Kingstone Productions
Category: Multimedia, comics, graphic novels, books, animation and film.
Founder: Art Iris
Founded: 2004
position: Leesburg, Florida
Representative products:Kingston Bible Comics SeriesDean Cain movies “No vacancy,” The United States Constitution Graphic novelsand “The Star-Spangled Banner,” which depicts the history of the American flag.
At a glance:
- Content that is unashamedly based on faith and patriotism.
- CEO Art Iris serves as senior pastor at First Baptist Church.
- The company’s Kingston Bible was a finalist for the Christian Book of the Year in the children’s category in 2017. The comic book Bible is now published in over 90 countries and 70 languages.
- Upcoming feature films include “18 Summers” and “The Lincoln League,” a historical biopic about America’s first black spy network.
- The pro-America comic book series “US Comics” was born from a desire to tell the great American story to future generations through comics and animation.
- The studio has been selected to produce the VeggieTales feature film Larry-Boy (2026) for NBCUniversal.
In their own words (CEO Art Iris)
Like many conservative businesses, Kingstone was already aware of a larger social disconnect about what it means to be American and a decline in patriotism in our shared history. But after reading the 1619 Project, seeing the American flag taken down as a symbol of hate, and experiencing the shadowbanning of major tech companies, we knew there was a larger effort to disassociate American history from its historical framework, and that there was no longer any shared canon.
After exhibiting at Library of America events and experiencing the far-left leanings of the library world, Kingston realized he needed a new publisher to serve as a face to the general comics and education markets.
Teens read comics and graphic novels. It’s a popular medium, and I think Christians should share the truth with them. Combining text and images also aids in long-term memory. We want young people to not only read, but remember. I’m a pastor and I’m appalled by the ignorance of the Bible in the church and in Western culture at large. The Bible lends itself well to the graphic novel format.
I love to reinvent things. A new boat shouldn’t be a rehashed version of the previous boat. I like being able to take an idea and make something that’s never been done before, or reinvent an existing boat and find a way to make it new and fresh and really excite people. I like to understand what boaters want and then figure out how to produce it and use it in a boat.
