a Problem". The Atlantic. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  14. ^ Morries, Steve (April 7, 2014). "Amy Chu Kickstarts a Third Volume of 'Girls Night Out' [Interview]". Comics Beat. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  15. ^ "AMY CHU – GIRLS NIGHT OUT: Kickstarter Gold Edition". Kickstarter. July 31, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  16. ^ Johnston, Rich (September 1, 2016). "Red Sonja Back In The Bikini Chainmail As Amy Chu Launches New Series With Carlos Gomez For December". Bleeding Cool. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  17. ^ "Dynamite® Kiss #1". Dynamite Entertainment. October 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  18. ^ "Dynamite® Green Hornet Vol. 2 #1". Dynamite Entertainment. March 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  19. ^ a b Aa-young, Kang (August 31, 2018). "'Ant-Man' author to write comic about Seoul". The Korea Times. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  20. ^ "Carmilla: The First Vampire TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  21. ^ "2023 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus Online. June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.

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