Age of Bronze (comics)

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Age of Bronze
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Age of Bronze issue 12 cover art; copyright 2001 by Eric Shanower
Publication information
Publisher Image Comics
No. of issues34 (as of April 2019)
Creative team
Created by Eric Shanower
Written by Eric Shanower
Artist(s) Eric Shanower
Collected editions
A Thousand Ships ISBN   1-58240-200-0
Sacrifice ISBN   1582403600
Betrayal, Part One ISBN   9781582408453
Betrayal, Part Two ISBN   9781607067573

Age of Bronze is an American comics series by writer/artist Eric Shanower retelling the legend of the Trojan War. It began in 1998 and is published by Image Comics.

Contents

Overview

The series aims to be true to all literary traditions, from Homer's Iliad to Shakespeare's Troilus and Cressida , as well as to the archaeology of the Bronze Age Aegean. When complete it is projected to comprise seven volumes.

Publications

34 issues, four trade paperback collections and two specials have been published as of 2015.

Collected volumes
Specials and one-shots

Status

After a six-year hiatus, issue 34 was published in 2019, the first to be in color. Individual issues will henceforth be solely digital except a handful printed to fulfill existing print subscriptions. No further print subscriptions will be accepted. [1] Book collections are being reissued in color. Plans are to publish two issues a year. [2]

Awards

Shanower won the Eisner Award for best writer/artist in 2001 and 2003, and was nominated for the Ignatz Award for outstanding artist in 1999, for his work on Age of Bronze. [3] [4]

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References

  1. Attention, Age of Bronze subscriber:
  2. Eric Shanower Opens Up On His Age Of Bronze Return (Now In Color!)
  3. Hahn, Joel (ed.). "Will Eisner Awards [1988-2007]". Comic Book Awards Almanac. Archived from the original on November 2, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2015.
  4. (October 1, 1999) "1999 Ignatz Award Recipients, Small Press Expo (accessed May 27, 2016)