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Storia IDW Publishing

IDEA & DESIGN WORKS, LLC/IDW PUBLISHING
CORPORATE HISTORY
IDW
Idea + Design Works (IDW) was formed in 1999 by four entertainment executives and artists. They decided to create a company that would allow them to work with a variety of clients on the things they liked: video games, movies, tv, collectible card games, comic books, and trading cards.
IDW can develop the full concept for an entire new world or help with a single illustration or design. The company’s services include character design, concept design, logo design, computer color, custom comic books, custom trading cards, trading card games, DVD menu design, online and print style guides, text stories, and more.
The company has built a client base that includes: Activision, Artisan Entertainment, Bandai America, Brady Games, Cartoon Network, Dimension Films, Electronic Arts, Fox Family, Golden Books, LEGO, Lion’s Gate, The Man Show, Microsoft, Pepsi, Pioneer, Revolution Films, Square, Simon & Schuster, Trimark Pictures, Upper Deck, and many more.
More information about the company can be found at www.ideaanddesignworks.com.
IDW Publishing
In July 2000, IDW made the decision to form a new division, IDW Publishing, which would focus on producing a small number of high quality publications. The company’s first title, Uno Fanta: The Art of Ashley Wood, received rave reviews and continues to be heavily reordered by both comic shops and mainstream bookstores and is now available in both hardcover and softcover editions. IDW Publishing’s second title, Popbot, was immediately acknowledged with two Spectrum Gold Awards.
The company’s first comic series, 30 Days of Night, started a seven-figure bidding war between Dreamworks, MGM, and Senator International with Senator winning and Sam Raimi attached to produce. 30 Days of Night has been named the #1 Hot Comic of the Month by Wizard Magazine (several months running) and the #1 Breakout Product of 2002. It was also the #4 best-selling graphic novel of 2003 and has won multiple awards.
Konami acquired the video game rights, and minority ownership, in IDW’s CVO: Covert Vampiric Operations.
Dimension Films has an option on two Steve Niles/IDW properties: Wake the Dead, with X-2 screenwriter Michael Dougherty attached to write, and Hyde, with Mike Fleiss (The Bachelor, Texas Chainsaw Massacre) attached to produce
Paramount has an option on the Steve Niles/IDW property Aleister Arcane.
IDW also publishes the comic based on the hit CBS TV show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and the book has been well received by both comic readers and fans of the show. The company’s other licensed comics include Sony’s Underworld,; FX’s The Shield; Fox’s 24 and Angel; Hasbro’s The Transformers, Universal’s Land of the Dead and Shaun of the Dead; and Konami’s Silent Hill, Castlevania, and Metal Gear Solid.
IDW Publishing titles have been featured in major media outlets, including USA Today, CNN, E!, TV Guide, Entertainment Weekly, Access Hollywood, Emmy Magazine, GamePro, Official US Playstation Magazine, PSM, Play, and many more.
In 2004, 2005, and 2006 IDW was named ‘Publisher of the Year’ by Diamond Comic Distributors.
IDW Publishing is represented by Jon Levin at CAA and managed by Jim Strader at AniManagement.
The company works with a foreign licensing agent to sell their comics around the world and their titles have been published in multiple languages in dozens of territories. More information about the company can be found at  www.idwpublishing.com.

Serena Guidobaldi| freelance journalist, comics writer and storyteller. I’m eager for comics, animation, cartoons, humour, books and gluttonous for Calbee Snapea Crisps and Walkers Sensations Oven Roasted Chicken with Lemon & Thyme potato chips.
Serena Guidobaldi| giornalista freelance, sceneggiatrice di fumetti e scrittrice. Appassionata di cartoni animati, umorismo, fumetti, libri e golosa di Calbee Snapea Crisps e patatine Walkers Sensation al pollo e timo.

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Serena Guidobaldi | born in Rome (Italy) in 1969 – journalist and writer, I worked as media relation for many years for the italian Chamber of Deputies and for many children’s books and comics publishers. I’m now author for the Italian Satellite tv channel Raisat Smash Girls.
As an expert of comics and humour, I have organized exhibitions and edited books dedicated to the historical and social aspects of comics and satire. As a scenarist, I’m the author of many comic books and cartoons.
As a freelance journalist I collaborate with many Italian and foreign magazines, writing about my personal interests that span from entertainment to food and wine.

Currently I’m working on a new graphic novel and on my third novel.

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Serena Guidobaldi | nata a Roma nel 1969 – giornalista, scrittrice e appassionata di fumetti, umorismo e patatine aromatizzate al pollo e timo. Collaboro con diverse riviste scrivendo di fumetto, animazione, entertainment ed enogastronomia. Ho scritto alcune graphic novel e miniserie a fumetti, fra cui Arethel, Sara e Pol, Minuetto Mortale, Chicken, tutte disegnate da Andrea Domestici.
Attualmente collaboro come autrice con il canale satellitare Raisat Smash Girls, procrastino di mese in mese la fine del mio terzo romanzo e sono al lavoro su una nuova graphic novel.

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Senza indugio e con una certa soddisfazione, diamo l’annuncio dell’imminente edizione americana di Leo Pulp ad opera della prestigiosa IDW publishing che pubblicherà in un unico volume a colori le tre storie bonelliane che sono state tradotte da Serena Guidobaldi.
Chissà come sarà visto dagli americani un fumetto prodotto in Italia su un investigatore californiano dehli anni ’40? Piacerà questo personaggio bizzarro che si prende gioco dei miti cinematografici e dei canoni tipicamente americani ma interpretati in chiave europea? Vedremo. Per ora ci piace immaginare che qualcuno lo legga negli stessi luoghi in cui sono ambientate le storie e che ne tragga diverimento.
Non avendo disponibili le tavole tradotte vi mostriamo la manchette pubblicitaria del volume per i distributori e qualche informazione relativa alla casa editrice e alla traduttrice, nonchè i links relativi.

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