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The Corsair

In these times of peace with the treacherous Albion, an incredible event will upset the monotonous routine of the French corsairs. A veritable genie, distant cousin of Aladdin’s genie from ‘1001 Nights’, offers them three wishes. These expert pirates fall into a series of adventures which will make them cross the southern seas in the search of The Treasure of Rackham The Cruel. In his direct and bright painting style, Vincent Pompetti brings an epic breath to this story of pirates imagined by Tarek.

Conquest: Julius Caesar's Gallic War

Based on Julius Caesar’s classic and influential Commentarii de Bello Gallico, Conquest: Julius Caesar’s Gallic Wars is one of the best books on Roman history out there today: a 136 page Roman history graphic novel, the first in English to tell the story of Julius Caesar’s conquest of Gaul from 49 B.C. to 52 B.C. in comic book form. Based on “Commentarii de Bello Gallico,” written by Caesar himself.Experience the history of Rome, following Caesar’s tenth legion during the Roman Empire’s last military campaign leading up to the Roman Civil War.

Inhuman Trials

The year 2032. Planet Earth has gone through a third world war and the bulk of humanity has been transformed by radiation into grotesque mutants. With the invention of his human genome-reconstructing machine, Igliduk, a Swedish scientist, dreams of restoring his body –okay, fine, and everyone else’s – to its former glory. Along the way, he will invite the envy of his fellow mutants and the wrath of an evil organization with sinister designs. Torn between saving the world or saving his own skin, Igliduk will have to make wise choices and avoid the numerous dangers that lie in wait. Better grab some beers for the road.

Al Capone

Based on truth, lies, myths, and rumors, this is the story of the greatest gangster of all time: Al Capone. Family man, community leader, industrious smuggler, or vicious killer? You decide. Born into a poor Italian family in Brooklyn in 1899, little Alphonse didn’t have a lot of options, so he’d have to get creative in order to make a name for himself. A bit of cards, some enforcing, maybe a little protection are a great start. A man’s gotta provide for his family, capisce? But, when prohibition starts up in 1920, Al Capone will discover his golden ticket to untold fame and fortune. Now, nobody’ll ever forget the name Capone.