Once & Future Vol. 1: The King Is Undead

by Kieron Gillen, Dan Mora (Illustrator), Tamra Bonvillain (Editor)

Overview

When a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring a villain from Arthurian myth back from the dead to gain power, retired monster hunter Bridgette McGuire pulls her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, a museum curator, into a world of magic and mysticism to combat the deadly secrets of England’s past that threaten its very future.

...a fast-paced escapade well worth picking up for genre fans, and it will particularly pique the appetites of those who also nerd out on Arthurian mythos. - Publishers Weekly

When a group of Nationalists use an ancient artifact to bring a villain from Arthurian myth back from the dead, retired monster hunter Bridgette McGuire pulls her unsuspecting grandson Duncan, a museum curator, into a world of magic and mysticism to defeat a legendary threat. Now the two must navigate the complicated history of the McGuire family, all while combating the deadly secrets of England’s past that threaten its very future.

New York Times bestselling writer Kieron Gillen (The Wicked + The Divine, Star Wars) and Russ Manning Award-winning artist Dan Mora (Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Klaus) explore the mysteries of the past, the complicated truths of our history and the power of family to save the day...especially if that family has secret bunkers of ancient weapons and decades of experience hunting the greatest monsters in Britain’s history!

Collects Once & Future #1-6.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781684154913
Publisher:	BOOM! Studios
Publication date:	03/31/2020
Series:	Kieron Gillen's Once & Future Series , #1
Pages:	160
Sales rank:	123,626
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 10.20(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Kieron Michael Gillen (/ˈɡɪlən/; born 30 September 1975)[3] is a British comic book writer and former computer game and music journalist. He is known for his creator-owned comics Phonogram and The Wicked + The Divine, both created with artist Jamie McKelvie and published by Image Comics, and for numerous projects for Marvel Comics, such as Journey into Mystery, Uncanny X-Men, Young Avengers, and Eternals. Along with the best-selling BOOM! Studios series Once & Future.

Dan Mora is an artist whose work includes Buffyverse comics from Boom! Studios.

Editorial Reviews

04/06/2020

Arthurian legend and horror are gene-spliced in this modern-day dark fantasy by Gilla (the Die series) and Mora (the Klaus series). Rugby player/academic Duncan McGuire is called away from a disastrous first date by his fiercely independent grandmother’s nursing home, which she escaped after seeing a news report on a bizarre murder at an archaeological dig in Cornwall, Great Britain. Duncan locates his grandmother in the woods, where she unearths a cache of heavy ordnance and reveals her past as a monster hunter; none too soon, as the murder is tied to a scheme to resurrect a monstrous King Arthur—an Arthur of unprecedented terror. Not the noble, chivalrous figure of mythology, this hellish undead entity feeds on blood and raises the deceased to serve as his knights. He’s been called back by nationalistic cultists to preserve the “purity” of England for the English, threatening to destroy increasingly diverse modern Britain. Duncan embraces a destiny he’s unwittingly been groomed for since birth, as his family’s secret history unfolds and his mission to thwart the once and future king begins. This series launch gets off to a brisk and crisply-illustrated start, with Mora’s skillfully drawn action-packed panels lit up in a punchy color scheme by Tamra Bonvillain. It’s a fast-paced escapade well worth picking up for genre fans, and it will particularly pique the appetites of those who also nerd out on Arthurian mythos. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly