IDW Publishing

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IDW Publishing

Parent company	Idea and Design Works, LLC
Founded	1999; 25 years ago (1999)
Founder	Ted Adams Alex Garner Kris Oprisko Robbie Robbins
Country of origin	United States
Headquarters location	San Diego, California
Distribution	Penguin Random House Publisher Services (direct market starting June 2022)[1] Diamond Comic Distributors (sub-distributor through Penguin Random House starting June 2022, direct market until June 2022)[1]
Publication types	Comics
Fiction genres	Superhero Action Adventure Science fiction Fantasy Horror Mystery Crime Thriller
Imprints	Black Crown Blue Dream Studios EA Comics The Library of American Comics Top Shelf Productions Worthwhile Books Yoe Books
Owner(s)	IDW Media Holdings, Inc.
Official website	www.idwpublishing.com

IDW Publishing is an American publisher of comic books, graphic novels, art books, and comic strip collections. It was founded in 1999 as the publishing division of Idea and Design Works, LLC (IDW) and is recognized as the fifth-largest comic book publisher in the United States, behind Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Image Comics, ahead of other comic book publishers such as Archie, Boom!, Dynamite, Valiant, and Oni Press.^[2] The company is known for its licensed comic book adaptations of films, television shows, video games, and cartoons.