Ahoy, ye scallywags! Feast yer eyes on this week's What's Trending, full o' tales filled with swashbucklin' pirates, daring deeds, and seas ripe for plunder! These six comics be sure to quench yer thirst for adventure on the high seas. Arrr!
Heathen, 351 pages - Published by Vault Comics, (cc/ @VaultComics)
SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY – Viking Style! WOMAN. WARRIOR. VIKING. HEATHEN. OUTCAST. THE GODS MUST PAY… Born into a time of warfare, suffering, and subjugation of women, and exiled from her village for kissing another woman, the lesbian Viking warrior, Aydis, sets out to destroy the god-king Odin and end his oppressive reign. Aydis is a viking, a warrior, an outcast, and a self-proclaimed heathen. Aydis is friend to the talking horse Saga, rescuer of the immortal Valkyrie Brynhild, and battler of demons and fantastic monsters. Aydis is a woman. Born into a time of warfare, suffering, and subjugation of women, she is on a mission to end the oppressive reign of the god-king Odin.
Story and Art by Ashley A. Woods, Morgan Martinez, Natasha Alterici, Rachel Deering
The Cimmerian, 463 pages - Published by ABLAZE, (cc/ @Ablaze)
BY CROM! ROBERT E. HOWARD'S FAMOUS CIMMERIAN UNCENSORED! For the first time, Robert E. Howard's Conan is brought to life uncensored! Discover the true Conan, unrestrained, violent, and sexual. Read the story as he intended!
Story and Art by ABLAZE
Unluckies, 1179 pages - Published by Neon Hell, (cc/ @Neon-Hell)
Magical girl Lilyfeather escapes an arranged marriage by joining a crew of pirate hunters in this high-seas tale of love, luck, and zombies!
Story and Art by Neon Hell
These Savage Shores (Verticals), 137 pages - Published by Vault Comics, (cc/ @VaultComics)
In 1766 an insatiable vampire sails from London to the Malabar Coast, aboard an East India Company ship. But along the shores of the Indus lurk darker and more ancient powers, and a war is brewing in the night. Two centuries after the first European ship sailed to the Malabar Coast and made landfall at Calicut, The East India Company seeks to secure its future along the lucrative Silk Route, in the year 1766. An old evil now sails aboard a company ship, hoping to make a home in this new found land.
Story and Art by Aditya Bidikar, Ram V, Sumit Kumar, Vittorio Astone
The Lady of Gollerus, 363 pages - Published by BeeberryMuffin, (cc/ @beeberrymuffin)
The pirate captain of a not-so-legendary ghost ship tries to make a name for himself alongside his first mate, Minho, and his crew of outcasts.
Story and Art by BeeberryMuffin
The Very Gay Adventures, 152 pages - Published by Very Gay Comics, (cc/ @RavenAndLily)
A daily comic that follows the comedic adventures of two WLW lovers. Tracy, pirate otter is tough on the outside with a soft, nougatey heart. Snickerdoodle is a silly ferret bard who wants to make everyone happy! Each day they have is logged in the upper right. It's a journey of romance, comedy, and growth as they travel their wide world, making friends and enemies along the way!
Story and Art by Lily R. Page and Raven Shepherd
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