DUNE: The Graphic Novel, Book 1: Dune: Deluxe Collector''s Edition

About Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert (192086) was the author of Dune and its five sequels as well as numerous other highly praised novels. Herbert became internationally famous for his science fiction novels and was also a newspaper journalist photographer short story writer book reviewer ecological consultant and lecturer. His novel Dune is one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time and the series is widely considered the archetype for all science-fiction that followed. Dune is the most admired science fiction novel ever written. Brian Herbert is the son of legendary science fiction author Frank Herbert and has written the definitive biography of him Dreamer of Dune a finalist for the Hugo Award. Brian has also written many highly imaginative novels including the Timeweb trilogy the ecological fantasy Ocean (with his wife Jan) The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma The Unborn and The Assassination of Billy Jeeling. His earlier acclaimed novels include The Stolen Gospels Sudanna Sudanna and Sidneys Comet as well as Man of Two Worlds (written with his father). Brian has collaborated on many novels in the Dune series with Kevin J. Anderson all of which became international bestsellers and they also collaborated on the Hellhole trilogy. Brian comanages the legacy of Frank Herbert and is an executive producer of the new motion picture Dune and the forthcoming TV series Dune: The Sisterhood. He and his wife live in Seattle Washington. Kevin J. Anderson is an American science fiction author of more than 50 bestsellers. In addition to his original novels he has written spin-off novels for Star Wars StarCraft and The X-Files and with Brian Herbert he is the coauthor of 14 novels in the Dune series. Anderson has also written numerous comic books including Star Wars and Predator for Dark Horse Justice Society of America for DC Comics Starjammers for Marvel The X-Files for Topps as well as original titles for IDW and Wildstorm. He currently resides in Colorado with his wife. Raúl Allén grew up in the town of Valladolid Spain. He graduated with a degree in fine arts from Salamanca University and moved to Boston to study illustration and design. He currently lives in Spain. Allén has worked for Marvel Comics Valiant and DC Comics with writers such as Matt Fraction Ed Brubaker Warren Ellis Jeff Lemire Matt Kindt and Peter Milligan. Allén has also worked on more than a hundred covers for Valiant Image Boom! Studios and Penguin. He has also worked for Quentin Tarantino Playboy Rolling Stone the New York Times Billboard the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal. Alléns work has been exhibited in New York Boston Washington DC Rome Berlin Stockholm Buenos Aires Madrid and Barcelona. When he is not drawing Allén directs shoots and animates music videos. Patricia Martín is a letterer comics artist and illustrator nominated for multiple Harvey Awards. Born in Spain she always felt the need to communicate either through writing or drawing. Martín began her career in the field of book publishing with companies such as Oxford University Press El Jinete Azul and Barbara Fiore Editora working on lettering and design. Later on she moved to the illustration and comics industry and for the last four years he has worked on Wonder Woman with Steve Orlando Bloodshot Reborn with Jeff Lemire Ninjak with Matt Kindt and Secret Weapons alongside artist Raúl Allén. Bill Sienkiewicz is an Eisner Awardwinning Emmy-nominated artist best known for revamping the style of comics and graphic novel most notably with Marvel Comics and DC Comics earning him an international reputation and cult status across media industries. In 1984 Sienkiewicz was chosen by David Lynch to illustrate the comic book adaptation of his Dune movie for Marvel Comics. Sienkiewiczs work has graced museums and galleries worldwide; advertising campaigns for Nike MTV the 2006 Winter Olympics and Nissan; and magazines such as Entertainment Weekly and Spin. He lives in Los Angeles California.