The Pirate Queen Franchise Expands into Graphic Novels
Lucy Liu Expanding ‘Pirate Queen’ Franchise Into Graphic Novels, Podcast.
The franchise is built around a retelling of the stories about real life character Cheng Shih, who was a powerful female pirate in the South China Sea at the beginning of the 18th century.
The franchise’s first iteration, a VR experience based on a story by Maja Bodenstein, won the Tribeca Storyscapes Award and the Raindance Discovery Award in 2023. It is currently nominated for an Emmy in the Outstanding Emerging Media category.
