BURBANK, CA. Madeleine Holly-Rosing, writer/creator of the graphic novel series Boston Metaphysical Society, announced the launch of her campaign to fund the printing of the third and fourth issues of her new graphic novel mini-series, Morgana Pendragon. Loosely based on the legend of King Arthur, this retelling focuses on his sister, Morgana, who,o after twenty years working as a mercenary, returns to England when news of Arthur’s impending death reaches her. “Who doesn’t love tales of King Arthur and Morgana, but I was always curious as to what time and age would do to their relationship,” Ms. Holly-Rosing commented. “Family dynamics mixed with politics has always been a favorite theme of mine.”
The series has interior art by Mad Cave talent search winner Alden Kaye, colors by Warnia Sahadewa, main covers by Rio Burton, and editing by Dave Avallone. Troy Peteri is back on board doing letters. “The entire team has done an amazing job,” remarked Ms. Holly-Rosing. “Everyone contributed to us winning the Zelda Award for Best Individual Issue.”
Having entered the comics world over ten years ago with her steampunk supernatural series, Boston Metaphysical Society, Ms. Holly-Rosing brought her background of TV and feature film writing along with a love of history, science fiction, and fantasy. Boston Metaphysical Society received an Honorable Mention at the 2013 Geekie Awards and was nominated for Best Comic/Graphic Novel in 2014. It was also consistently nominated for best webcomic by the Steampunk Chronicles’ Readers’ Choice Awards in 2013, 2014, and 2015. In 2019, Source Point Press republished the original six-issue miniseries and the subsequent four sequels in 2020/21. Morgana Pendragon #1 won Best Individual Issue at the inaugural Zelda Awards. Ms. Holly-Rosing also wrote a story for Joe Benitez’s Lady Mechanika entitled The Mechanical Menagerie (Image Comics).
A veteran of crowdfunding, Ms. Holly-Rosing has successfully funded her entire graphic novel series on Kickstarter along with her first-ever audio drama, The Ghost Ship. This new campaign will include metal bookmarks with art by Alden Kaye, variant covers by Jake Bartok and Roberta Ingranata, and stretch goals which include magnets with art by Roberta Ingranata (Dr. Who, Robyn Hood, Witchblade), and digital comic bundles.
The campaign will end on October 12 and has a funding goal of $8,500.00, which it has already surpassed.
For more information, please visit the Kickstarter Homepage or www.queenofmercia.com
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