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Junkyard Joe
Comic - History
From the explosive pages of GEIGER comes JUNKYARD JOE! The world knows him from the comic strip by recently retired cartoonist Muddy Davis, but the truth stretches back to the Vietnam War. The tragedies of combat and visions of a strange robot soldier that saved Muddy's life there still haunt him. But dreams become reality when Joe mysteriously shows up on Muddy's doorstep, warning of a new impending war.
Hey Kids! Comics!
Comic - History
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 guilty...
...although in the end, everyone was guilty of something.
Devil's Island
Comic - History
A historical fiction thriller, Devil's Island follows the trials and tribulations of a few fictitious prisoners, who are used as hunters by the prison guards. Their job is to re-capture prisoners who attempt to escape the jungle island, bringing them back at any cost... dead or alive!
Adrift
Comic - History
A poetic tale of a life at sea, exploring how travel, adventure, and chance encounters can shape both individuals and future generations.
A Man Among Ye
Comic - History
High adventure on the high seas in the waning days of piracy, when men were men, and the best pirates were...women? Writer STEPHANIE PHILLIPS (Butcher of Paris, Descendent) and artist CRAIG CERMAK (Red Team, Voltron) bring to life the tale of Anne Bonny and Mary Read as they hoist the skull and crossbones, draw cutlasses, and seek a treasure that will make them legends. In an era where sailing with women was thought to be bad luck, Anne and Mary might just be the only women capable of saving the pirates' way of life
Shanghai Red
Comic - History
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 writer CHRISTOPHER SEBELA (High Crimes, Heartthrob, CROWDED), JOSHUA HIXSON (The Black Woods), an...
Geronimo's Grave
Comic - History
Yale's Skull and Bones stole Geronimo's Bones, involving the Bush and Harriman families.
This is a short story illustrated by David Brame detailing the known historical story.
Hashman
Graphic Novel - History
Multiple Award-winning graphic novel about Criminal-turned-psychologist JoeL Berman whose complicated past, extends through East Coast mobs, the psychedelic 60s, the New York celebrity drug culture, Berkeley Peace movement, the Paris riots, Altamont, Woodstock, laundering money in Southeast Asia, and sitting meditation courses in Tibet. Join Joel as he manages to escape prosecution time and time again by the seat of his pants, ultimately becoming a noteworthy shrink in Seattle where he manages to find himself as a central figure in the worldwide cannabis legalization scene as its most notorious authorizing doc, dispensary financier, and industry stalwart. Will he make it thru? Or will the law finally catch up with him?
Hashman is important because it offers a true snapshot of life as a hustler in the late 20th century American pop culture landscape, and how he enters the modern era, offering a view of the underground world of cannabis, and how it evolved for the last 5 decades from its seedy roots to a sterile and legalized corporate venture. Get a front row seat in how the massive need for security, rooted in a childhood trauma, can mix with greed and an obsession for vice to eventually lead to one's personal destruction.
Based on a series of interviews with eye witnesses, court reports, and newspaper articles carefully used to construct an authentic and visually visceral ride through the life of a well connected cannabis pioneer.
The Banana Woman
Comic - History
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