Literati Press Comics & Novels

Glamorella's Daughter

The Poet King

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Trapped in the throne room, Comet now has a chance to ask her grandfather, the Poet King, everything she's ever wondered about her ancestral lands and why her mother fled all those years ago. Meanwhile Emmet, Isaac, and Betsy, locked away in the castle's dungeon, may have found the help they need to escape and rescue Glamorella and Comet in the process.

Issue #5

Silence: Track 5 of 5

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Silence

Track 4

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Dinah and the Heart of Gold face destruction at the hands of an undersea leviathan, but music proves to be the key to escape. After a much needed meal, the crew sail on into the maelstrom, making a startling discovery-they've somehow made their way back to the seaport of Anthem, and it appears the lost men of the town have returned home.

Silence

Track Three

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The crew traverses Hades' Hexagon in search of the missing men of Anthem in the continuation of this music and myth epic. Dinah becomes trapped in the Heart of Gold as a Charybdian monster drags it into the depths, while Johanna, Cherry, and Meg watch from the shore, each caught in their own memories.

Silence

Track Two

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The rock 'n' roll/mythology epic continues as past and present traumas of the crew onboard the Heart of Gold are revealed: Johanna discovers a tragic secret about Cherry, Meg's addiction is exposed, and Dinah finds a treasured record from her childhood. All the while, a supernatural ship pursues the Heart of Gold, pushing it deeper into Hades' Hexagon, where the crew encounters a lone stranger floating among wreckage.

Silence

Track One

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In this extraordinary Rock'n'Roll/Mythology mashup, Johanna Jones returns to her hometown of Anthem, a down-on-its-luck shipping town, to discover the ship her father sailed on has gone missing. She ends up aboard a yellow submarine named the Heart of Gold, headed directly into Hades' Hexagon to find the missing crew, accompanied by her childhood best friend, a rich young addict, and a punk legend.

Aliengaged

Issue 3: Shake Your Hips for the Apocalypse

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With the city under alien attack, Claire and Morris must team up to save Garrett. But first, they'll have to stock up on weaponry if they're to have any chance at success. Meanwhile, Garrett unknowingly ventures deeper into alien-occupied territory, every step bringing him closer to a rooftop encounter that may decide the fate of humanity.

The Rez Detectives

Justice Served Cold

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This summer, Tasembo just wants to chill. But that's not an option when it's a scorching day on the Reservation and the Ice Cream Man is a no-show. In an attempt to impress his crush by solving the mystery, Tasembo joins forces with his neighbor, Nuseka, and his dog, Billy Jack, to take on their first case as the Rez Dog Detectives. With twists around every corner, this case won't crack itself, bu

Aliengaged

A Duel of Idiots

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As the alien onslaught rages around him, Garrett falls into despair over his botched proposal to Claire and begins to suspect the worst about his best friend, Morris. Meanwhile, Claire faces off the alien threat that has engulfed her entire neighborhood and Morris must escape his parking garage as he embarks on a quest across town to save Garrett.

Glamorella's Daughter

Issue Five: Going Home

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What in the world(s) is happening on the other side of that portal? The season two premiere of Glamorella's Daughter takes place entirely in Yielding City, the alternate realm where Glamorella was born. An unlikely team forms in Comet, Isaac, Betsy, and Glamorella as they set out to save Emmett from danger in the hands of his in-law, The King.

Issue #1

Aliengaged: Issue One

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As an alien attack rampages the city, Garrett accepts that his time has finally come. It's the end of life as he knows it... as a single man, that is. Blinded by love, Garrett is blissfully unaware of his apocalyptic surroundings as he strolls through the mania to pop the question to his girlfriend, Claire. Meanwhile, Garrett's best friend, Morris, races through the city to save them both.

Issue #1

Haunted, Beloved

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’Til death do us part . . . ? Following a fatal accident, a newly incorporeal lover makes an earnest attempt to reconnect with their widow. But will their paranormal meddling be for better or for worse?

Issue #4

We Promised Utopia Issue 4

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In the final issue of season one, Isa pleads with world leaders in Norway, the family in the frozen future make an unlikely ally, and Mangus takes his grandkids on a questionable field trip in hopes of finally getting some real answers.

Glamorella's Daughter

The Uneasy Alliance

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When word of another abduction reaches Glamor Manor, Comet decides to take things into her own hands. With the help of Isaac and an unlikely ally, Comet sets out to save the day. Like mother, like daughter. But just wait until Glamorella finds out . . .

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We Promise Utopia #3

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Isa deflects questions about the mysterious Ygdrassil project while an approaching hurricane is threatening the lives of a Save The World contestant and his fellow villagers. Mangus delves deeper into governmental corruption and a family goes to extreme lengths to survive the global ice age.

The Black-Jack Demon

We Litter the Frontier With Corpses

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The third issue of Nick Hermes' genre-breaking Western The Black-Jack Demon finds Silas' ability to enact his revenge in doubt as he is in the hands of the mysterious killer. As they near the Pacific Ocean, a plan begins to form in the young man's mind while the mounting weight of death surrounds him.

Glamorella's Daughter

Of Parties and Portals

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How can a super-hero and her daughter get along when they're worlds apart? In this all-ages comic about the neurodiverse daughter of Earth's greatest defender, Comet endures a birthday party, Glamorella grapples with her image-conscious brand manager, and Emmett runs into portal troubles.

We Promised Utopia #2

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The era-spanning sci-fi epic returns in present day with fractures in Isabel Bari's poise after the early rollout of the carbon-based currency, the ECC. In the titular utopia, Mangus encounters surprising resistance in his investigation of the cryptic Yggdrasil, while in the far dystopian future, the family struggles to survive the first leg of their journey south.

The Black-Jack Demon

The Wilderness of Other People

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Fresh from an encounter with the the Black-Jack Demon, a now solitary Silas tracks the stranger through settlements in the shadow of the eastern Rockies.

Glamorella's Daughter

A Girl Named Comet

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Comet and the gang return for the second installment of this All Ages comic about the neurodiverse daughter of Earth's greatest defender. Though Comet just wants to be left alone to read, she must endure school and unwanted birthday invitations while helping her father fix an out-of-control portal to find a missing lab tech.

We Promised Utopia

Issue One

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We Promised Utopia is a sci-fi epic centered around charismatic idealist Isabel Bari and her development of the Equivalent Carbon Credit (ECC) which ties every element of the global economy to a carbon-based currency. The comic focuses on three separate eras of humanity: the rise of the ECC in present day, a future utopian world, and a distant dystopia.

Glamorella's Daughter

The Girl Who Asks All The Questions

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Comet, the daughter of Earth’s greatest defender, yearns for a quiet existence with towers of books and the occasional game night at her friend’s house. Her mom, Glamorella, savors the thrill of adventure, the heat of battle, and the glitzy soirées that come with superheroics.

The Black-Jack Demon

Wherein I Obligate Myself To Vengeance

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A boy crosses the American Old West in search of the stranger that brutally murdered his father after destroying their family mine. Bent on revenge, the young man soon realizes that the killer he is chasing is something much, much darker.