Change of artist for Storm Front?

[ludomaniac]

I was looking at the "extended forecast" page on comiclist.com (http://www.comiclist.com/index.php/newreleases/extended_forecast).  In the section for the Dabel Brothers, it says this:

The artist for Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: Storm Front Vol. 2 #3 (SEP090769, $3.99) from Dabel Bros. Productions will be Brett Booth, not Ardian Syaf.

What happened?  Is this just for one issue, or has Ardian been replaced?

[Mickey Finn]

Ok, here's the lowdown....
Ardian has been replaced (reluctantly) because his workload with other studios has impacted the schedule of The Dresden Files. The original idea was to replace him for Fool Moon, but time and tide conspired, and Brett Booth (Anita Blake) will indeed be taking over during the run of Storm Front.
 
Let me stress this, before the rumor mill gets ahold of things...this was a scheduling and workload conflict, nothing more. DBPro did not wish to replace Ardian and tried to re-arrange things to the best possible outcome...they're very happy with the work he's done with them and wish him nothing but the best. Ardian will be missed.
 
Brett Booth is a fantastic artist, and I very much look forward to working with him. I'm excited as hell to see his work on Dresden.

[Brian]

Brett Booth's blog has a colored version of his Fool Moon cover.  He did point out that the paw print on the ground was supposed to be blood, not power.

http://demonpuppy.blogspot.com/2009/09/am-i-drawing-jim-butchers-fool-moon.html

[Mickey Finn]

Heh...his Harry's face  looks more like the original person that inspired Harry's build (they don't look alike in the face) than any other artist I've seen.

That's kinda cool

[ludomaniac]

Ok, here's the lowdown....
Ardian has been replaced (reluctantly) because his workload with other studios has impacted the schedule of The Dresden Files. The original idea was to replace him for Fool Moon, but time and tide conspired, and Brett Booth (Anita Blake) will indeed be taking over during the run of Storm Front.
 
Let me stress this, before the rumor mill gets ahold of things...this was a scheduling and workload conflict, nothing more. DBPro did not wish to replace Ardian and tried to re-arrange things to the best possible outcome...they're very happy with the work he's done with them and wish him nothing but the best. Ardian will be missed.
 
Brett Booth is a fantastic artist, and I very much look forward to working with him. I'm excited as hell to see his work on Dresden.

I resent your preemptive effort to stave off ugly rumors with mere "facts".  Many of us make up nasty innuendo to brighten our otherwise empty, meaningless lives.  Who are you to take that away? 

Um, seriously though, I'm glad Ardian is apparently getting so much work, as it can be hard for creative artists to support themselves.  Always happy to hear about a success.  I'll miss Ardian's wonderful art, but I'm looking forward to seeing what Mr. Booth does with the characters. 

[Mickey Finn]

I'm not taking it away...those that wildly enjoy running off with bizarre stories are seldom hampered by facts...just look at politics

[cephis]

I'm not taking it away...those that wildly enjoy running off with bizarre stories are seldom hampered by facts...just look at politics

I think that statment would be funnier if it wasn't so true

[Derek Ruiz]

As the Senior editor at the company. I couldn't bring it in myself to tell Ardian he couldn't work on Batman: Blackest Night Mini ( which is awesome check it out). He feels working with DC could lead to bigger things than being a NYT Bestselling Graphic Artist.

He will probably be back to work on some other related Dresden stuff in the near future but I wanted to be sure you guys know whats going on.

Brett Booth is going to finish off the last two issues of Storm Front and then jump into Fool Moon.

I'll becoming around more often to now that I'm gotten some work out of the way that has been keeping me away.

-Derek

[cephis]

As the Senior editor at the company. I couldn't bring it in myself to tell Ardian he couldn't work on Batman: Blackest Night Mini ( which is awesome check it out). He feels working with DC could lead to bigger things than being a NYT Bestselling Graphic Artist.

He will probably be back to work on some other related Dresden stuff in the near future but I wanted to be sure you guys know whats going on.

Brett Booth is going to finish off the last two issues of Storm Front and then jump into Fool Moon.

I'll becoming around more often to now that I'm gotten some work out of the way that has been keeping me away.

-Derek

We appreciate the update Derek and have the upmost faith in your taste

[library lasciel]

total newbie questions here -

Is Brett Booth going to be trying to match Ardian's style?  Or when the hardcover collection comes out, will there be a horrible break in style like there was with the short at the end of Vol. 1?

It wasn't so bad for a short story, but I really didn't like the differences in Harry's face and build between the two interpretations - I don't know if I could take that jump in the middle of what is to me, essentially, an illustrated version of a single coherent book I'm already familiar with.

In relation to that, are you also changing the inkers and colorists, or is the rest of that team staying on?

Lastly, does Jim have a lot of input on the adaptation, or does Mark Powers write it, based on SF, and then Jim simply says yes or no?

Thanks muchly - I'm a total newb at graphic novel stuff, and I'm finding that I'm really picky about what artistic styles I like.   Which is a total pain.