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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
Peter Panzerfaust
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Fighting
Military
Political
Superhero
PETER PANZERFAUST, the critically acclaimed reimagining of the Peter Pan story set in the backdrop of World War II France. Peter leads a band of orphans in their desperate attempt to escape the city of Calais as the Nazi army presses its advance deeper into the country. With impossible odds against them, the Lost Boys survive a series of dangerous adventures on their road to Paris, and to...
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The EightFold Path
» WebComic » History
Antihero
Martial Arts
Psychological
KARMA CAN HAUNT YOU. An old warrior-monk must reconcile his past to save the future of his daughter and her new-born infant. Accompanied by two street-rat siblings, Sha must tow the line between love and violence, honor and vengeance— can he find the inner strength to walk THE EIGHTFOLD PATH?
Art by Carl MEFF
Story by Joe Cristo
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Book of Ruth
» Graphic Novel » History
Faith
Friendship
Leading Ladies
Love
Widowed as a young woman, Ruth leaves behind everything she knows and follow her bereaved mother-in-law to Bethlehem. While Naomi rails against God for his seeming abandonment of her family, Ruth holds only a quiet, and sincere faith that God has a plan. It is her courage and unwavering faith that shine like a beacon for all who feel lost, especially a retired soldier turned farmer named Boaz.
Heritage Heroes
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Family
Friendship
Mythical
Superhero
Paulette Comics: Heritage Heroes introduces children to African culture, courage, wisdom and identity through colourful stories inspired by Uganda’s legends, kingdoms, communities and everyday life.
Hey Kids! Comics!
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Fighting
Humor
Organized Crime
HEY KIDS! COMICS! takes its cue from nearly a century of turbulence and triumph, despair and drama in the comics racket.
Artists and writers, con men and clowns, ganefs and gangsters create the foundations of today's biggest entertainment business-or at least the tail that wags the dog.
Some of it really happened, and the names have been changed to protect the innocent and...
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...
Freedom Bound
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BIPOC
Mature
Military
Murder
Political
Freedom Bound, explores Scotland’s uncomfortable connections with the history of slavery. We follow the interconnected stories of three enslaved people seeking freedom in Scotland in the decades before the legal case which decided that Scots Law could not tolerate slavery.
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...
The Witches of World War II
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Leading Ladies
Magic
Occult
In the darkest hours of World War II, Doreen Valiente, an expert on British folklore and the occult, is approached by British intelligence who tell her they know she's a witch...and that's how she can best serve her country.
Together with the "most evil man in the world," a hard-nosed white witch, the grizzled founder of Wicca, and a professional exorcist and con man, Valiente will travel deep...
The Lone and Level Sands (2009)
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Faith
Mythical
Political
Pharaoh Ramses II hasn't seen his long-lost cousin Moses in nearly forty years. Yet while pressed by the Hittites to the North and construction delays in the South, Ramses must make time for this ancient desert rascal, the long-ago mystery he represents, and the impossible demands of an alien deity. by A. David Lewis, Marvin Perry Mann, and Jennifer Rodgers.
