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The Henchman
The Henchman
Graphic Novel - Drama
Ethan Bhat, a logistics analyst, wants something more in life than a 9-5. He gets a little more than he bargained for after encountering an old friend.
The Sunset Over Rome
The Sunset Over Rome
Graphic Novel - History
One nosy kid usually can't collapse an empire 200 years ahead of schedule. However, one girl's curiosity about ancient glyphs of power someone of her class has no business knowing might do the trick. Maybe this could be for the better.
Nahreea Danger: Birth of a Goddess
Nahreea Danger: Birth of a Goddess
Graphic Novel - Action
Nahreea Danger
Hashman
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.
Lord Minimus
Lord Minimus
Graphic Novel - History
The true story of Jeffrey Hudson, a 17th century dwarf with the appearance of an infant, but with a lived experience most will never know. Born to a poor butcher’s wife, Minimus had the lowly beginning that any good protagonist requires. Jeffrey quickly found himself in the service of the elite after becoming a local attraction, but no one could guess what highs (and lows) his peculiarities would thrust him towards. From royal court, to war, to the slave markets of Africa and everywhere in between, Jeffrey’s journeys were as varied as Odysseus himself. This is the story of a man who’s stature wielded little respect in the small-mindedness of his contemporaries, but who’s life towered nonetheless to cast a shadow over the centuries thereafter. Written by Aaron Figueroa and Illustrated by João Vicente Galvão de Lucena, Lord Minimus is a comic series that tells a story with breathtaking imagery and unimaginable intrigue.