Arch Enemy Entertainment

Arch Enemy Entertainment is an independent comic book studio based in Los Angeles, California, United States. It was founded in 2004 by writer William Wilson (G.I. Joe Frontline and John Carpenter's The Snake Plissken Chronicles) with the help of long-time friend Chad Watson.
Founder William Wilson
The first comic from Arch Enemy CEO William Wilson was G.I. Joe Frontline #16, which released on October 16, 2003. Between 2004-2005, Wilson also penned the third installment of the Snake Plissken films, The Snake Plissken Chronicles, created with anime company Production I.G. This project reunited creator and director John Carpenter, producer Debra Hill, and actor Kurt Russell.
Company Beginnings
In 2006, Arch Enemy launched its first comic, U.T.F., the Undead Task Force, published through Ape Entertainment. The comic marked on the top 300 books of the time. It has had cameos on shows such as E-Ring, Numb3rs, and Dexter. Co-creator of the book Scott Reynolds is currently a producer on Dexter.
In 2008, Arch Enemy teamed up with Vin Di Bona Productions of America's Funniest Home Videos to produce the company’s first comic book project, called Urban Monsters.
In 2009, Arch Enemy joined movie star and R&B sensation Tyrese Gibson to create his first comic book, '. Mayhem! was the first comic on iTunes LP and the first to pair music and comics. There was an iReport done on the project through CNN. Mayhem! served as one of the forerunners of the emerging digital comic movement and attracted attention from co-publisher of DC Comics Jim Lee and Dave Johnson of 100 Bullets, who both did variant covers for the project. Mayhem! was one of the top selling independent comics of the year, beating The Walking Dead’s original numbers of 8,000.
In 2010, William Wilson and Arch Enemy were featured in documentary Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope, directed by Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me (nominated for an Academy Award). The film, released in 2011, also featured Stan Lee, Joss Whedon, Todd McFarlane, Kenneth Branagh, Guillermo del Toro, Olivia Wilde, and Seth Rogen. The documentary received outstanding reviews, including a rare 82% positive rating on the review website Rotten Tomatoes.
In 2011, Arch Enemy introduced its new president, Eisner-nominated writer and rapper Percy Carey (also known by his stage name MF Grimm). During this time, the company went fully digital with its content.
USA Today
In February 2012, Arch Enemy produced its first project through USA Today, a weekly digital comic series called F-00 Fighters. The story focuses on World War II fighter pilots taking on alien foes.
Four months after F-00 Fighters, the second digital project released. This series, called Aurora Rose, features a female lead, a teenage babysitter on a collision course with the forces of darkness. Arch Enemy teamed up with Chester French to create a downloadable song called "Perfect Girl," which is included on their album Music 4 Tngrs. Aurora Rose currently has over 33,000 views.
After Aurora Rose became a runaway hit, Arch Enemy was asked to do artwork for The Dark Knight Rises edition of Esquire magazine. The piece was done by Jason Reeves, the artist of F-00 Fighters.
On Halloween day of 2012, actor and musician Shane West teamed up with Arch Enemy to create his first comic, The Big Bad Wolf. West discussed the beginnings of the project in an article on The Huffington Post.
Novels
In 2011, Arch Enemy began its next step in the digital market, a prose imprint started by vice president Neil Herndon through Amazon.com's Kindle store. This initiative broke ground with a retelling of J. M. Barrie’s classic tale Peter Pan. Arch Enemy’s The Pirate King shows instead the perspective of Barrie’s antagonist, James Hook.
In May 2012, the imprint released its second novel, Sticks and Stones. This novel is about an FBI agent returning to his hometown in the American South in order to stop a deadly drug ring.
In October 2012, the imprint launched two Halloween-themed projects. The first, Sweet 16, featured a new spin on the teenage vampire tale: a young girl dealing with a very rare disease, one unseen for over a hundred years. The second was titled Whitechapel and reinvents the story of perhaps the world’s most notorious serial killer, Jack the Ripper.
In November 2012, the imprint launched its fifth project, a steampunk/fantasy epic called Mechanikal. The novel is the tale of eight misfits who must band together to stop an old and angry enemy.

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