Dabel Brothers release news and first images of THE EYE OF THE WORLD
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We actually received this last month, but for various reasons, we just never got around to posting it before. (Sorry about that!)
The Dabel Brothers and Tor Books are due to release "Issue 0" of their EYE OF THE WORLD graphic novel. Below is the press release, along with some sample artwork featuring work by popular fan artists Seamas Gallagher, and Jeremy Saliba.
Tor & Dabel Brothers Announce Wheel of Time® Comics Schedule
Robert Jordan's beloved series of novels being adapted to comics, first books shipping April '09
ATLANTA, GA – February 7, 2009 – Dabel Brothers Publishing, in collaboration with Tor Books, is pleased to announce more details and the publishing schedule for Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time comic books and graphic novels. All the books will be produced by the Dabel Brothers, who will be working with Robert Jordan's estate, and be published initially as comics, then collected and published as graphic novel collections by Tor Books.
In the last few years before his death, Robert Jordan worked closely with the Dabel Brothers on graphic adaptations of his bestselling Wheel of Time series. The first fruit of this collaboration was the comic book adaptation of New Spring, the
New York Times
bestselling prequel to the series.
The New Spring comic series, which is 8 issues long, was started in 2005 and was published up through issue #5. It tells the story of the search for the infant Dragon Reborn and of the adventures of Moiraine Damodred, a young Aes Sedai, and Lan Mandragoran, the uncrowned king of a long-dead nation. Dabel Brothers Publishing will be finishing the series in 2009, with issue #6 shipping in April, and issues 7 and 8 each shipping on a monthly basis thereafter.
Also in April '09, Dabel Brothers Publishing will be releasing
Dragonmount #0, which is a prequel and lead-in to the graphical adaptation
The Eye of the World
, the best-selling first volume of Robert Jordan's acclaimed fantasy series, The Wheel of Time. The Dabels will be launching
The Eye of the World
in May. The book will feature art by Chase Conley, with Chuck Dixon helming the script adaptation. Subsequent issues will ship on a regular monthly basis.
Tor Books is proud to publish the
New Spring graphic novel in November 2009. The Dabel Bros. will be adding special bonus material to the book, including developmental art, pages from scripts, and correspondence between Robert Jordan and Chuck Dixon.
New Spring
the graphic novel will also have a stunning, brand new, fully painted cover by artist Michael Kormarck.
Tor will publish the first
Eye of the World graphic novel in July 2010. This graphic novel will collect the first 6 issues of the
Eye of the World
comic book and will feature similar bonus material and added content from the Dabels, as well as striking new cover art. Future graphic novel collections will be released on a regular basis, approximately every nine months.
Universal Pictures acquired the movie rights to The Wheel of Time in August 2008, and currently plan to adapt
The Eye of the World as the first movie. The last four volumes in the series have reached #1 on the
New York Times
bestseller list and the 11 Wheel of Time novels published so far have sold more than 44 million copies worldwide.
Robert Jordan is the multiple
New York Times,
USA Today
,
Wall Street Journal, Publishers Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Washington Post
, and
Toronto Globe and Mail
best-selling author of
The Wheel of Time
.
Tor Books, an imprint of Tom Doherty Associates, LLC, is a New York-based publisher of hardcover and softcover books, founded in 1980 and committed (although not limited) to SF and fantasy literature. Between an extensive hardcover and trade paperback line, the Orb backlist program, and a stronghold in mass-market paperback, Tor annually publishes what is arguably the largest and most diverse line of science fiction and fantasy ever produced by a single English-language publisher. Books from Tor have won every major award in the SF and fantasy fields and Tor has been named Best Publisher in the Locus Poll, the largest consumer poll in SF, for twenty consecutive years.
Dabel Brothers Publishing, LLC, is a comic book studio dedicated to bringing many of the best and most popular novels in the world of fantasy to the comic book medium. Since its inception in 2001 they have produced adaptations of novels by bestselling authors including George R.R. Martin, Orson Scott Card, Laurell K. Hamilton, Raymond E. Feist, Tad Williams, Richard A. Knaak, and Robert Silverberg. Currently on the schedule is a remarkable list of high-profile projects including adaptations of major novels by bestselling authors: Dean Koontz's
Frankenstein: Prodigal Son, an original story set in the world of Jim Butcher's bestselling series The Dresden Files, a
Wild Cards
series edited and overseen by George R. R. Martin, and a brand-new Mercy Thompson adventure by Patricia Briggs titled
Mercy Thompson: Homecoming
. Additionally, the Dabels will be publishing their first movie-based comics with the release of
The Warriors
in 2009, working with Paramount Licensing.
More information about Dabel Brothers Publishing can be found at
Shortly after that press release, we received the following:
Dabel Brothers Publishing is proud to provide a sneak peak of the first 10 inked pages to "The Wheel of Time: Eye of the World #0 - Dragonmount", with art by Chase Conley. The series is being adapted to comics by Chuck Dixon.
The Wheel of Time
saga begins here with the "Fall of the Dragon" and the "Breaking of the World" in this prelude issue to the ongoing series. Look for a full digitally painted and lettered preview of these pages in the coming weeks.
Universal Pictures acquired the movie rights to
The Wheel of Time in August 2008, and currently have plans to adapt
The Eye of the World
as the first movie. The last four volumes in the series have reached #1 on the
New York Time
s bestseller list and the 11
Wheel of Time
novels published so far have sold more than 44 million copies worldwide, 15 million in North America alone, making Robert Jordan today's pre-eminent fantasy storyteller and this comic series one of the most highly anticipated in recent years.
"The Wheel of Time: Eye of the World #0 - Dragonmount" hits stores everywhere April 29th.
Please check our website
for updates.
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