{{Use American English|date=September 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2023}} {{Short description|American comic book writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Amy Chu | image = Amy Chu at Galaxy Con Richmond - 55175299646 (cropped).jpg | caption = Chu at GalaxyCon Richmond 2026 | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1968}} | birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | education = {{ubl|Wellesley College|MIT|Harvard Business School}} | occupation = Comic book writer, publisher | years_active = 2010–present | notable_works = {{hlist|Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death|Red Sonja Vol. 4|Girls Night Out}} | awards = | website = {{Official URL}} | signature = | footnotes = }} '''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.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ayers |first1=Jeff |title=A Wonderful Interview with Comic Writer AMY CHU |url=https://fanboysinc.com/a-wonderful-interview-with-comic-writer-amy-chu/ |website=FanboysInc.com |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |date=August 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911193432/http://fanboysinc.com/a-wonderful-interview-with-comic-writer-amy-chu/ |archive-date=September 11, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She wrote the six-issue miniseries ''Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death'' and a few Wonder Woman issues for DC.<ref>{{cite web |title=Amy Chu |url=https://www.dccomics.com/talent/amy-chu |website=DC Comics |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=2018}}</ref>
In 2023, she won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.<ref>https://www.thebramstokerawards.com/front-page/the-2023-bram-stoker-awards-final-ballot/</ref>
== Early life == Chu was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968,<ref name="weddings" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Chu|first1=Amy|date=January 3, 2018|title=A M Y C H U | website= Instagram |url= https://www.instagram.com/p/BdfscAJhtmW/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/BdfscAJhtmW |archive-date=December 26, 2021 |url-access=registration|accessdate=November 1, 2018 |language=en|quote=Thanks for all the #happybirthday birthday wishes! Got my free coffee from starbucks. Wish it was @deathwishcoffee though!}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and moved frequently in her youth, spending her formative years in Iowa.<ref name="girlslikeyou">{{cite web |title=Amy Chu |url=http://www.girlslikeyouandme.com/amy-chu/ |website=Girls Like You and Me |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en}}</ref> In 1989, she received dual degrees at Wellesley College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology for East Asian Studies and Architectural Design, respectively.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garrett |first1=Jennifer E. |title=Wonder Writer |url=https://magazine.wellesley.edu/fall-2015/wonder-writer |website=Wellesley Magazine |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=2015}}</ref><ref name="slant">{{cite web |author1=SC |title=Interview with Amy Chu |url=https://medium.com/the-chinese-kite/interview-with-amy-chu-91fd39a7e6c4 |website=comics w/ a slant |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |date=May 9, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Asselin |first1=Janelle |title=Hire This Woman: Writer Amy Chu |url=http://comicsalliance.com/hire-this-woman-writer-amy-chu/ |website=ComicsAlliance |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=December 18, 2013}}</ref> After working overseas, she returned to the US and attended Harvard Business School for her MBA in 1999.<ref name="harvardwood">{{cite web |title=Amy Chu MBA '99 |url=https://www.harvardwood.org/mp201802 |website=Harvardwood |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=February 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Chu |first1=Amy |title=The Adventures of Amy Chu |url=https://www.alumni.hbs.edu/stories/Pages/story-bulletin.aspx?num=4943 |website=Harvard Business School |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=December 1, 2015}}</ref>
== Career == Chu worked in Hong Kong from 1995 to 1997, running the Macau tourism office.<ref name="girlslikeyou" />
In 2010, Chu started Alpha Girl Comics when she and her friend, Georgia Lee, discussed the lack of female voices in comics.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Chu |first1=Amy |title=About Us |url=https://alphagirlcomics.wordpress.com/about/ |website=ALPHA GIRL COMICS |date=October 8, 2011 |accessdate=September 7, 2018}}</ref><ref name="slant" /> Chu took a course in creative writing and developed her interest in comics writing from there.<ref name="harvardwood" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Horne |first1=Karama |title=Indie Comics Spotlight: Amy Chu talks Poison Ivy, Summit, Kato's daughter and why Killer Croc is her fave |url=https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/indie-comics-spotlight-amy-chu-talks-poison-ivy-summit-katos-daughter-and-why-killer-croc |website=Syfy.com |accessdate= September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=June 2, 2018}}</ref> She has continued to focus on the lack of representation of women in the comics industry speaking on panels at comic events.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Abad-Santos |first1=Alexander |title=If Wall Street Is More Open to Women than Comics, We Have a Problem |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2013/10/if-wall-street-more-open-women-comics-we-have-problem/310078/ |website=The Atlantic |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |date=October 11, 2013}}</ref>
She published three collections of short stories under Alpha Girl Comics titled ''Girls Night Out'' from 2012 to 2014.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Morries |first1=Steve |title=Amy Chu Kickstarts a Third Volume of 'Girls Night Out' [Interview] |url=https://www.comicsbeat.com/amy-chu-kickstarts-a-third-volume-of-girls-night-out-interview/ |website=Comics Beat |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=April 7, 2014}}</ref> Several were funded through Kickstarter, as well as in 2017, a remaster and collection of all three volumes into paperback format.<ref>{{cite web |title=AMY CHU – GIRLS NIGHT OUT: Kickstarter Gold Edition |url=https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/amychu/amy-chu-girls-night-out-kickstarter-gold-edition |website=Kickstarter |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=July 31, 2017}}</ref>
Chu has been writing ''Red Sonja'' for Dynamite Entertainment since late 2016.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Johnston |first1=Rich |title=Red Sonja Back In The Bikini Chainmail As Amy Chu Launches New Series With Carlos Gomez For December |url=https://www.bleedingcool.com/2016/09/01/red-sonja-back-in-the-bikini-chainmail-as-amy-chu-launches-series-dynamite-with-carlos-gomez-for-december/ |website=Bleeding Cool |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> She also started working on Dynamite's ''KISS'' in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dynamite® Kiss #1 |url=https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513025273901011 |website=Dynamite Entertainment |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=October 2016}}</ref> Chu took over writing duties for Dynamite's ''Green Hornet'' beginning with the 2018 run.<ref>{{cite web |title=Dynamite® Green Hornet Vol. 2 #1 |url=https://www.dynamite.com/htmlfiles/viewProduct.html?PRO=C72513026517301011 |website=Dynamite Entertainment |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=March 2018}}</ref>
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.<ref name="koreatimes" />
Chu wrote a comic adaptation of ''Carmilla'' drawn by Soo Lee titled ''Carmilla: The First Vampire'' set in 1990s New York City.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Carmilla: The First Vampire TPB :: Profile :: Dark Horse Comics |url=https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/3010-192/Carmilla-The-First-Vampire-TPB |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=www.darkhorse.com}}</ref> Her work went on to win the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.<ref name="2023Locus">{{Cite web |date=June 3, 2024 |title=2023 Stoker Awards Winners |url=https://locusmag.com/2024/06/2023-stoker-awards-winners/ |access-date=June 11, 2024 |website=Locus Online |language=en-US}}</ref>
== Personal life == In 2001, Chu married Laurence Chang, an investment analyst who is also a graduate of Harvard; they both kept their surnames.<ref name="weddings">{{cite web |title=Weddings; Amy Chu, Laurence Chang |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/27/style/weddings-amy-chu-laurence-chang.html |work=The New York Times |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |language=en |date=May 27, 2001|quote=Ms. Chu, 33...}}</ref> They have two children and as of 2018 reside in Princeton, New Jersey.<ref name="koreatimes">{{cite news |last1=Aa-young |first1=Kang |title='Ant-Man' author to write comic about Seoul |url= https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/culture/2018/08/135_254812.html |accessdate=September 7, 2018 |work=The Korea Times |date=August 31, 2018 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="girlslikeyou" />
== Bibliography == === Writer ===
;Alpha Girl Comics *''Girls Night Out'' (2010–2017) **''Girls Night Out'' (tpb, 104 pages, 2017) collects: *** "And Other Stories" (with Cabbral, Louie Chin, Silvio dB, Craig Yeung and Chris Sotomayor, in #1, 2010) *** "Tales of New York" (with Brian Shearer, Cabbral, Craig Yeung, Gannon Beck, Louie Chin, Rachelle Rosenberg, Sean Chen, Silvio dB and Tom Chu, in #2, 2011) *** "The Way Love Goes" (with Larry Hama, Craig Yeung, Sean Von Gorman, Louie Chin, Anderson Cabral and Silvio dB, in #3, 2014) *''The VIP Room'' (one shot, with Silvio dB, 20 pages, 2013)
;Dark Horse Comics *''The Secret Loves of Geeks'' (2018) **''The Secret Loves of Geeks'' (tpb, 200 pages, February 2018, {{ISBN|1-5067-0473-5}}) collects: ***"First Loves" (with Valentine De Landro, February 2018) *''Carmilla: The First Vampire'' (2023)
;Darryl Makes Comics *''DMC'' (2014–2015) **''DMC GN #2'' (tpb, 100 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|0-9904636-1-3}}) collects: ***"LAK6 Remixed!" (with Alison M Smith, in #1.5, October 2015)
;Dynamite Entertainment *''Kiss'' (October 2016 – July 2017) **''Kiss: The Elder Vol. 1 – A World Without Sun'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-5241-0298-9}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Kewber Ball, in #1-5, October 2016 – February 2017) **''Kiss: The Elder Vol. 2 – Odyssey'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-5241-0509-0}}) ***"Untitled" (with Kewber Ball, in #6-10, March 2017 – July 2017) *''Kiss: The Demon'' (limited series) (January 2017 – April 2017) **''Kiss: The Demon'' (tpb, 106 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-5241-0368-3}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Erik Burnham, Eman Cassalos, in #1-4, 2017) *''Red Sonja Vol. 4'' (December 2016 – Jan 2019) **''Red Sonja: Worlds Away Vol. 1'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-5241-0376-4}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Carlos Gomez, in #0-6, December 2016 – June 2017) **''Red Sonja: Worlds Away Vol. 2 – Back Roads'' (tpb, 184 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5241-0582-1}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Carlos Gomez, in #7-11, July 2017 – November 2017) **''Red Sonja: Worlds Away Vol. 3 – Hell or Hyrkania'' (tpb, 140 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5241-0714-X}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Carlos Gomez, in #12-13, December 2017 – January 2018) ***"Untitled" (with Erik Burnham, Carlos Gomez, in #14-16, February 2018 – April 2018) *''Green Hornet Vol. 2'' (March 2018 – June 2018) **''Green Hornet Vol. 1: Generations'' (tpb, 128 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5241-0796-4}}) collects ***"Untitled" (with German Erramouspe, in #1-5, March 2018 – June 2018) *''Dejah Thoris Vol. 2'' (January 2018 – November 2018) **''Dejah Thoris: The Gardens of Mars'' (tpb, 156 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5241-0730-1}}) ***"Untitled" (with Pasquale Qualano, in #0-5, January 2018 – June 2018) ***"Red Sonja & Vampirella Meet Betty & Veronica" (1-12, May 2019-May 2020) ***"Red Sonja 1982" (June 2021)
;DC Comics *''Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman'' **''Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman'' (tpb, 168 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-4012-5862-X}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Bernard Chang, in #7, February 2015) *''Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death'' (January 2016 – June 2016) **''Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death'' (tpb, 144 pages, 2013, {{ISBN|1-4012-6451-4}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Clay Mann, Seth Mann, Sandu Florea, Cliff Richards, Scott Hanna, in #1-6, 2016) *''Wonder Woman '77 Special'' **''Wonder Woman '77 Special'' Volume 2 (tpb, 159 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-4012-6788-2}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Dario Brizuela, in #4, September 2016)
;IDW Publishing *''The X-Files'' (2017) **''Deviations'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|1-63140-675-2}}) collects: ***"Time and Being" (with Silvia Califano and Elena Casagrande, oneshot, March 2016)
;Image Comics *''Where We Live'' (2018) **''Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas'' (tpb, 336 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-5343-0822-9}}) collects: ***"Jesse Slays the Dragon" (with Gabriel Hernandez Walta, May 2018)
;Lion Forge Comics *''Catalyst Prime: Summit'' (2017 – present) **''Summit Vol. 1: The Long Way Home'' (tpb, 152 pages, 2018, {{ISBN|1-941302-68-8}}) collects: ***"Untitled" (with Jan Duursema, in #1-4, December 2017 – March 2018)
;Marvel *''A Year of Marvels'' (2016) **''A Year of Marvels Vol. 1'' (tpb, 208 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-302-90295-4}}) collects: ***"Spring Break! Ant-Man Style!" (with Ryan Browne, #3, March 2016) *''Deadpool'' (2015–2017) **''Deadpool: World's Greatest Vol. 2: End Of Error'' (tpb, 136 pages, 2016, {{ISBN|0-7851-9618-8}}) collects: ***"Tales of the Mercs for Money: Foolkiller" (with Emilio Laiso, in #7, April 2016) *''Secret Empire: Brave New World'' (2017) **''Secret Empire: Brave New World Vol. 1'' (tpb, 121 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-302-50102-X}}) collects: ***"All the World's a Stage" (with Kate Niemczyk, in #4, July 2017)
;Papercutz *''Ana and the Cosmic Race'' (graphic novel, with Kata Kane, 96 pages, 2017, {{ISBN|1-62991-959-4}})
;Valiant *''X-O Manowar'' (2012–2016) **''X-O Manowar Vol. 10: Exodus'' (tpb, 143 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-939346-93-2}}) collects: ***"The Lady Saana" (with Clayton Henry, in #38, July 2015)
;Vertigo *''Vertigo Quarterly CMYK'' (2014–2015) **''Vertigo Quarterly CMYK'' (tpb, 296 pages, 2015, {{ISBN|1-4012-5336-9}}) collects: ***"Cyan" (with Alitha E. Martinez, June 2014)
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{Official website}} *[https://alphagirlcomics.wordpress.com/ Alpha Girl Comics website]
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