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''Halo: Uprising'' is a four-issue American comic book limited series set in the ''Halo'' universe. The series was written by Brian Michael Bendis, illustrated by Alex Maleev, and published by Marvel Comics. ''Uprising'' tells a story set between the ending of the 2004 video game ''Halo 2'' and the beginning of its sequel, ''Halo 3'', as Earth is under attack by a collective of alien races known as the Covenant. The series was intended to be released and concluded before ''Halo 3'' shipped on September 25, 2007, but the final issue did not appear until April 2009. The series was brought together by Ruwan Jayatilleke, Marvel's Vice President of Development. He attained the license to publish ''Halo'' comics, including the single-volume ''The Halo Graphic Novel'', in 2005. The graphic novel's critical and commercial success prompted Marvel to announce a new ''Halo'' limited series in 2006 with Jayatilleke serving as the series' editor. Bendis, a long-time ''Halo'' fan, was excited about adding to the franchise story. Reception to the series was lukewarm. The series' artistic style was generally praised. However, the lack of Master Chief-focused action and character development—as well as the delays in publishing—led to average reviews. The series was commercially successful and appeared in the top slot of ''The New York Times'' Graphic Books bestsellers list. ==Publication history== Marvel Vice President of Development Ruwan Jayatilleke contacted game developer Bungie about extending the ''Halo'' franchise to comics. Jayatilleke noted that Bungie's dedication to creating a believable world compelling to both hardcore and casual fans made the series "an attractive fit" for Marvel. In 2005, Marvel learned that Bungie had already created an original graphic novel, entitled ''The Halo Graphic Novel'', but needed a publisher and distributor. Interested, Brian Michael Bendis and Jayatilleke visited Bungie to take up the offer of publishing the ''Halo Graphic Novel'' as well as to discuss the possibility of a tie-in comic book series.〔 ''The Halo Graphic Novel'' proved to be a critical and commercial success; the comic debuted at the number two position on the Diamond Comic Distributors' sales charts and more than 100,000 copies were published. Marvel Comics and Bungie announced the first ''Halo'' limited comic series, ''Halo: Uprising'', at the San Diego Comic-Con 2006. Brian Michael Bendis, writer for the series, said in an interview he was "honored" to add to the ''Halo'' lore. He noted that the graphic novel brought "humanity and perspective" to the franchise, something not easily imparted through the games. Bendis described himself as a longtime player of ''Halo'' and had "done () ''Halo'' homework", reading and playing everything ''Halo''. Bendis stated that Bungie was open to the Marvel team exploring lesser-known elements of the ''Halo'' universe or even bringing up new ideas, as opposed to sticking to a script or set of preplanned ideas from Bungie or Microsoft. The ''Philadelphia Daily News'' suggested that a ''Halo'' comic book would attract readers who had never picked up a comic book before. Bendis said that drawing casual gamers to the comics was a major goal for the series.〔 While using established characters meant that Bendis had to cooperate with Bungie and Microsoft, he said he did not feel it was a restriction. "You can get pretty bloated and sloppy with total autonomy all the time." The Bungie team allowed Bendis to explore lesser known areas of the ''Halo'' story, which he enjoyed.〔 Writing the dialogue for the Master Chief, who is faceless and normally silent during gameplay, was a challenge; Bendis scrapped much of the drafted dialogue to allow Maleev's work to define the character. Originally, ''Halo: Uprising''s entire four-issue series was to be published before the September 25, 2007, release of ''Halo 3''. Bendis suggested that the series might be delayed unexpectedly due to the close cooperation between Marvel and Bungie. For unspecified reasons, the release of all issues of ''Halo: Uprising'' were pushed back. Issue #1's original date of August 15, 2007, was pushed back a week to August 22. Issue #2's original date of August 29 was pushed back and released on November 21. Issue #3 was originally slated for a September 2007 release but was pushed to a final release date of nearly a year late in August 2008. The constant revisions of the date became a running forum joke at the fan site Halo.Bungie.Org. Issue #4 also saw multiple delays, pushed from a scheduled October 31, 2007 release to March 4 and then March 18, 2009. Claude Errera of Halo.Bungie.Org noted that, given the series' track record and the fact that the issue's release had been moved more than a dozen times by that time, its appearance in March would be unlikely. In announcing two new ''Halo'' comic series from Marvel in February 2009, Jayatilleke informed IGN that the final issue was in the process of being colored. The final release date for the issue was April 15. The series was collected into a single volume released in May 2009 (ISBN 0-7851-3647-9). The collected hardcover features a variety of bonus art and "making of" materials. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Halo: Uprising」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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