Ghost-Spider Team Nominated for 2021 Hugo Award
In an article posted to the official Marvel website on Thursday, May 20th, 2021, it was announced that Ghost-Spider Vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over has been nominated for a Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story category! Congrats Ghost-Spider!
I’m scared I’ve used up a lifetime of luck today but this also happened!! Congrats team Ghost-Spider! https://t.co/I9NGyfEmFD
— Takeshi Miyazawa (@takmiyazawa) May 20, 2021
DisCon III in Washington, DC
The prodigious Hugo Awards have been around since 1953, and have been awarded annually since 1955.
2018 Hugo Award. Photo: Hugo Award
Past Hugo winners have included such heavyweights as Robert A. Heinlein, James Tiptree Jr., and N.K. Jemisin, and past hosts include such towering figures as George R.R. Martin and Afua Richardson.
The 2021 Hugo Awards will be presented at DisCon III, which will take place from December 15th through 19th in Washington, D.C. The ceremony will be hosted by Sheree Renée Thomas and Malka Older.
Ghost-Spider Vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over
The comic nominated is Ghost-Spider Vol. 1: Dog Days Are Over by Seanan McGuire, Takeshi Miyazawa, Rosi Kӓmpe, Ian Herring, and Clayton Cowles.
Ghost-Spider #7 Cover by Paul Pope and Bruno Seelig. Photo: Marvel Comics
We have a hard time believing that Marvel Blog True Believers aren’t already familiar with this incarnation of Gwen Stacey, but just in case: you may recognize her from Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).
G-Wanda is originally a denizen of parallel universe Earth-65, Dog Days Are Over follows the characters’ experiences as she moves from her home universe to the main Marvel Comics dimension, Earth-616.
It isn’t just saving the world that’s brought Gwen to the 616: it’s also school (and her super cool rock band, THE MARY JANES)!
Ghost-Spider #8 Cover by Miyazawa and Herring. Photo: Marvel Comics
In Ghost-Spider, Gwen’s the newest student at Empire State University, a school that can claim such impressive former students as Peter Parker and Doreen Green (that’s the one and only Unbeatable Squirrel-Girl, Marvel Blog True Believers)!
If you’re interested in reading Dog Days Are Over – or Spider-Gwen: Ghost-Spider, by the same creative team – both stories are available on the Marvel Unlimited app in their entirety!
2021 Hugo Awards
Which of the other nominees for the 2021 Hugo Awards have you read? We’re waiting to hear from you! Let us know in the comment section.
