[The_Khan]

Hi my friends, just wanted to let you all know that the press release is out and you can check it out right here, enjoy

http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread...?threadid=61207

[The_Khan]

Thanks Jay my friend, I really appreciate it

[Ellestra]

Guilty Pleasures is fine but what they are going to do later if they continiue this series when it's becomming mostly pornography? Or at least it will be when in pictures.

[The_Khan]

Ellestra my friend, your concerns mean a lot to me and my brothers and I will take them to heart. Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it

[Abyss]

Y'know what... if the DBrothers manage to take this all the way past the eighth or so book (Blue Moon, i think) where the porno aspect actually becomes a serious problem(also where the series quality takes an utter turn for the worse, imnsho), i'm sure they can deal with it then.

Actually, if one were to edit out all the porn from the subsequent books, there might be enough material for a decent GN after all. There were actual stories that were lost in the dross of gratuitous multispecies orgies, unrequited lust bull and other silliness that went on for pages and pages.

Meanwhile, the first 8 books are good to great fun, have erotic elements but visually nothing much worse than the average Red Sonja'sesque chainamil bikini comic cheesecake, so if they can put them into a cool visual form, more power to them. I have faith in the DBros.


As an aside, completely unrelated to the GNs, I noticed the book publisher seems to have stopped releasing Anita Blake books in hardcover... the latest, 'Micah' is only released in mmpb. I wonder if the downturn in quality lost the fans who would have actually spend the big bucks rather than wait for the mmpb. Speaking for myself, I only bother with Anita Blake books now if i spot them in second hand stores.

- Abyss, doesn't have a problem with multi-species orgies per se, but liked the books better when it wasn't the point of the whole thing.

[The_Khan]

We are determined to come up with a solution Abyss my friend. Also if you have any ideas or suggestions to how we can go about the later books, I will take your input to my brothers so we can work with. I've been going to various boards and getting ideas, as we will make this project a success

[Abyss]

@T_K: I suspect, as mentioned, that you have plenty of cool material to work with right through Obsidian Butterfly (9th book, actually). If you follow the 2GN/book pattern, and end up releasing 18 successful GNs, i have no doubt you'll have people on hand who can adapt the remainder.

Cool to see DB adapt Feist, GRRM, Jordan and so on into GN form, by the way. Good luck with this project. Maybe we'll see you do SE's stuff one day.

- Abyss, thought Pug was taller

[Dagger]

This is interesting. By going the GN route, it eliminates one of the things that drove me nuts about Hamilton's writing: the endless descriptions of every characters clothes and hair. The first books were a great combination of detective novels/supernatural but eventually it became such a Mary Sue saga that I gave up on it. But a GN of the first few books, where Anita was less than perfect and did more kicking butt than sleeping around, would be a thrill.

[The_Khan]

Thanks Abyss my friend As for Steven Erikson, we just got to finish working out a few more things with his agent and we'll have the Malazan adaptation up in no time

[Abyss]

- Abyss, just died of joy.

[Tsundoku]

Ah, T_K, you may find that SE might exert more creative control than you're used to. It's one of the sticking points in film-related activities, apparently. Not that it's a BAD thing at all, just that it may be unusual from your perspective.

Then again, I may just be full of c**p, and every author you deal with is zealous about "their" baby. Or SE might just be very "hands off". Dunno really. Love to find out.

I don't suppose you have any preliminary or idea/concept sketches for a proposal to SE that we might have a look at? Just asking, mind you ...

Thanks for the notice anyway. Are there any questions you might have of us SE fans that you think could aid you?

*brings out the defib and prepares to rescusitate Abyss* "Uh-oh, we can't get a charge through his enormously thick ribcage. We're gonna have to go in ... rectally. Do we have time for lubricant? He looks happy, I wonder what he's seeing?"

Cheers,

La Sombra, greedy for more details

[Abyss]

Oh, just leave me alone. I'll ressurrect eventually.

- Abyss, has this down to a science.

[The_Khan]

Don't die on me now, Abyss my friend, I need you to enjoy the Malazan artworks in the future

I enjoy working with authors who exert creative control, I work closely with them to make sure that things are done their way, and I encourage them to tell me what they want the artist to do.

No, I'm sorry no preliminary sketches yet. Once we've completed the deal though, we will get things rolling

Yes, there is something that the SE fans can do to help us, please go to the retailers and support us by buying our other books, this will, not only give us more of a presence in the industry, but will also give us the means to do all the Malazan books

Thanks and here is to the future and to seeing Anomander Rake (my favorite character by the way) and so many others that we've come to enjoy

[The_Khan]

Here is the Laurell K. Hamilton interview, enjoy

http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread...?threadid=62711

[The_Khan]

Here is the artist assigned to the Anita Blake project, enjoy

http://www.newsarama.com/forums/showthread...25&pagenumber=2

[The_Khan]

The stores have just started taking orders for Anita Blake Issue #1. You can find your closest comic book store here: http://csls.diamondcomics.com/
You will need to fill this form out and turn it in to the comic book store: http://www.roaringstudios.com/anita_blake/...order_form2.jpg

[The_Khan]

Here is the Jean-Claude cover, it is subject to change before it hit the shelves, enjoy

[The_Khan]

Here is when Anita faces the Wererat and his army of rats, this cover is subject to change before it hits the shelves, enjoy

[Sir Thursday]

There doesn't seem to be an image attached to those last two posts...can you repost them?

Thanks,

Vox