Ava's Demon

• Title — Ava's Demon • Author — Michelle Czajkowski Fus • Url — www.avasdemon.com • Status — Sporadic • First — 2012 • Genre — Sci-fi, Fantasy

Ava's Demon is set in the year 3031 AD, in a universe of interplanetary travel and advanced medical science, where some people have obtained god-like powers through science. The comic follows Ava Ire, a teenager that has a personal demon that has tormented her since her birth. The demon, Wrathia, can briefly possess her and make her scream violent insanities, and has urged her to commit suicide. After Ava comes close to death, Wrathia reveals what she truly is – the ghost of an alien queen – and offers Ava a pact. The pact requires Ava to bind more closely to Wrathia, and to help Wrathia defeat a being with numerous followers. Wrathia seeks revenge on Titan, a god-like figure who destroyed Wrathia's empire. Ava also learns that other people have demons as well.

Fus said that they wanted to create comics since childhood, but to make money went into 3D animation and worked for both Pixar and DreamWorks. While interning at Pixar, they were taught the process of creating successful stories. Fus started working on Ava's Demon during their spare time while working at DreamWorks – at the time, they did not expect it to make a sustainable career. Fus described the original idea for Ava's Demon as "a collage of stuff I’ve absorbed that I really like, like The Fifth Element and Alien and Kubrick films."

According to its website, the art of Ava's Demon, Fus' illustrations are colored by Fus and five "official colorists", two of whom also run their own webcomics. The webcomic includes some pages which are a single panel, advanced by a button, which io9 said "give [their] comic a rhythmic, almost animated quality." In addition, occasional panels are animated, and some key scenes have more elaborate animations, played over music on Vimeo and YouTube videos.

In 2013, Fus started a crowdfunding project through Kickstarter to self-publish the first volume of Ava's Demon. Besides a full-color book, Fus offered downloads for the animated comics. The webcomic successfully raised $217,036 USD by June 2013. In 2015, another Kickstarter campaign was launched to publish the second volume of Ava's Demon, as well as to re-print the first volume. Along with donation perks, an animated chapter video would be created by Studio Yotta, known for their animated videos for internet comedy group Starbomb. The campaign was successfully funded. Fus has opened up a shop for Ava's Demon where the first two books can be purchased, alongside a variety of printed art and novelty items. Fus is active on a variety of social platforms including Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and Discord. On their Twitter, Fus posts update announcements as well as any notices about hiatuses the comic will take. In 2020, it was announced the comic would be republished by Skybound Entertainment. A Kickstarter campaign was held for a new hardcover edition of the first volume. It became the most-funded webcomic Kickstarter, later beaten by Check, Please!