Archaia Entertainment, LLC was originally an American comic book publishing company established by Mark Smylie in 2002.
[4] In April 2006 the company announced they would be expanding their publishing to encompass projects from third parties that were not created by original founder Mark Smylie.
"It wasn't long – out of equal parts necessity and entrepreneurialism – before the New Jersey–based painter realized that simply putting out his own work, regardless of how critically acclaimed it was, simply wouldn't be enough, and, along with business partner Aki Liao, began actively searching for both new and existing material to publish under the Archaia banner.
"[4] In May 2008, Smylie announced they would be restructuring the company in order to address late-shipping books following the departure of Archaia's co-publisher Aki Liao.
"We also want to make sure we emerge in the next few months from our reorganization with a release schedule that we can hit on a regular basis, as guaranteed as possible".
[11] In March, 2012, Warner Bros. announced that it had picked up Sean Rubin’s upcoming graphic novel Bolivar for an intended animated feature film.