Artist Nick Dragotta Teams Up with Jason Aaron in ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Star ‘East of West’ & ‘Ghost Cage’ Comics Creator Joins the Epic New Original Series Starting in 2024
BOOM! Studios announced that the highly acclaimed comic book artist Nick Dragotta (Ghost Cage, East of West) will be the series artist for the third and final five-issue arc of ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD, an epic post-apocalyptic series from Eisner and Harvey Award winner and New York Times bestselling writer Jason Aaron (Thor, The Avengers, Southern Bastard), about a love story at the end of the world that’s brutal and nostalgic, whimsical and grounded… and ultimately, timeless. BOOK THREE of this epic series, entitled NOT EVEN IF YOU WERE THE LAST PERSON ON EARTH, will be available in stores in 2024.
Nick Dragotta
Maceo and Mezzy have never met anyone like each other, and they’ll need all the help they can get to survive a planet ravaged by environmental catastrophe. This epic 15-issue trilogy spans a lifetime as the dark mysteries of a ruined world and their own stark differences tear at the threads holding Maceo and Mezzy together… Will they, and the earth beneath their feet, ultimately be torn apart?
Nick Dragotta is a writer and artist. Dragotta co-created the Eisner Award-nominated series East of West with Jonathan Hickman at Image Comics after working together on highly acclaimed runs of The Fantastic Four and FF series at Marvel Entertainment. Dragotta also worked on various iconic Marvel and DC characters such as Captain America, Spider-Man, the X-Men, X-Statix, Batman, and Superman. His latest book is Ghost Cage, which he co-wrote and illustrated, at Image Comics.
“I’ve wanted to draw a Jason Aaron comic for some time. I got even more excited when I learned it was a ‘love story,’ and I would be drawing the final act of ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD,” said Dragotta. “Couple that with getting to craft a comic alongside fellow artists Alexandre Tefenkgi, Leila del Duca, and editor Sierra Hahn. Sign me up.”
ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD #1 features main cover art by highly acclaimed illustrator Mike Del Mundo (Thor), and variant cover art by Alexandre Tefenkgi with colors by Lee Loughridge, Junggeun Yoon (Something is Killing the Children), Jenny Frison (Wonder Woman), and more.
“How did Maceo and Mezzy go from lovestruck kids to hard-edged wastewalkers, who’ve become just as brutal as the apocalyptic landscape where they fight to survive, each on their own? And what brings them back together with nothing less than the fate of the entire planet at stake? Nick was the absolute perfect choice for this action-driven, emotion-packed finale of the world’s last great love story,” said Aaron.
ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD is the newest release from BOOM! Studios’ eponymous imprint, home to critically acclaimed original series, including BRZRKR by Keanu Reeves, Matt Kindt, and Ron Garney; Something is Killing the Children by James Tynion IV and Werther Dell’Edera; Once & Future by Kieron Gillen and Dan Mora; We Only Find Them When They’re Dead by Al Ewing and Simone Di Meo; Seven Secrets by Tom Taylor and Daniele Di Nicuolo; The Many Deaths of Laila Starr by Ram V and Filipe Andrade; Basilisk by Cullen Bunn and Jonas Scharf; Grim by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano; and the upcoming series Briar by Christopher Cantwell and Germán García and Stuff of Nightmares by R.L. Stine and A,L. Kaplan, The Approach by Jeremy Haun, Jason A. Hurley, and Jesus Hervas; Damn Them All by Simon Spurrier and Charlie Adlard, Behold, Behemoth by Si Spurrier and Charlie Adlard, and Specs by David Booher and Chris Shehan. The imprint also publishes popular licensed properties, including Dune: House Atreides from Brian Herbert, Kevin J. Anderson, and Dev Pramanik; Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers from Ryan Parrott, Mat Groom, Moises Hidalgo, and Marco Renna; and Magic from Jed McKay and Ig Guara.
Print copies–each issue overflowing with 30 story pages–of ONCE UPON A TIME AT THE END OF THE WORLD #1 will be available for sale in November 2022 exclusively 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, including comiXology, iBooks, Google Play, and Kindle.
