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.<\/p>\n
The official press release is rambling and vague, so here is the best summary from Tom McLean at Variety’s Bags & Boards<\/a> comics blog.<\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n
Quote:<\/b><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n| Marvel’s relatively recent and high-profile co-publishing arrangement with Dabel Bros. has come to an end after less than a year.<\/p>\n | 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.<\/p>\n 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."<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 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 … Continue reading |