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SDCC 2025: Saga Book Four Deluxe Hardcover Edition Cover Art Revealed

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The highly anticipated Saga Book Four deluxe hardcover edition cover art by Fiona Staples was revealed last weekend during the Brian K. Vaughan Spotlight panel at San Diego Comic-Con. This stunning collected edition of the bestselling, multiple Eisner award winning series by Vaughan and Staples is set to hit shelves in April 2026 from Image Comics.

The striking Saga Book Four cover art conveys the teenage attitude of main character Hazel.

After the most shocking tragedy of her young life, Hazel and her star-crossed family embark on an emotional new adventure, one that takes them to a few unexpected corners of the universe. Collecting Saga issues #55-72—including the storyline that won the title’s second Hugo Award—this deluxe edition features exclusive extras, including a gallery of never-before-seen Saga artwork from some of Staples’ and Vaughan’s favorite creators.

Saga is a genre-blending, sci-fi/fantasy space opera about star-crossed lovers from enemy worlds. An epic romantasy featuring a diverse and eclectic cast of memorable characters, Saga follows new parents Marko and Alana as they risk everything to raise their child amidst a never-ending galactic war.

Saga Book Four deluxe hardcover edition (ISBN: 9781534332607) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, April 15, 2026 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, Indigo, and Waterstones on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.

Saga Book Four deluxe hardcover edition

Saga Vol. 11 wins the 2024 Hugo Award for “Best Graphic Story or Comic”

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The winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards was announced this past weekend. The award highlights excellence in the field of science fiction and fantasy and were first presented in 1953 and have been awarded every year since 1955 by the members of the World Science Fiction Society. The awards cover novels, television, film, games, comics, and more.

This year saw comics consolidated into “Best Graphic Story or Comic” and 457 ballots were cast for 256 nominees, narrowed down to 6.

This year’s winner was Saga Vol. 11 written by Brian K. Vaughan with art by Fiona Staples, and published by Image Comics.

You can find the full list of nominees here and winners here. Congrats to all.

Saga #67 sells out and gets a new printing

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Saga #67—which kicks off the highly anticipated new story arc of the bestselling, multiple award winning series by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples—has sold out completely at the distributor level. Image Comics has fast-tracked the issue for reprint this week in order to keep up with escalating reorder activity.

In this exciting new installment, Saga readers will follow 12-year-old Hazel as she embarks on the most important adventure of her young life.

  • Saga #67, second printing (Lunar Code 0524IM933) and Saga #68 (Lunar Code 0624IM344) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, August 28.
  • Saga #69 (Lunar Code 0724IM390) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, September 25.
  • Saga #70 (Lunar Code 0824IM421) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 30.

Saga kicks off a new story arc in July

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The bestselling, multiple Eisner Award winning series Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples will kick off a new story arc this July. The highly anticipated twelfth chapter in the ongoing space opera will launch from Image Comics with Saga #67.

In this exciting new installment, Saga readers will follow 12-year-old Hazel as she embarks on the most important adventure of her young life.

Saga #67 (Lunar Code 0524IM246) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, July 31.

Saga gets new releases with new trim size editions

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Image Comics has announced exciting new 6×9 trim size editions of the multiple award winning, bestselling series Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples slated to begin hitting shelves this September. This upcoming Saga, Vol. 1 in 6×9 trim size paperback format will feature new, never-before-seen cover art by Staples.

The series will remain available in single issue, standard trim size trade paperback, deluxe hardcover, and compendium trade paperback editions—as well as digital formats—offering readers a variety of options to suit any reader’s tastes.

Perhaps best described as Romeo & Juliet meets Star Wars, this genre-blending, sci-fi/fantasy space opera follows star-crossed lovers from enemy worlds. An epic for mature readers, Saga, Vol. 1 introduces readers to new parents Marko and Alana as they risk everything to raise their child amidst a never-ending galactic war.

The new 6×9 trim size Saga, Vol. 1 paperback edition (ISBN: 9781534370548) will be available at local comic book shops on Wednesday, September 11 and independent bookstores, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-a-Million, and Indigo on Tuesday, September 24.

Saga Vol. 1

A new White Trees adventure begins in May with Chip Zdarsky and Kris Anka’s The Whisper Queen

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Writer Chip Zdarsky and fan-favorite artist Kris Anka—the all-star team behind The White Trees—return to the fantastical land of Blacksand with an all-new chapter in The Whisper Queen. This three issue miniseries is set to launch on May 1st from Image Comics. The series also boasts alternate covers by industry titan Fiona Staples and Rosemary Valero-O’Connell.

The royal guard has sent their most capable bounty hunters after the accomplices in the king’s murder! Javro, once the king’s most skilled assassin, must find the killers before they and the bounty hunters—including her son—are wiped out by the kingdom’s most feared specter: The Dark Whisper!

The White Trees was first introduced by Zdarsky and Anka to readers as a two issue miniseries and launched in 2019 to critical acclaim. Readers who pick up The Whisper Queen, and hope to discover the magic of The White Trees, will be able to snag The White Trees reprint hitting shelves the following week. It will collect both issues of that initial story together.

Set in the fantastical world of Blacksand, peace was hard-won, and three unbending warriors carry the scars to prove it. Now, almost twenty years later, their children are missing and war is on the horizon. Can they put aside their memories of the war—and each other—for one last adventure?

The Whisper Queen will provide new readers an exciting entry point into this lush, expansive fantasy world.

The Whisper Queen #1

The Whisper Queen #1 will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, May 1:

  • Cover A by Anka – Lunar Code 0324IM183
  • Cover B by Fiona Staples – Lunar Code 0324IM184
  • Cover C by Rosemary Valero-O’Connell – Lunar Code 0324IM185

2023 Hugo Awards Winners Announced

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The winners for the 2023 Hugo Awards have been revealed. The reveal was made on October 21 during a ceremony at the Chengdu Worldcon..

The full list of nominees can be found here and the winners below with the comic category highlighted.

Congrats to all.

The comic category is below with the winner in bold and “Winner” next to them:

  • Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books) – Winner
  • DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid (Legendary Comics)
  • Monstress vol. 7: Devourer, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
  • Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, by Kieron Gillen / Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
  • Saga, Vol. 10, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Fonografiks (Image Comics)
  • Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes (DC Comics)

The full list of winners:

Best Novel

  • Nettle & Bone, by T. Kingfisher (Tor Books)

Best Novella

  • Where the Drowned Girls Go, by Seanan McGuire (Tordotcom)

Best Novelette

  •  “The Space-Time Painter”, by Hai Ya (Galaxy’s Edge, April 2022)

Best Short Story

  • “Rabbit Test”, by Samantha Mills (Uncanny Magazine, November-December 2022)

Best Series

  • Children of Time Series, by Adrian Tchaikovsky (Pan Macmillan/Orbit)

Best Related Work

  • Terry Pratchett: A Life With Footnotes, by Rob Wilkins (Doubleday)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Long Form

  • Everything Everywhere All at Once, screenplay by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Sheinert (IAC Films / Gozie AGBO)

Best Dramatic Presentation, Short Form

  • The Expanse: “Babylon’s Ashes”, written by Daniel Abraham, Ty Franck, Naren Shankar, directed by Breck Eisner (Alcon Entertainment)

Best Editor, Short Form

  • Neil Clarke

Best Editor, Long Form

  • Lindsey Hall

Best Professional Artist

  • Enzhe Zhao

Best Semiprozine

  • Uncanny Magazine, publishers and editors-in-chief: Lynne M. Thomas and Michael Damian Thomas; managing/poetry editor Chimedum Ohaegbu; managing editor Monte Lin; nonfiction editor Meg Elison; podcast producers Erika Ensign and Steven Schapansky

Best Fanzine

  • Zero Gravity Newspaper, by RiverFlow and Ling Shizhen

Best Fancast

  • Hugo, Girl!, by Haley Zapal, Amy Salley, Lori Anderson, and Kevin Anderson

Best Fan Writer

  • Chris M. Barkley  

Best Fan Artist

  • Richard Man

Lodestar Award for Best Young Adult Book

  • Akata Woman (The Nsibidi Scripts), by Nnedi Okorafor (Viking Books for Young Readers)

Astounding Award for Best New Writier

  • Travis Baldree  

Also presented during the ceremony.

Big Heat Award

  • Bobbi Armbruster

Saga #66 is being rushed back to print!

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Copies of the latest issue of the bestselling, multiple-award winning Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples have been wiped out completely at the distributor level. Image Comics will rush the issue back to print this week in order to keep up with rapidly escalating reorders. 

Saga #66, second printing (Lunar Code 0923IM814) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, October 18. 

Saga #66, second printing

2023 Hugo Awards Finalists Announced

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The nominees for the 2023 Hugo Awards have been revealed. The announcement was made on July 6th.

1847 valid nominating ballots were received from members of the 2022 and 2023 World Science Fiction Conventions. Voting opens on July 10th.

The full list of nominees can be found here.

The comic nominees include:

  • Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams, by Bartosz Sztybor, Filipe Andrade, Alessio Fioriniello, Roman Titov, Krzysztof Ostrowski (Dark Horse Books)
  • DUNE: The Official Movie Graphic Novel, by Lilah Sturges, Drew Johnson, Zid (Legendary Comics)
  • Monstress vol. 7: Devourer, by Marjorie Liu and Sana Takeda (Image Comics)
  • Once & Future Vol 4: Monarchies in the UK, by Kieron Gillen / Dan Mora (BOOM! Studios)
  • Saga, Vol. 10, by Brian K. Vaughan, Fiona Staples, Fonografiks (Image Comics)
  • Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow, by Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes (DC Comics)

Saga #61 kicks off a new story arc and sells out!

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Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples’ bestselling, multiple award winning series Saga kicks off an exciting new story arc with last week’s issue #61 release and will be rushed back to print in order to keep up with overwhelming reorder demand.

Fans won’t want to miss this epic new chapter filled to the brim with high-stakes drama, shocking surprises, and emotional adventures.

Saga #61, second printing (Diamond Code DEC228767) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, January 25. 

Saga #62 (Diamond Code DEC220295) will be available at comic book shops on Wednesday, February 22.

Saga #61, second printing
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