WildStorm Changes WoW Monthly Comic To Graphic Novel Format, The Guild Comic Incoming From Dark Horse
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We knew that WildStorm and Blizzard were changing up the structure of the monthly World of Warcraft comic, splitting the Horde and Alliance stories, but no one expected it to be completely canceled. According to IGN's comic gurus, WildStorm and Blizzard have decided to axe the monthly installments in favor of full-fledged graphic novels. It's unknown if the faction split that was previously announced will roll over to the graphic novels. We also don't know if we are going to see those stories played out, or if the novels are going to move in a different direction. We've requested a comment from WildStorm and will get back to you with any information.
What do we know? Well, the the monthly serial will wrap with World of Warcraft Special, reportedly available now, and StarCraft's tale will end with late January's issue #7.
I, and many other readers, expect to be quiet happy with the change. I've never picked the issues up on a monthly basis previously, preferring the hardcover, single installments to dozens of flimsy, easily destroyed pages, so the one-shot deal is right up my alley. I also expect that the artists and writers will be given additional time to craft their tales and plan their art. Hopefully that will end the mixed reviews between readers. WildStorm tends to agree:
"While WildStorm and Blizzard loved the stories being told in the regular monthly comic-book series, we decided that the graphic novel would be a more suitable medium for the tales we wanted to tell next," said Hank Kanalz, VP & General Manager of WildStorm. "The larger format will give our artists and storytellers more room to explore Blizzard's rich, varied worlds and flesh out the characters that inhabit these places" (emphasis mine, on both accounts).
In other WoW-related comic news, the popular web series The Guild is reportedly moving to the colorful format thanks to Dark Horse Comics. Issues are due out in March 2010 and are penned by Felicia Day.
Maybe Alex can get a cameo in there too?
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We knew that WildStorm and Blizzard were changing up the structure of the monthly World of Warcraft comic, splitting the Horde and Alliance stories, but no one expected it to be completely canceled. According to IGN's comic gurus, WildStorm and Blizzard have decided to axe the monthly installments in favor of full-fledged graphic novels. It's unknown if the faction split that was previously announced will roll over to the graphic novels. We also don't know if we are going to see those stories played out, or if the novels are going to move in a different direction. We've requested a comment from WildStorm and will get back to you with any information.
What do we know? Well, the the monthly serial will wrap with World of Warcraft Special, reportedly available now, and StarCraft's tale will end with late January's issue #7.
I, and many other readers, expect to be quiet happy with the change. I've never picked the issues up on a monthly basis previously, preferring the hardcover, single installments to dozens of flimsy, easily destroyed pages, so the one-shot deal is right up my alley. I also expect that the artists and writers will be given additional time to craft their tales and plan their art. Hopefully that will end the mixed reviews between readers. WildStorm tends to agree:
"While WildStorm and Blizzard loved the stories being told in the regular monthly comic-book series, we decided that the graphic novel would be a more suitable medium for the tales we wanted to tell next," said Hank Kanalz, VP & General Manager of WildStorm. "The larger format will give our artists and storytellers more room to explore Blizzard's rich, varied worlds and flesh out the characters that inhabit these places" (emphasis mine, on both accounts).
In other WoW-related comic news, the popular web series The Guild is reportedly moving to the colorful format thanks to Dark Horse Comics. Issues are due out in March 2010 and are penned by Felicia Day.
Maybe Alex can get a cameo in there too?
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