Amy Chu

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Amy Chu
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Chu at the 2024 WonderCon
Born1968 (age 56–57)
Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Education
Occupation(s) Comic book writer, publisher
Years active2010–present
Notable work
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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]

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In 2023, she won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel. [3]

Early life

Chu was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968, [4] [5] and moved frequently in her youth, spending her formative years in Iowa. [6] In 1989, she received dual degrees at Wellesley College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology for East Asian Studies and Architectural Design, respectively. [7] [8] [9] After working overseas, she returned to the US and attended Harvard Business School for her MBA in 1999. [10] [11]

Career

Chu worked in Hong Kong from 1995 to 1997, running the Macau tourism office. [6]

In 2010, Chu started Alpha Girl Comics when she and her friend, Georgia Lee, discussed the lack of female voices in comics. [12] [8] Chu took a course in creative writing and developed her interest in comics writing from there. [10] [13] She has continued to focus on the lack of representation of women in the comics industry speaking on panels at comic events. [14]

She published three collections of short stories under Alpha Girl Comics titled Girls Night Out from 2012 to 2014. [15] Several were funded through Kickstarter, as well as in 2017, a remaster and collection of all three volumes into paperback format. [16]

Chu has been writing Red Sonja for Dynamite Entertainment since late 2016. [17] She also started working on Dynamite's KISS in 2016. [18] Chu took over writing duties for Dynamite's Green Hornet beginning with the 2018 run. [19]

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. [20]

Chu wrote a comic adaptation of Carmilla titled Carmilla: The First Vampire set in 1990s New York City. [21] Her work went on to win the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel. [22]

Personal life

In 2001, Chu married Laurence Chang, an investment analyst who is also a graduate of Harvard; they both kept their surnames. [4] They have two children and as of 2018 reside in Princeton, New Jersey. [20] [6]

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. ↑ https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2023-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/
  4. 1 2 "Weddings; Amy Chu, Laurence Chang". The New York Times . May 27, 2001. Retrieved September 7, 2018. Ms. Chu, 33...
  5. ↑ 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!
  6. 1 2 3 "Amy Chu". Girls Like You and Me. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  7. ↑ Garrett, Jennifer E. (2015). "Wonder Writer". Wellesley Magazine. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  8. 1 2 SC (May 9, 2016). "Interview with Amy Chu". comics w/ a slant. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  9. ↑ Asselin, Janelle (December 18, 2013). "Hire This Woman: Writer Amy Chu". ComicsAlliance . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  10. 1 2 "Amy Chu MBA '99". Harvardwood. February 1, 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  11. ↑ Chu, Amy (December 1, 2015). "The Adventures of Amy Chu". Harvard Business School . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  12. ↑ Chu, Amy (October 8, 2011). "About Us". ALPHA GIRL COMICS. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  13. ↑ 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.
  14. ↑ 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.
  15. ↑ Morries, Steve (April 7, 2014). "Amy Chu Kickstarts a Third Volume of 'Girls Night Out' [Interview]". Comics Beat . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  16. ↑ "AMY CHU – GIRLS NIGHT OUT: Kickstarter Gold Edition". Kickstarter . July 31, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  17. ↑ 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.
  18. ↑ "Dynamite® Kiss #1". Dynamite Entertainment . October 2016. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  19. ↑ "Dynamite® Green Hornet Vol. 2 #1". Dynamite Entertainment. March 2018. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  20. 1 2 Aa-young, Kang (August 31, 2018). "'Ant-Man' author to write comic about Seoul". The Korea Times . Retrieved September 7, 2018.
  21. ↑ "Carmilla: The First Vampire TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics". www.darkhorse.com. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
  22. ↑ "2023 Stoker Awards Winners". Locus Online . June 3, 2024. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
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