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In just a few short years, Dabel Brothers Productions has grown from a small company founded by four creative brothers into a well-known comic book studio that has brought some of the most popular fantasy novels into the visual medium through well-produced comic books and graphic novels.
Initially launched in 2000 by Ernst, Les, Pascal, and David Dabel, and briefly rechristened “Roaring Studios” between 2002-2003, the company began as a developer studio publishing through Image Comics with a small lineup of original titles. But the Dabel Brothers had a bigger vision for their company - they wanted to produce a comic book adaptation of New York Times Bestselling author George R. R. Martin's epic fantasy series, "A Song of Ice and Fire." Though Mr. Martin was intrigued by the prospect and impressed by the brothers' passion for his books, he suggested that they first adapt a recently written novella that served as a prequel to his novel series. The brothers began work on assembling their creative team, and production began on their first major title, The Hedge Knight (2003). It was a massive success both in terms of sales and critical response, even earning the top spot in the graphic novel section of Amazon.com for 2004. Thrilled with their success, the Dabel Brothers began speaking to several other major fantasy and science fiction authors about licensing other popular works. They began immediate work on Richard A. Knaak's Dragonlance: The Legend of Huma (2003) and followed up with Raymond E. Feist's The Wood Boy (2004), Robert Silverberg's The Seventh Shrine (2004), Tad Williams's The Burning Man (2004), and Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time: New Spring (2005). (Adding to this impressive pedigree, many of these titles featured covers from legendary sci-fi and fantasy artists such as Michael Kaluta, Boris Valejo, Tom Mandrake, Julie Bell, Ted Nasmith and the Brothers Hildebrandt!) The brothers also complemented their fantasy lineup with a strong selection of studio titles, including the original Legacy (2002) and Imperial Dragons (2005), as well as the English adaptation of the classic European conspiracy story, XIII (2007). In September, 2006, the Dabel Brothers stunned the world by announcing that they were entering into a publishing partnership with Marvel Comics. The Dabels went on to launch yet another defining title, Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter in Guilty Pleasures. The comic book adaptation of this beloved romantic horror novel sold so well that the first issue enjoyed three printings, while subsequent issues received at least one reprint. In 2007, the Dabel Brothers relaunched several of their self-published titles through Marvel, including Orson Scott Card’s Red Prophet: Tales of Alvin Maker and Wyrms, Raymond E. Feist’s Magician: Apprentice, Monte Cook’s Ptolus: City by the Spire, and George R. R. Martin’s sequel to The Hedge Knight, The Sworn Sword. As the second half of 2007 dawns, the Dabel Brothers plan to continue to expand their library of adapted books, including: · R.A. Salvatore’s The Highwayman · Kinley MacGregor’s Lords of Avalon: Sword of Darkness · Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake: The First Death · And many more! DabelBrothersProductions's BulletinsDisplaying 1-4 of 4 bulletins...
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