Award-winning artist and writer Liam Sharp (Death’s Head II, Green Lantern, Spawn: The Dark Ages) has returned to his fantastical realm of StarHenge to summon a new spellbinding tale, Ore: A Starhenge Graphic Novella, available now from all good comic shops.
Following the events of StarHenge, in which a future Merlin travels to fifth-century Britain to prevent monstrous time-traveling robots from robbing the universe of magic, Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella charts the battle between the resurrected Ur-Queen and the horrifying AI of the CAST, in a galaxy-spanning conflict where ALL sentient life is threatened.
Here’s a quick look at a selection of opening pages from the graphic novella, showing off Sharp’s stunning illustrations in a tale telling the genesis of Ore, revealing the plans of her many avatars: to save as much life as they could, and to make the CAST learn how to suffer.
Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella is on sale now in all good comic shops from Image Comics.
“Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella blurs the line between illustrated books and comics, with a blistering, hard sci-fi saga of epic proportions,” Liam teases. “The graphic novella expands the StarHenge universe with a galaxy-spanning saga focusing on the Ur-Queen after her physical death. Becoming an agent of vengeance against the implacable might of the CAST – alien AI wearing human skin faces – she fights a losing battle in search of a single idea that might tip the balance…”
StarHenge: The Dragon and the Boar (and the Nocterra: Nemesis Special) earned Liam an Eisner nomination for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art) earlier this year. It’s still available for purchase in comic shops and on digital platforms. Also published by Image Comics. A StarHenge Book One: The Dragon And The Boar Deluxe Edition is also available.
• Ore: A StarHenge Graphic Novella is available from comic book shops with a cover by Liam Sharp (Lunar Code 0624IM253). It is also available across many digital platforms, including Amazon Kindle, Apple Books, and Google Play
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John is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.
Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.
He’s the writer of comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.
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