Hey everyone, I’m Greg Street, Head of Creative Development 
here at Riot.
Today I’d like to share an update about the future of comics
 heading into 2019.
Over the last couple of years, we’ve released several comics
such as Ryze: The Burning Lands and Varus: Retribution.
We used these pieces to explore how best to tell stories in 
the League Universe
and now I want to talk a little bit about what we learned.
First, we experimented with different art styles
and have zeroed in on what we think are the right ones to 
tell our stories.
Second, through your feedback, we learned that you want 
longer stories than what a single issue is able to contain.
And then finally, we learned that it’s really difficult to 
coordinate the release of a comic
with the release of a League champion since so much can 
change even up to the last minute.
Going forward, we’re going to use comics less as a 
promotional tool to hype new releases 
and more to fill out and expand upon the League universe.
So with all of this in mind, we wanted to find a partner
who really understood the comics business.
We have a strong story foundations
and we think we know how to tell them in a heroic way -
but we aren’t experts in comics publishing and distribution.
Hopefully you’ve already heard by now 
that we think we’ve found the perfect partner in Marvel.
We see a lot of parallels between the Marvel universe and 
the League universe,
since both have a huge cast of characters,
really strong themes, but a world with a lot of richness and
 detail.
We also aspire to be like Marvel
looking back at hundreds of stories when we're developing 
new projects.
So, what are you going to see?
The first product of our partnership in Marvel is coming in 
December.
 Ashe: Warmother.
In it, Ashe is going to come to terms with her mother’s 
expectations 
and set out on a quest that will end up changing Runeterra.
You’ll learn more about Ashe’s origins,
but we also want to move the timeline of Runeterra forward,
so we want to develop series not just about what happened 
before
but also about what happens next.
Our plan is to release new comics regularly throughout 2019 
and leading into 2020,
with a goal of having multiple series releasing each month.
We have three series lined up already,
and we can’t wait for them to come out of the shadows and 
into the light.
We’re also excited to be able to offer physical copies.
While Riot is largely a digital company,
we think there’s something awesome about being able to hold 
a comic book in your hands.
By the end of 2019, we want to start offering comics for 
sale,
just like any other Marvel comic, ideally at the same time 
they're available digitally.
We'll still release all of our comics for free on Universe
six months after release just to make sure nobody misses 
out.
This really is just the beginning for comics.
With Marvel as our partner, we see an exciting future
for fans of both League of Legends and comic books, and we 
can’t wait to hear what you guys think.
We’ll be back soon with another update
talking about what else Creative Development is working on 
coming in early 2019.
Thanks.
