May 11, 2006

Now before you say comic books are for kids and just skip on to the next page, take a moment. Graphic novels have come a long way.

Nowadays, they've got all the elements of a great novel - drama, suspense, romance, engaging dialogue. Plus, you'll get some visuals to go with it. Graphic novels aren't just for teenage boys now. We've enjoyed not just the japanese shojo manga love stories like Fruitsbasket and Ceres, but also American comics like Strangers in Paradise, that read like a soap opera, going on for volumes and volumes.

This week, Dabel Brothers Productions (DB Pro) announced that they are about to release one of our favorite paranormal romance series in graphic novel form! Laurell K. Hamilton's Anita Blake, the short but tough vamp executioner that finds herself in a love triangle with a master vampire and a werewolf shapeshifter.

The series from DB Pro will faithfully adapt the Anita Blake novel series into a monthly comic book, starting with the first book, GUILTY PLEASURES, and following the story of what critics have hailed as the “R-Rated Buffy” vampire hunter series. The first issue will hit comic book stores this June.

More at: BRETT BOOTH NAMED AS ANITA BLAKE ARTIST

Dabel Brothers Productions is known for focusing on adaptations of full-length novels to graphic form. We were surprised to note that some of their past projects included favorites like the love story between the dragon and the knight, Dragonlance: The Legend of Huma.

Just this past week, the comic company announced that they will be adapting the first five novels in Kinley MacGregor's (AKA Sherrilyn Kenyon) Lords of Avalon series - about King Arthur's court.