Popular Week: Looking into the Past

Take a peek into the past with our Popular Last Week. Valiant heroes, world-altering rebellions, and people who became legends grace the pages within these records of history. Are you ready to learn and be inspired from tales of the past?

Kalki's Ponniyin Selvan Comics, 380 pages - Published by Nila Comics, (cc/ @Saravanaraja)

Ponniyin Selvan is the pinnacle of Tamil Historical Novels. The way the Cholas ruled the country in a straight forward manner, with Love, Valor and Piousness has been brought to our eyes through this book in a grandeur and realistic fashion by the Legend writer Kalki.

Story and Art by Nila Comics

Freedom Bound, 146 pages - Published by BHP Comics, (cc/ @bhpcomics)

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.

Story and Art by Shazleen Khan and Warren Pleece

The Goddamned, 309 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

"And the earth was filled with violence." (Genesis 6:11). It's 1,655 years after Eden, and life on earth has already gone to hell. The world of man is a place of wanton cruelty and wickedness. Prehistoric monsters and stone-age marauders roam the land. Murder and destruction are the rule of the day. This is life before the Flood. The story of man on the verge of his first apocalypse. Welcome to the world of The Goddamned. Collects THE GODDAMNED #1-5

Story and Art by Giulia Brusco, Jason Aaron, R.M.Guéra

All Rise: Resistance and Rebellion in South Africa, 220 pages - Published by Catalyst Press, (cc/ @catalystpress)

Six true stories of resistance by marginalized South Africans against the country’s colonial government in the years leading up to Apartheid. From immigrants and miners to tram workers and washerwomen, these ordinary, working-class women and men defied a nation and defended the disempowered. A graphic history written six parts, each illustrated by a different South African artist.

Story and Art by Catalyst Press

Yi Soon Shin, 285 pages - Published by OK Comics, (cc/ @olkompan)

This series is based on the true story of Admiral Yi Soon Shin, a Korean naval commander who saved his people from Japanese invasion forces during the Imjin War. Much like the Nazi's during World War II, the Japanese were known for having little remorse for the innocent civilians of Korea. They raped women, enslaved children and killed elders. All that stood against them was one man.

Story and Art by Adriana De Los Santos, David Anthony Kraft, El Arnakleus, Giovanni Paolo Timpano, Onrie Kompan

Coward's Emblem, 125 pages - Published by Soapine, (cc/ @Soapine)

The Coward's Embelm is a comic set in a fantasy world inspired by Finnish mythology. The story focuses on Aino Hakkara, who returns to her home country when the war breaks out.

Story and Art by Soapine

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