Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: War Cry

Jim Butcher

Nov 2014 · Jim Butcher's The Dresden Files: War Cry Vol 1 · Dynamite

About this ebook

A war is raging between the vampire forces of the Red Court and the White Council - a war that the wizards are losing. So desperate are the Council that they've dragooned the experienced and the outcast to reinforce their thinning ranks of Wardens. One of these draftees is one Harry Dresden, Chicago's only wizard-for-hire and a guy who's long been looked upon with suspicion by the supernatural authorities. Now, he's one of them, and his first big mission as a Warden is a doozy: take a small team of greenhorns to a frigid town in the middle of nowhere to rescue a handful of mortals who've been targeted by the Red Court. The question is, why exactly are these particular mortals so crucial to the outcome of the war? The answer will come only if Harry can keep them, and his team, alive for one very long night. This graphic novel collects the critically acclaimed, five-issue series in one volume, and features a bonus section with Jim Butcher's original story outline, sketchbook artwork from Carlos Gomez, cover gallery with roughs from Stjepan Sejic, and more! Creator Commentary from Jim Butcher: "The greatest frustration about writing the Dresden Files is all the stories I come up with that are too small or too straightforward to write into a novel. One of the great pleasures I've had as a writer is getting the opportunity to tell some of those stories in a short-story format, and in graphic novels like this one! War Cry is one of the stories I always wanted to tell but never got the chance to in the context of the novels, and I'm extremely pleased with how well it's coming out."

Ratings and reviews

It was different and it possibly needed more aftermath story, but otherwise I liked it.

Definitely won't disappoint if you've enjoyed anything else from the series.

Everything you would want from Dresden

About the author

JIM BUTCHER is the New York Times bestselling
author of more than twenty novels, including the
Dresden Files and Codex Alera books. Since the
publication of his first Dresden Files novel, Storm
Front, in 2000, Butcher has become a favorite of
millions of dedicated readers around the world. A
lifelong fan of comic books, Butcher lives in
Missouri with his wife and son.
MARK POWERS was an editor for over ten years
at Marvel Comics before moving to Devil’s Due,
where he wrote G.I. Joe and created the sci-fi
series Drafted. He’s also written Rest for Top Cow
and adapted The Dresden Files novels Storm
Front and Fool Moon to comics for Dynamite, in
addition to collaborating on the original Dresden
Files graphic novel Ghoul Goblin with Jim
Butcher.
CARLOS GOMEZ was born in Madrid in 1985. He’s
always loved comic books and has been drawing
since he can remember. He started penciling
underground comic books, but his first real
professional work was for Marvel UK in 2008
drawing Spectacular Spider-Man for several
years. He’s now very happy to be working on The
Dresden Files for Dynamite. Says Carlos: “It’s been
a blast and I can’t wait to draw the next series!”
He works and lives in Madrid, Spain.