About
Xigency (Pronounced [ek-si-juhn-see]) Studios, Inc. was founded in 1996 by Joe D. McFee while he was attending Illinois Institute of Technology(IIT). Xigency Studios, Inc. was called Xigency Enterprises during this time. The company was started on the basis of creating web pages for different topics and companies as a one stop source for information and/or fan sites. This was done as a means to make money and to get his name out there to potential employers upon his graduated from college. During this time, Xigency Enterprises was a one person operation where sites or pages was hosted and maintained on either a personal web site or a free web site. Companies and groups who used Xigency Enterprises ranged from comics, games, adult entertainment. You may view a list of some of our retired projects by clicking here.
Upon graduation from IIT with a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer Science, Joe started to produce his own comic book ideas from his days at IIT and high school as well as worked on video game ideas as a hobby. Joe hoped that this hobby would also assist him further into trying to break into the gaming industry as a programmer. Unfortunately, this career path has not worked out for him. As he worked in other jobs in the computer field such as Database Administrator and IT Technical Support for the State of Illinois, Joe was able to gain some help from a few friends to improve him drawing and story telling methods so that he can make a few of his comic book and video game ideas become a reality.
On December 31, 2008, Xigency Studios, Inc. launched its first comic book series called Amazonia: The Continuing Adventures of E. This comic series is actually a spin off of a series which has not been published called LLD (Last Line of Defense). During this time, it was believed that it would be best to start marketing the spin-off book before producing the comic series that started the idea. With a successful launch of Amazonia, Xigency Studios was born into the comic industry.
On May 26, 2009, Xigency Studios became an authorized comic book publisher and retailer in the State of Illinois. This was done to help promote all comics produced Xigency Studios. as a small press venture versus as hobby. One year after the successful of Amazonia on December 1, 2009, Xigency Studios moved from a sole proprietorship to a sub chapter S corporation. The name was change to Xigency Studios, Inc..
Since then, Xigency Studios has launch another successful comic series called AWF. With Amazonia and AWF, Xigency Studios, Inc. hopes to gain fans to what is called the Xigency Studios Universe. As we continue to produce more issues of Amazonia and AWF, Xigency Studios, Inc. will bring you more titles including the LLD comic series.