Stephen Christy

Stephen Christy (born 1985) is an American film and television producer, entertainment executive, and former graphic novel editor. He is the President of Development at graphic novel publisher Boom! Studios, where he oversees Boom!'s first look deals with Disney/20th Century Studios and Netflix. He was formerly editor-in-chief at Archaia Entertainment, where he won two Eisner Awards, as the editor of Jim Henson's Tale of Sand and Return of the Dapper Men.

Early life and education Christy was born and raised in Chicago, Illinois. and then Emerson College in Boston, Massachusetts, graduating in 2007 with a degree in film and television production. While at Emerson, he co-founded the literary anthology Thread, which publishes screenplays, plays and lame comic book scripts; produced original content for the Emerson Channel; and interned at Marvel Comics and DC Comics in New York City.

Career

Archaia Entertainment Following graduation, Christy briefly worked in reality television, and then at Devil's Due Publishing, opening a Los Angeles office for the Chicago-based small press publisher.

Christy served as editor-in-chief at Archaia until 2013, with notable successes including Tumor, a collaboration with Amazon.com that was released serially on the Kindle prior to its hardcover publication, and was the first graphic novel created specifically for the Kindle; the American English-language re-launch of Shotaro Ishinomori's classic manga Cyborg 009; and the publication of Jim Henson's A Tale of Sand, a graphic novel adaptation by Ramon Perez, based on an unproduced screenplay by Jim Henson. In a publishing partnership with The Jim Henson Company, which Christy helped negotiate in 2009, Archaia published numerous graphic novels based on Henson properties, including The Storyteller, The Dark Crystal, Labyrinth, The Musical Monsters of Turkey Hollow and Fraggle Rock.

During Christy's tenure, Archaia won five Eisner Awards. In 2011, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard won for Best Anthology, while Return of the Dapper Men won for Best Graphic Album: New. In 2012, Tale of Sand won three Eisner Awards, for Best Graphic Album: New, Best Publication Design and Best Penciller/Inker. The graphic novel also won two Harvey Awards and a Joe Shuster Award. creating the largest library of comic book IP outside of Marvel and DC. After the acquisition of Archaia, Christy was named president of development of Boom! Studios, overseeing all film, television, web and animation projects in development at the company's four brands: Boom!, Archaia, KaBoom! And Boom! Box. In September 2014, Boom! signed a separate broadcast and cable first look television deal with 20th Century Fox TV, with Christy serving as an executive producer on any project developed with the studio. In 2017, 20th Century Fox acquired a significant minority stake in Boom! Studios. The stake was absorbed by the Walt Disney Company as part of their acquisition of the 20th Century Fox assets. That first-look deal runs through January 2021.

Christy was set to produce Mouse Guard with Matt Reeves, a $170 million CGI motion-capture fantasy film based on the graphic novels. The film was greenlit by 20th Century Fox and was to be directed by Wes Ball and set to star Idris Elba, Andy Serkis, and Thomas Brodie-Sangster. With over $25 million spent by Fox, production was halted by Disney two weeks before its scheduled start in April 2019, as a result of Fox’s merger with Disney a month earlier. A number of other Fox features were cancelled during the same period.

Christy executive produced Just Beyond, a horror-comedy anthology series that aired on Disney+ in 2021. It was created by Seth Grahame-Smith, and based on the Boom! Studios graphic novel by R. L. Stine. Christy is executive producing HexVet, an upcoming animated series for Nickelodeon, and Butterfly, an upcoming spy thriller series for Amazon Studios with Daniel Dae Kim starring and executive producing. In 2021, Boom! Studios launched the comic BRZRKR, created and co-written by Keanu Reeves. Two weeks after the launch, Netflix purchased the film rights, and also commissioned a two-season anime series. Christy will produce the adaptations, with Reeves starring in both.

Christy has sold over 40 film and television projects as a producer, including The Unsound to Netflix with David F. Sandberg producing, Goldie Vance to 20th Century Studios with Rashida Jones writing and directing and Kerry Washington producing, Misfit City to HBO Max, with Hannah Hafey and Kaitlin Smith creating and executive producing, and Something Is Killing the Children to Netflix, created by Baran bo Odar and Jantje Friese. In April 2020, it was reported that Boom! Studios signed a first-look deal with Netflix for live-action and animated series. Christy will executive produce all shows developed through the agreement. Amazon gave a series order to Butterfly in 2023, with Christy as executive producer. The six-episode first season was released on Prime Video on August 13, 2025. The series hit #1 on Amazon's top 10 charts in the US and #2 on Amazon's global top 10, and was ranked at #6 in the US on the Nielsen TV charts the week of its debut.

Filmography Film Year Title Credited as Notes 2008 Killer Poet: The Double Life of Norman Porter Associate producer Documentary 2020 The Empty Man Producer

TV series Year Title Credited as Notes 2021 Just Beyond Executive producer On Disney+ 2023 Mech Cadets Executive producer On Netflix 2024 HexVet Executive producer On Nickelodeon 2025 Butterfly Executive producer On Prime Video