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Shanghai Red
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Family
Red is one of hundreds of people who were shanghaied out of Portland in the late 1800s. Drugged, kidnapped, and sold to a ship 's captain for $50, she wakes up on a boat headed out to sea for years, unable to escape or reveal who she is. Now, she 's coming back in a blood-soaked boat to find her family and track down the men responsible for stealing her life out from under her. Eisner-nominated...
Jakuta
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Fighting
Mature
Mythical
Supernatural
Behold the legend reborn! Embark on an epic journey through the enchanting world of Jakuta, where ancient tales come to life and legends are retold in myriad ways. But which version holds the truth? This captivating series weaves together six interconnected issues, each exploring the timeless saga of a revered king whose legacy transcends generations. An ancient throne hangs in the balance, and...
Jupiter Invincible
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Mythical
Political
Superhero
Supernatural
Western
JUPITER INVINCIBLE is an augmented reality comic book series about an African-American enslaved person, Jupiter, who is suddenly given the power of immortality. The story takes place on a Southern plantation near Baltimore before the U.S. Civil War. The project is a mixture of pop-culture, history, innovative technology, and dynamic storytelling written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef...
Izuna
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Fighting
Magic
Martial Arts
Since the dawn of time, the Izuna wolves have been entrusted as guardians against Japan's evil spirits. Set in the wondrous world of Legend of the Scarlet Blades. From time immemorial, the spirits of nature created the Kamigakushi, a magical veil that hid them from the impure eyes of man. From that moment on, spirits and men could no longer gaze upon each ot…
Shanghai Dream (English)
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Love
Magic
A young German Jewish filmmaker escapes the Nazi threat in Shanghai, where he is forced to adapt to a new land and cope with familial loss through the magic of filmmaking.
Age of Bronze: A Thousand Ships
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Love
Modern
Daring heroes, breathtaking women, betrayals, love and death--the most spectacular war story ever told: The Trojan War. When a lustful Trojan prince abducts the beautiful Queen Helen of Sparta, Helen 's husband vows to recover her no matter the cost. So begins the Trojan War. From far and wide the ancient kings of Greece bring their ships to join the massive force to pledge their allegiance to...
ERASED
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Occult
Political
Maximus Wyld had his heyday in 1940s-50s Hollywood. Of mixed race Black, Chinese and Native American descent, he was "the actor with a thousand faces” , essentially interpreting ethnic roles: Indian chief, Mexican revolutionary, oriental dandy... A veritable reinterpretation of the myth of American cinema through the prism of minorities, Erased reveals the political and social...
The Devil's Red Bride (Compendium)
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Fighting
Gore
Military
What is the sword? This is the question that drives ketsuko, as she carves her way through the world.
Both a master of the sword and a slave to it, Aragami Ketsuko cannot resist the tide of violence that would destroy her clan. Taking up her fallen father's 'Red Devil' mask, Ketsuko fights to save her people, no matter the bloody cost.
16th century Japan. The fates of warlords ebb and flow like...
Simon Says
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Family
Murder
An artist, forced to paint swastikas on train cars for the Nazis during the Holocaust, has become an unlikely vigilante in pre-Cold War Europe. Alongside his army companion, Bruno, he hunts down the criminals responsible for murdering his wife, his family, and his people. SIMON SAYS is one part action-adventure, one part crime-noir and all high-stakes drama!
India redrawn (Short project)
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Friendship
Humor
Mature
Political
School
Time Travel
A short comic project of India redrawn post independence (1947)
This comic was made for a small art event, this is simply a small conceptualproject by a uni club.
The Banana Woman
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Antihero
BIPOC
Fighting
Leading Ladies
Monsters
Political
A full-color, 22-page American-style comic for ages 18+.
Dark historical fiction set in New Orleans and Honduras in 1910 follows black, indigenous protagonist, Louise, and anti-hero mercenaries in their battle for land. We’ve got bananas, brothels, and boats in this tale of a coup - plus a machine gun showdown against a kraken-like mythical creature, El Pulpo.
TW: Suicide by hanging
Pietrolino
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Love
This is the tale of the titular Pietrolino, a man who came to use his skills as a mime to stand up against the oppressor and cheer the bruised souls of a Nazi-occupied France. The graphic novel adaptation of a theatre play originally written by the ever multi-faceted Alexandro Jodorowsky ("The Incal," "The Metabarons") for the famous French mime Marcel Marce…