all artwork by Liam Sharp, courtesy of Image Comics
Liam Sharp constantly challenges his readers and himself. Launching the Arthurian-inspired science fiction epic StarHenge in 2022, he’s received his first Eisner Award nomination. When the first arc of StarHenge finished up, he promised there would be more. And now it’s coming, in a standalone graphic novella — Ore.
Going deeper into the origin of the Ur-Queen and her battle with the AI powered CAST, Ore sees Sharp further pushing the boundaries of his storytelling and his art. Also, if he’s exploring the perils of AI, it couldn’t be more timely. If you’re going to cry in the wilderness, do it beautifully.
You can pick up StarHenge: The Dragon and the Boar Deluxe Edition at your local comics shop or use the helpful Amazon link. That way you’re caught up when Ore reaches shops on August 8 this summer. Need more? Let me let Image tell it:
Legendary award-winning artist and writer Liam Sharp (Green Lantern, Spawn: The Dark Ages) is returning to his fantastical realm of StarHenge to summon a new spellbinding tale, ORE: A STARHENGE GRAPHIC NOVELLA. The news comes shortly after it was announced that Sharp earned an Eisner nomination for Best Painter/Multimedia Artist (Interior Art) for StarHenge: The Dragon and the Boar and for Nocterra: Nemesis Special, also published by Image Comics.
Following the events of StarHenge, in which a future Merlin travels to 5th-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. A first look at a selection of pages from the graphic novella shows Sharp’s stunning illustrations and 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 will hit shelves this August 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,” said Sharp. “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…”
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