Some sectors of the comic book industry expressed concern with Publisher and Co-Founder Tze Chun ’s background in TV and film, worried that TKO was nothing more than an IP farm. All eyes were on the new publisher.īut with all of that attention came extra scrutiny. Digital versions of the first issues were also available to read for free by taking advantage of TKO’s Try Before You Buy program.ĭue to the caliber of the creators and its unique release strategy, TKO received press coverage from not just major comics news sites but mainstream outlets including The Hollywood Reporter and The New York Times.
Customers were given the option to buy TKO comics digitally, as box sets of oversized issues, or as trade paperbacks collecting the series into one volume. As impressive as its list of creators was, the industry was especially taken by its binge release model.
The brand new publisher dropped four fully completed miniseries from a host of familiar names including Garth Ennis, Steve Epting, and Joshua Dysart. At the tail end of 2018, TKO Studios introduced itself to the comics market with a bang.
