Absurd Ventures is a storytelling-driven entertainment company based in Santa Monica, California, that creates original intellectual property across video games, live-action and animated film and television, audio fiction, comic books, graphic novels, and books. Its work spans multiple technical domains, including video game development, film and television production, animation, publishing, and comic book creation.
The company's projects include the science-fiction open-world action-adventure video game A Better Paradise and the comedy satire open-world game Absurdaverse. It operates Absurd Ventures Press, a publishing imprint distributed by Simon & Schuster, and partners with Dark Horse Comics for the comic series American Caper.
Absurd Ventures emphasizes narrative excellence and world-building, with a transmedia approach that develops stories across various platforms and formats.
