The first
Once & Future trade paperback (
Once & Future: The King is Undead, comprising issues #1-6) was a finalist for the 2021
Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story, the third trade paperback (
Once & Future: The Parliament of Magpies) was a finalist for the 2022 award, and the fourth trade paperback (
Once & Future: Monarchies in the UK) was a finalist for the 2023 award.
Screen Rant calls it "(t)he best modern King Arthur adaptation", because it is set in the present day and "explores the power of stories" rather than "the myths themselves".
Comic Book Resources considers it "a more successful adaptation [of Arthurian mythos] than most", and posits that this is because Gillen "plays fast and loose with Arthurian legend" and acknowledges that there is no single canonical version. == Collected editions ==