Fall Out Boy Teams With Dabel Brothers For Comics Project
Best known for their literary adaptations, the Dabel Brothers will be taking a step in a new direction later this year as they develop a new project with the band Fall Out Boy. As fans of the band and comics know, drummer Andy Hurley is a lifelong comics fan and frequent convention attendee. Hurley will be heading the project, along with bassist Pete Wentz.
The project was negotiated by Dabel Brother’s Business Director Rich Young who explained the origins of the project to Newsarama, saying: “Les [Dabel] and I had conversation early part of last year when we were brainstorming about new project ideas. I told him that I'd always wanted to work with a popular band that was into comics, and gave him a very
short list,” Young says. “Fall Out Boy was on that list and so I started making inquiries.”Shortly thereafter, the two parties were talking, Young says. And though the publishers are best known for comic book adaptations of fantasy literature such as Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake and George R.R. Martin’s The Hedge Knight, Young explains that the opportunity of working with Fall Out Boy is something that Dabel Brothers had been looking for.“Our publishing plan is to continue doing the projects we're known for – working with well-
known literary authors, but also to start branching out and diversifying our publishing line up by working with licensors in the music, tv, film, and interactive industries,” Young says, noting that the pairing with Fall Out Boy most likely won’t be the only project they will be doing with a band or musical artist.The finished project will consist of many stories told over the course of two, perfect bound 56-64 page issues due to hit stores in the third of fourth quarter of this year. As for art, Young says that a collection of artists will be pitching in, most notably, Dan Fraga.“Dan’s got a relationship with Pete Wentz, and Pete specifically requested him to come on board, so we got him,” Young says. “We're looking at a few other artists as well, as there will be multiple stories. We'd also like to add all the images so far [as seen with this article] were done by Jeremy Treece who has been doing some really great work for us at Dabel Brothers Publishing. He will probably be attached to the project in some capacity.Young says that the books will ship via Diamond, and that the Dabels are also looking at other avenues to get the book out to the band’s fans. “Whether or not we place additional copies of the issues elsewhere, or do any exclusive editions, remains to be seen,” Young says. “The collection will be distributed via Del Rey/Random House into the bookstore market.“We'll be putting out another update in the near future with more information on the project, so check back with us on our web site. We think the project has a lot of potential...“Also, I should mention Rebecca Cairns at Clandestine Industries, who has been absolutely fantastic to work with and a crucial part in getting pretty much of aspect of this project in motion.”
Best known for their literary adaptations, the Dabel Brothers will be taking a step in a new direction later this year as they develop a new project with the band Fall Out Boy. As fans of the band and comics know, drummer Andy Hurley is a lifelong comics fan and frequent convention attendee. Hurley will be heading the project, along with bassist Pete Wentz.
The project was negotiated by Dabel Brother’s Business Director Rich Young who explained the origins of the project to Newsarama, saying: “Les [Dabel] and I had conversation early part of last year when we were brainstorming about new project ideas. I told him that I'd always wanted to work with a popular band that was into comics, and gave him a very
short list,” Young says. “Fall Out Boy was on that list and so I started making inquiries.”Shortly thereafter, the two parties were talking, Young says. And though the publishers are best known for comic book adaptations of fantasy literature such as Laurell K. Hamilton’s Anita Blake and George R.R. Martin’s The Hedge Knight, Young explains that the opportunity of working with Fall Out Boy is something that Dabel Brothers had been looking for.“Our publishing plan is to continue doing the projects we're known for – working with well-
known literary authors, but also to start branching out and diversifying our publishing line up by working with licensors in the music, tv, film, and interactive industries,” Young says, noting that the pairing with Fall Out Boy most likely won’t be the only project they will be doing with a band or musical artist.The finished project will consist of many stories told over the course of two, perfect bound 56-64 page issues due to hit stores in the third of fourth quarter of this year. As for art, Young says that a collection of artists will be pitching in, most notably, Dan Fraga.“Dan’s got a relationship with Pete Wentz, and Pete specifically requested him to come on board, so we got him,” Young says. “We're looking at a few other artists as well, as there will be multiple stories. We'd also like to add all the images so far [as seen with this article] were done by Jeremy Treece who has been doing some really great work for us at Dabel Brothers Publishing. He will probably be attached to the project in some capacity.Young says that the books will ship via Diamond, and that the Dabels are also looking at other avenues to get the book out to the band’s fans. “Whether or not we place additional copies of the issues elsewhere, or do any exclusive editions, remains to be seen,” Young says. “The collection will be distributed via Del Rey/Random House into the bookstore market.“We'll be putting out another update in the near future with more information on the project, so check back with us on our web site. We think the project has a lot of potential...“Also, I should mention Rebecca Cairns at Clandestine Industries, who has been absolutely fantastic to work with and a crucial part in getting pretty much of aspect of this project in motion.”
