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Brandon Sanderson Also Creates 'Dark One' Graphic Novels for Vault Comics

Published Tue, 12 Jun 2018 15:00:55 -0500

Last updated Tue, 12 Jun 2018 17:09:14 -0500

Dark One is a new graphic novel series by Hugo Award-winning author, Brandon Sanderson. A fantasy epic about the people caught in a conflict between two worlds: Earth and a dark-and-deadly fantasy realm, it will be published alongside a Dark One TV series produced by FremantleMedia North America and Random House Studio.

Co-written with Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly, the first of two volumes will be published in the spring of 2019. No news on artists yet. But the visual suggests a "Daniel". Tony Daniel? Anyway…

Dark One will be a dramatic fantasy adventure spotlighting a young man who sees visions of strange and fantastical worlds, which he is told are just hallucinations. But this dark and deadly fantasy world that keeps coming to him is actually a real vision of another world – one where he has been prophesied to become a tyrant and destroy this land of interesting creatures, sporadic electrical currents and a darkening landscape.

"Dark One is my first project that absolutely didn't want to be a prose project," said Brandon Sanderson. "After five false starts, it came to life when I imagined how it would be if the pictures I had in my mind were actual pictures. And then all of a sudden, in a couple weeks, a full and rich outline came together. I've since been excited to find the right people to adapt this into the visual story it wanted and needed to be. Vault's publisher Damian Wassel put together a great team in co-writers Jackson Lanzing and Collin Kelly. I got to meet Jackson and at Emerald City Comic Con and hit it off with both. FremantleMedia and Random House Studio are working simultaneously to bring Dark One to television, so this is going to be something special for me and for my readers."

"With Brandon's unique vision as our guiding light, the entire Dark One team is incredibly excited to bring to life a world that will invert and upend everything they expect from the genre, hinging around a character's journey that will break their heart," said Collin Kelly.

"Dark One examines what kind of bravery is required to step into your destiny," said Jackson Lanzing. "It's a chance to have some sympathy for the devil — and hopefully see in a fresh light the well-worn fantasy tropes."

I'm sure the Mr or Ms Daniel has something to say as well, but I guess that's for another day…

Vault Publisher Damian Wassel added, "I've been a fan of Brandon Sanderson's work since the publication of Mistborn, in 2006. I've devoured almost everything he has published since, and I remain completely in awe of Sanderson's scope and vision as a world builder, and his craft as a storyteller. Vault is honored to produce DARK ONE together with Sanderson, and I can promise our readers we will deliver a captivating, beautiful book."