Carlos Morales
House Atreides and the Bene Gesserit Prepare for the Kwisatz Haderach in October 2021
BOOM! Studios have revealed a first look at DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #11, adapted & scripted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, who co-wrote the eponymous prequel novel based on Frank Herbert’s notes and illustrated by artists Dev Pramanik (Paradiso) and Mariano Taibo, colorist Alex Guimarães (Bone Parish), and letterer Ed Dukeshire (Once & Future), in partnership with Herbert Properties LLC and in full coordination with Abrams ComicArts, who published the first of three graphic novel adaptations of Herbert’s original classic novel DUNE in Fall 2020.
The newly crowned Duke Leto Atreides has been framed for a crime he did not commit and must risk everything to prove his innocence to Imperium’s royal houses. Will it work, or will Baron Harkonnen’s evil plan finally come to fruition? The Bene Gesserit also assert their influence once more, having predicted a great importance in the Atreides bloodline, one that will influence the coming of their messiah – the Kwisatz Haderach!
Created by visionary writer Frank Herbert, Dune debuted in 1965, has sold millions of copies, and is arguably the most admired science fiction novel of all time. After winning the Hugo Award and inaugural Nebula Award, Dune inspired a best-selling novel series and led to multiple live-action adaptations, including the upcoming feature film from Legendary Pictures. The influence of Dune extends well beyond the world of entertainment, with an incalculable influence on modern scientific thinking about politics, religion, outer space, environmentalism and more.
The DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES limited series is published in coordination with Abrams ComicArts, who will release a graphic novel trilogy adapting Frank Herbert’s original novel Dune, with volume one published in November 2020. The Dune graphic novels from ComicArts are also adapted and scripted by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson, and will be illustrated by Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín, and feature covers by Bill Sienkiewicz.
DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #11 features main cover art by Evan Cagle (Strange Skies Over East Berlin) and variant cover art by Cagle and Qistina Khalidah (Seven Secrets).
Print copies of DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #11 will be available on October 20, 2021 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the one nearest you), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle. Print copies of DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES Vol 1 HC are available now wherever books are sold.
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