 Bungie Studios ' and Microsoft 's original concept of the graphic novel was to bring the Halo series into new media beyond that of video games , with sequential art being the main focus . The comic was originally pitched by the head of Microsoft 's Franchise Development Eric Trautmann , who led the assembly of a draft comic written by John Ney Rieber and illustrated by Adi Granov . However , Lorraine McLees , the art director of Bungie , disliked the comic , calling it " a lump of coal " . Bungie also disliked Trautmann 's comic team and requested to be able to choose their own artists and writers instead . Pete Parsons , the studio director of Bungie , wanted to hire Alan Moore and Joe Kubert for the graphic novel , though Trautmann was highly skeptical that such high profile artists would deign to the project . 
