Saga, the long-running Image Comics series by artist Fiona Staples and writer Brian K. Vaughan, has won the 2024 Hugo Award in the “Best Graphic Story or Comic” category.
The winners of the 2024 Hugo Awards were announced yesterday during the Glasgow 2024, a Worldcon for Our Futures convention in Scotland.
The 11th volume of Saga was released last November, and since its debut in 2012, it’s been nominated for the award eight times. This is its second win.
“What a tremendous honor. All credit to the team: letterer/designer Fonografiks for always holding our book together, and of course extraordinary co-author Fiona Staples, who somehow keeps pushing herself to new heights with every single issue,” Vaughan said about the win in his newsletter. “Congrats to our equally worthy fellow nominees, and thanks to all the unsung heroes behind the scenes at Image Comics, to the independent comic retailers who’ve kept us alive these past dozen years, and to everyone who voted, especially kind and patient readers like you.”
Presented annually since 1955, the Hugo Awards recognize the best science fiction in books, comics, movies, TV and more. The Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story has been awarded since 2009, with previous winners including Ms. Marvel, Girl Genius, LaGuardia, Far Sector and Monstress. Cyberpunk 2077: Big City Dreams won the category last year.
You can visit the Hugo Awards website to view all of this year’s winners across all categories.