Well that didn’t last long did it? A brave attempt to get the fantasy book reading crowd into the comic book stores, that never quite seemed to find a place in either market.
The official press release is rambling and vague, so here is the best summary from Tom McLean at Variety’s Bags & Boards comics blog.
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| Marvel’s relatively recent and high-profile co-publishing arrangement with Dabel Bros. has come to an end after less than a year.
Move comes as a surprise given the success the Dabel imprint had in launching its titles, most notably "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter," which was a hot seller that brought author Laurell K. Hamilton’s fans into comicbook shops and is presumably primed to be a huge bookstore market hit when it’s collected. Dabel will return to self-publishing, while Marvel will hang onto and continue to publish a number of the properties Dabel began, including "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter." |