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Preview: Once & Future Pen & Ink #1

Posted on August 28, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

Once & Future Pen & Ink #1

(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Dan Mora
In Shops: Aug 28, 2024
SRP: $6.99

Experience the very first issue of Once & Future, the political and supernatural thriller filled with monsters, mysticism, and magic, in this special Pen & Ink format for the first time.

Relive the adventures of ex-monster hunter Bridgette McGuire and her museum curator grandson Duncan like never before, with new commentary from the creative team!

From bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars) and award-winning artist Dan Mora (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Klaus), explore the past’s strangest secrets, the complicated truths of our history, and the strength of family during dire times!

Preview: Once & Future Deluxe Edition Book 2

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

Once & Future Deluxe Edition Book 2

(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Dan Mora
In Shops: Aug 07, 2024
SRP: $69.99

Bridgette, Duncan, and Rose, – along with the entirety of Britain – have been dragged into the Otherworld. Meanwhile, a rival king rises to confront Arthur, plunging the land into civil war… and both pursue our heroes as they travel across the land, desperately trying to find a way to return Britain to its senses.

When the Kings all converge on Excalibur, each determined to be the true ruler, chaos arises! What if no one has the strength to take the sword? Will there finally be peace after so much conflict, or will an unexpected figure claim the throne? Rituals, bombs, and battles ensue, and the final fate of your favorite characters and indeed, all of Britain is revealed.

The incomparable Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine) and Dan Mora (Detective Comics) deliver the long-awaited conclusion to their Eisner and Hugo Award-nominated mystical modern take on Arthurian legend.

Collects Once & Future #19-30.

Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora’s Once & Future #1 gets a Pen & Ink Edition

Posted on May 17, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

BOOM! Studios has announced a new addition to its Pen & Ink collection: a deluxe art-focused format of select first issues featuring stunning black and white interior artwork and cover with artist commentary of the highly acclaimed Once & Future #1: Pen & Ink by superstar creators Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora, and Ed Dukeshire, will be hitting comic shop shelves in August 2024.

Experience the very first issue of Once & Future, the political and supernatural thriller filled with monsters, mysticism, and magic, in this special Pen & Ink format for the first time. Relive the adventures of ex-monster hunter Bridgette McGuire and her museum curator grandson Duncan like never before, with new commentary from the creative team! From bestselling writer Kieron Gillen and award-winning artist Dan Mora, explore the past’s strangest secrets, the complicated truths of our history, and the strength of family during dire times!

Every Pen & Ink issue features a premium cardstock cover and luxuriously thick wood free interior paper, alongside a gorgeous Spot UV variant cover and a blank sketch cover.

Comics

2023 Hugo Awards Winners Announced

Posted on October 22, 2023 by Brett

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

2023 Hugo Awards Finalists Announced

Posted on July 8, 2023 by Brett

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)

Preview: Once & Future Vol. 5

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

Once & Future Vol. 5

(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Dan Mora
In Shops: Dec 28, 2022
SRP: $16.99

When Excalibur appears outside London on Christmas Eve, all the kings rush to claim it while our heroes defend the sword. But with Leir set free, chaos is the only thing that reigns!
With Rose and Duncan in mortal peril and everything at stake, can journeys to hell, the Otherworld, and beyond finally set things right?
New York Times Bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars), artist Russ Manning Award-Winning artist Dan Mora (Klaus), and colorist Tamra Bonvillain (The Red Mother) bring their fan favorite, critically acclaimed series to its stunning conclusion!
Collects Once & Future #25-30.

Around the Tubes

Posted on October 13, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

It was new comic book day yesterday! What’d everyone get? What are you excited for? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web.

Kotaku – The Rock Gets Fortnite Skin For Movie In The Works For 15 Years – Not too surprising.

Reviews

Comicbook – Batman Incorporated #1
CBR – Hitomi #1
CBR – Immortal X-Men #7
Comicbook – Namor: The Sub-Mariner – Conquered Shores #1
CBR – Namor: The Sub-Mariner – Conquered Shores #1
Comicbook – Once & Future #30
CBR – Star Wars: The High Republic #1
Collected Editions – Suicid e Squad: King Shark

Around the Tubes

Preview: Once & Future #30

Posted on October 8, 2022 by Graphic Policy Team

Once & Future #30

(W) Kieron Gillen (A/CA) Dan Mora
In Shops: Oct 12, 2022
SRP: $4.99

The war of crowns is at an end and Bridgette and Duncan must face the future of England together.
Will their family’s legacy finally come to a happy end? Or is the final page of this story still yet to be seen?
Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora’s epic tale of ancient secrets and legendary battles finally concludes in an immortal story sure to leave readers shaken!