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 second issue of her new comic series, Morgana Pendragon. Loosely based on the legend of King Arthur, this retelling focuses on his sister, Morgana, who after twenty years working as a mercenary, returns to England when news of Arthur’s impending death reaches her. “I’ve always loved Arthurian legends, but felt Morgana was always relegated to the smart woman equals evil stereotype,” Ms. Holly-Rosing commented. “It was time to see her as older, wiser, and carrying more emotional baggage.”
The series has interior art by Mad Cave talent search winner Alden Kaye, colors by Warnia Sahadewa, and covers by Rio Burton. Troy Peteri is back on board doing letters. “Alden has done a spectacular job, and Warnia compliments his work on every level.” remarked Ms. Holly-Rosing. “It has been a pleasure to work with Alden on his very first series.”
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 re-published the original six issue mini-series and the subsequent four sequels in 2020/21. The first half of Ms. Holly-Rosing’s story for Joe Benitez’s Lady Mechanika was published in 2025 and the second half in 2026.
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, a variant cover by Claudia Ianniciello, and magnets with art by Roberta Ingranata (Dr. Who, Robyn Hood, Witchblade).
The campaign will end March 11 and has a funding goal of $6,500.00 which it has already surpassed.
For more information, please visit the Kickstarter Homepage or www.queenofmercia.com
Brian Isaacs - Executive Editor / Publisher