Amy Chu


Amy Chu is an American comic book author who runs the comic imprint Alpha Girl Comics as well as writing comics for other publishers. She wrote the six-issue miniseries Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death and a few Wonder Woman issues for DC.
In 2023, she won the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

Early life

Chu was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1968, and moved frequently in her youth, spending her formative years in Iowa. In 1989, she received dual degrees at Wellesley College and Massachusetts Institute of Technology for East Asian Studies and Architectural Design, respectively. After working overseas, she returned to the US and attended Harvard Business School for her MBA in 1999.

Career

Chu worked in Hong Kong from 1995 to 1997, running the Macau tourism office.
In 2010, Chu started Alpha Girl Comics when she and her friend, Georgia Lee, discussed the lack of female voices in comics. Chu took a course in creative writing and developed her interest in comics writing from there. She has continued to focus on the lack of representation of women in the comics industry speaking on panels at comic events.
She published three collections of short stories under Alpha Girl Comics titled Girls Night Out from 2012 to 2014. Several were funded through Kickstarter, as well as in 2017, a remaster and collection of all three volumes into paperback format.
Chu has been writing Red Sonja for Dynamite Entertainment since late 2016. She also started working on Dynamite's KISS in 2016. Chu took over writing duties for Dynamite's Green Hornet beginning with the 2018 run.
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.
Chu wrote a comic adaptation of Carmilla drawn by Soo Lee titled Carmilla: The First Vampire set in 1990s New York City. Her work went on to win the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Graphic Novel.

Personal life

In 2001, Chu married Laurence Chang, an investment analyst who is also a graduate of Harvard; they both kept their surnames. They have two children and as of 2018 reside in Princeton, New Jersey.

Writer

;Alpha Girl Comics
  • Girls Night Out
  • *Girls Night Out collects:
  • ** "And Other Stories"
  • ** "Tales of New York"
  • ** "The Way Love Goes"
  • The VIP Room
;Dark Horse Comics
  • The Secret Loves of Geeks
  • *The Secret Loves of Geeks collects:
  • **"First Loves"
  • Carmilla: The First Vampire
;Darryl Makes Comics
  • DMC
  • *DMC GN #2 collects:
  • **"LAK6 Remixed!"
;Dynamite Entertainment
  • Kiss
  • *Kiss: The Elder Vol. 1 – A World Without Sun collects:
  • **"Untitled"
  • *Kiss: The Elder Vol. 2 – Odyssey
  • **"Untitled"
  • Kiss: The Demon
  • *Kiss: The Demon collects:
  • **"Untitled"
  • Red Sonja Vol. 4
  • *Red Sonja: Worlds Away Vol. 1 collects:
  • **"Untitled"
  • *Red Sonja: Worlds Away Vol. 2 – Back Roads collects:
  • **"Untitled"
  • *Red Sonja: Worlds Away Vol. 3 – Hell or Hyrkania collects:
  • **"Untitled"
  • **"Untitled"
  • Green Hornet Vol. 2
  • *Green Hornet Vol. 1: Generations collects
  • **"Untitled"
  • Dejah Thoris Vol. 2
  • *Dejah Thoris: The Gardens of Mars
  • **"Untitled"
  • **"Red Sonja & Vampirella Meet Betty & Veronica"
  • **"Red Sonja 1982"
;DC Comics
  • Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman
  • *Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman collects:
  • **"Untitled"
  • Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death
  • *Poison Ivy: Cycle of Life and Death collects:
  • **"Untitled"
  • Wonder Woman '77 Special
  • *Wonder Woman '77 Special Volume 2 collects:
  • **"Untitled"
;IDW Publishing
  • The X-Files
  • *Deviations collects:
  • **"Time and Being"
;Image Comics
  • Where We Live
  • *Where We Live: A Benefit for the Survivors in Las Vegas collects:
  • **"Jesse Slays the Dragon"
;Lion Forge Comics
;Marvel
  • A Year of Marvels
  • *A Year of Marvels Vol. 1 collects:
  • **"Spring Break! Ant-Man Style!"
  • Deadpool
  • *Deadpool: World's Greatest Vol. 2: End Of Error collects:
  • **"Tales of the Mercs for Money: Foolkiller"
  • Secret Empire: Brave New World
  • *Secret Empire: Brave New World Vol. 1 collects:
  • **"All the World's a Stage"
;Papercutz
;Valiant
  • X-O Manowar
  • *X-O Manowar Vol. 10: Exodus collects:
  • **"The Lady Saana"
;Vertigo
  • Vertigo Quarterly CMYK
  • *Vertigo Quarterly CMYK collects:
  • **"Cyan"