Ross Hutchinson
BOOM! Studios today announced that DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #1, the series premiere of the twelve-issue DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES comic book adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel, 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 artist Dev Pramanik (Paradiso) and colorist Alex Guimarães, has sold out at the distributor level!
To meet the demand, BOOM! Studios announced the DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #1 SECOND PRINTING with brand new cover art by acclaimed artist Michael Walsh (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), as well as an incentive variant cover by illustrator Evan Cagle (The Witcher), both available on November 11, 2020.
Set in the years leading up the Hugo and Nebula Award-winning Dune—which inspired the upcoming feature film from Legendary Pictures— DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES transports readers to the far future on the desert planet Arrakis where Pardot Kynes seeks its ecological secrets in remote, desolate regions of the alien world.
Meanwhile, a violent coup is planned by Shaddam Corrino, the son of Emperor Elrood; far away, an eight-year-old slave Duncan Idaho seeks to escape his cruel masters; and a young man named Leto Atreides begins a fateful journey. These unlikely souls are drawn together first as renegades and then as something more, as they discover their true fate – to change the very shape of history!
“Given the massively enthusiastic and passionate Dune fanbase, it is absolutely no surprise that the support for DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #1 has been so overwhelming!” said Filip Sablik, President, Publishing & Marketing. “We can’t wait for fans in comics shops worldwide to hold the first issue in their hands, and the second printing will give everyone a chance to join the epic story all the way at the very beginning, with two beautiful brand new covers by Michael Walsh and Evan Cagle.”
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 coming November 24, 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.
Print copies of DUNE: HOUSE ATREIDES #1 FIRST PRINTING will be available on October 21, 2020 at local comic book shops (use comicshoplocator.com to find the nearest one), or at the BOOM! Studios webstore. Digital copies can be purchased from content providers like comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Madefire.
