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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...
White Lily
» Graphic Novel » History
Leading Ladies
LGBTQ+
Love
Military
Political
The White Lily® trade paperback tells the historical story of the two deadliest female fighter pilots who ever lived.
Conquest: Julius Caesar's Gallic War
» Graphic Novel » History
Military
Political
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...
1565 The Great Siege of Malta "Defenders Unite"
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Faith
Fighting
Military
Grandmaster de la Valette, has a mammoth task ahead of him. Under his leadership the Knights of St John, together with the people of Malta, make preparations for the imminent invasion that lies ahead. On an island only 17 miles long by 9 miles wide, with just 8,500 men, he must hold off the Mighty Ottoman Empire’s 40,000 strong force, long enough for reinforcements to arrive from Sicily.
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...
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!
ERASED
» Comic » History
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 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
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.
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…
Between the Billboards & the Authoring of Architecture
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Modern
Collecting Pomery's acclaimed self-published series Between the Billboards for the first time, readers will be able to experience the story of existential protagonist James Ebner in a complete edition, as Pomery always envisaged.Collecting Pomery's acclaimed self-published series Between the Billboards for the first time, readers will be able to experience the story of existential protagonist...
Interagents
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Military
Murder
Superhero
Supernatural
December 7th, 1941: As the Interagents deploy to the Philippines to thwart a surprise attack, Japanese bombs rain down on Pearl Harbor killing 2,388 American servicemen. But who sent the communique that lured the super team away from the true Japanese target? And who murdered the only Interagent who knew of the impending attack on Pearl Harbor?
