. please help to improve it or discuss the issue on the talk page . february 2009 dabel brothers productions type limited liability company industry publishing genre fantasy science fiction horror adventure founded 2000 as roaring studios founder ernst les david and pascal dabel headquarters atlanta georgia united states products comics website dabelbrothers.com dabel brothers productions also known as db pro dbpro dabel brothers publishing and sometimes dabel brothers production is a u.s. publishing company of comic books and graphic novels . it was founded in 2001 and is based in atlanta georgia . it is best known for its comic book and graphic novel adaptations of fantasy novels by major authors like orson scott card raymond e. feist laurell k. hamilton robert jordan george r. r. martin r.a. salvatore robert silverberg tad williams jim butcher patricia briggs c.e. murphy sherrilyn kenyon and dean koontz . during the september 2006 diamond retailer summit in baltimore md marvel comics announced that they would partner with dabel brothers productions allowing their titles to receive more notice . this agreement fell through with an amicable split with marvel retaining the brothers rights as they will go on to publish dean koontz s frankenstein retelling series and others . 1 dabel brothers productions later offered titles to bookstores through an arrangement with del rey 2 and are currently partnered with dynamite entertainment . 3 contents 1 history 2 publications 2.1 licensed properties 2.2 original properties 3 notes 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was originally founded in 2000 by the four brothers ernst les pascal and david dabel as roaring studios . ernst and les were both comic book creators with an interest in the fantasy genre . during their first year the brothers produced several small original comic books . after their first two original titles the rift and waterdogs received poor reception in the comics market citation needed they looked to adapt george r. r. martin s fantasy series a song of ice and fire . 4 however martin suggested they first adapt his novella that appeared in robert silverberg s legends anthology the hedge knight which served as a prequel to the a song of ice and fire series . 4 when the hedge knight was first released in august 2003 it received positive reception and success in sales . 4 during the six issue run the studio ended their partnership with the original publisher of the series image comics and the series switched to devil s due for the remainder of its run . citation needed the hedge knight graphic novel collection went on to become one of the best selling graphic novels of 2004 . following their success with the hedge knight the dabel brothers began acquiring more literary fantasy licenses . after contacting other authors that featured in the legends anthology they received deals from three of these authors robert silverberg raymond e. feist and tad williams . they began production on silverberg s the seventh shrine feist s the wood boy and william s the burning man . these three productions were originally to be published by devil s due but were canceled due to a contract dispute between roaring studios and devil s due . citation needed the split resulted in only one of two issues of the wood boy being published . around the same time the dabel brothers lost the right to dragonlance legend of huma after only five issues were published due to issues with themselves and hasbro . citation needed devil s due later acquired the license from hasbro which included all the dragonlance properties . they then packaged the final issues of the huma mini series but the remainder of the book remains unadapted . citation needed roaring studios was renamed to dabel brothers productions . after their departure from devil s due they aligned with alias enterprises to publish xiii . alias head creative director is mike s. miller who had been partnered with the dabel brothers prior to alias existence dating back to the companies series of the hedge knight . the partnership later came to an end and the companies went through a public break . during this time the dabel brothers were working in conjunction with red eagle entertainment to produce issues of robert jordan s new spring . however after five issues the parties came into disagreement with the dabel brothers alleging that red eagle failed to make payments for production citation needed and red eagle alleging that the dabels were unable to complete the series in a timely fashion . citation needed the issue went into arbitration in court with the dabel brothers keeping the rights to the wheel of time series . 5 in 2006 they increased production to seven separate monthly titles with plans to add to the line up in the future . citation needed four months into publication the dabels suspended publication due to negotiation with marvel comics which resulted in a partnership between the two companies . citation needed as their deal was being finalized with marvel the dabel brothers continued to negotiate with other authors to bring their works to comics . dabel brothers production increased production from four to six books per month in addition to trade paperback and hardcover collections of their adaptions under their alliance with marvel . the imprint continued to focus on licensed adaptations of works by science fiction and fantasy authors along with their original material . citation needed the dabel brothers handled the editorial side of dabel brothers productions while marvel handled the marketing and publishing . in august 2007 marvel and dabel brothers production mutually agreed to part ways with marvel retaining the rights to the series that were in production so they could be finished to the authors happiness . 6 in november 2007 dabel brothers signed a deal with the del rey imprint of ballantine books to handle the distribution of their graphic novels to the bookstore trade . 2 this partnership has led to the dresden files storm front vol . 1 and mercy thompson homecoming titles to make the new york times bestsellers list . mercy thompson homecoming spent nine weeks on the new york times bestsellers list . the dresden files original graphic novel the dresden files welcome to the jungle was nominated for a 2009 hugo award . in 2008 they were under contract to produce the 2009 calendar for the song of ice and fire series also by george r.r. martin . however due to production delays with the calendar s painter and shipping problems that arose many people who had preordered in 2008 did not receive their 2009 calendars in the timeliest of manners . martin spoke candidly of the incident on his blog and he subsequently terminated his contract for the calendars . dabel brothers and george r.r. martin continue to work on the wildcards hard call series whose final issue and graphic novel was released by dynamite entertainment in 2010 . a december 2009 announcement revealed that dynamite entertainment would be entering into a publishing deal with dabel brothers publishing for an unknown number of years where they would be taking over the production of dabel brothers titles . dynamite entertainment has subsequently taken over production and payments and has become the publisher of record for all dabel brothers titles . the first of the dynamite dabel books was released in april 2010 . 3 needs update publications edit licensed properties edit george r. r. martin s the hedge knight first released august 2003 publisher image comics 1 3 devil s due publishing 4 6 1st and 2nd edition of graphic novel format six issues reprinted in single graphic novel creative team george r. r. martin writer ben avery script mike s. miller pencils mike crowell inks lynx studios colors bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production dragonlance the legend of huma publisher devil s due publishing first released february 2004 format five issues only completed . license moved to devil s due . creative team richard a. knaak writer brian augustyn 1 sean j. jordan 1 5 & trampas whiteman 3 5 scripts mike s. miller 1 5 rael lyra 1 5 mike crowell joe prado artwork lynx studios rod reis & ricardo riamonde colors bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production robert silverberg s the seventh shrine publisher image comics 1 dabel brothers productions graphic novel first released march 2005 format two issues creative team robert silverberg w sean j. jordan editor bill tortolini of lithium pro design and production raymond e. feist s the wood boy publisher image comics 1 dabel brothers productions graphic novel first released may 2005 format two issues the second of which was never published reprinted in the wood boy the burning man graphic novel creative team raymond e. feist writer sean j. jordan script mat broome 1 abdul rashid 2 artwork stephen broome 1 david lanphear 2 colors bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production tad williams s the burning man publisher dabel brothers productions graphic novel first released march 2005 format printed in the wood boy the burning man graphic novel the 3 issues solicited were cancelled in favor of the trade format creative team tad williams writer sean j. jordan & roynne gillespie script brett booth art bobby souza manny clark arif priyanto and sakti colors bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production robert jordan s the wheel of time new spring publisher red eagle entertainment 1 5 dabel brothers 6 8 7 tor books completed graphic novel version 8 first released march 2005 format eight issues creative team robert jordan writer chuck dixon script mike s. miller carlos paul harvey talibao art bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production orson scott card s red prophet the tales of alvin maker publisher marvel dabel brothers productions first released march 2006 second release october 2006 starting with a collected edition of issues 1 2 format ongoing creative team orson scott card writer roland bernard brown script renato arlem art david curiel of inshield colors bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production raymond e. feist s magician publisher marvel dabel brothers productions first released march 2006 second release october 2006 starting with a collected edition of issues 1 2 format ongoing creative team raymond e. feist writer michael avon oeming & bryan j.l. glass script brett booth art jess booth ivan nunes vinicius colors bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production laurell k. hamilton s anita blake vampire hunter in guilty pleasures publisher marvel dabel brothers productions first released october 2006 format ongoing creative team laurell k. hamilton writer stacie m. ritchie script brett booth art jess booth colors bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production monte cook s ptolus city by the spire publisher marvel dabel brothers productions first released june 2006 second release november 2006 format six issues creative team monte cook writer canaan white carlos paul art inshield colors simon bowland of lithium pro letters and production orson scott card s wyrms publisher marvel dabel brothers productions first released march 2006 second release april 2006 format six issues creative team orson scott card writer jake black script adriano batista art frank martin jr. colors simon bowland of lithium pro letters and production xiii publisher marvel dabel brothers productions first released february 2007 issues 1 5 through alias issue 6 pdf release dbpro second release unknown format six 144 page tp volumes un edited each 6 u.s. issues or 3 original albums creative team jean van hamme writer william vance art ben avery translation simon bowland and bill tortolini of lithium pro letters and production michael lent s prey origin of the species publisher marvel dabel brothers productions first released april 2006 format trade paperback creative team michael lent script mike raicht script alex sanchez bong dazo art alisson ricardo colors simon bowland of lithium pro letters and production r.a.