In the middle of all the excitement last week for the final days of shooting in Spain, and Game of Thrones Season 7’s short excursion to Croatia, George R.R. Martin announced the release of the next long anticipated and long demanded….. graphic novel set in the world of Westeros.
The graphic novel is the third being released for the (completed) prequel series known as The Dunk and Egg novellas, entitled The Mystery Knight. And Martin, from the tone of his blog entry, is excited about it. And so are fans of the Dunk and Egg series.
The good folks at Random House have assembled the same great creative team who gave us the comic book adaptations of THE HEDGE KNIGHT and THE SWORN SWORD — Ben Avery on script, and Mike S. Miller for the artwork.
He also released the cover art for it–check it out below.
Image via Random House
The Dunk and Egg graphic novels have been big sellers both with the graphic novel crowd and with the A Song of Ice and Fire collectors. With HBO looking to do brand extension with Martin in the coming years once Game of Thrones ends as a television show, keeping interest high in the Dunk and Egg series is probably in everyone’s interests, since it’s the first, most logical place to go in terms of already written prequels. (After all, what worked this time was adapting Martin’s writing, so the safest route to a second hit is to continue that path. Even though I think many would tune in even if they were to go off and start writing completely new material “based on the world of George R.R. Martin”.)
As for a release date:
THE MYSTERY KNIGHT will be released in hardcover on July 4. (No, sorry, no individual issues this time around). It’s 148 graphic pages, and from what I’ve seen so far, it’s gorgeous!
No, there’s no word on The Winds of Winter release date yet.
Via http://winteriscoming.net/2016/12/18/the-mystery-night-graphic-novel-adaptation-coming/
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