DC Comics' Wildstorm division has been handling a monthly comic book series based on Blizzard's World of Warcraft and StarCraft franchises for some time. However, word from IGN is that the publisher has decided to cancel both of these monthly comics in favor of a series of original stories in a graphic novel format. The publisher feels that such a format "will give our artists and storytellers more room to explore Blizzard's rich, varied worlds and flesh out the characters that inhabit these places."

This is an unexpected switch for Wildstorm which was planning to launch a second monthly World of Warcraft comic in January. Instead the current series will end with the release of the World of Warcraft Special that was shipped to comic book stores this week. The current StarCraft monthly comic will end with issue 7 which is due in January. No specific release date info or creative teams for the new Blizzard graphic novels were announced.