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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
The ultimate commemorative send-off for the Commander-in-Chief. An all new short story "No More Fs to Give" joins this satirical collection of breakout hit comics that were launched in tandem with the Obama presidency, to international acclaim: Barack the Barbarian: Quest for the Treasure of Stimuli and The Fall of Red Sarah. Told as a tale in a distant future ice age, the details behind our 44th POTUS (and world) have been slightly skewed.
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Description
An intriguingly interwoven tale of four lives changed by a mysterious late-night radio broadcast that wakes them up from their mundane existences. Each tale speaks to different social issues without pandering to a political agenda: LGBT+ rights, racism, social network addiction, and the difficult decision between settling down versus following your dreams. Each tale is told in a vivid, polychromatic illustration style that flows from one character...
3) Ab Irato #4
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Riel learns to his horror that the police have decided to solve the hostage standoff with extreme prejudice: no traces, no witnesses, no rebels, no hostages . . . and Gana finds that mercenaries hired by Juvex Corp are closing in on her.
4) Ab Irato #1
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In a dystopian future of mounting sea levels, the rich have access to a rejuvenating vaccine that can allow lifespans of hundreds of years. A young man named Riel arrives in the urban metropolis of Montreal and meets a young woman, Neve, who is allied with rebel insurgents (the "Bastards of God") fighting the corporate powers that control the city and the vaccine.
5) Ab Irato #5
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
The radical new leader of the Bastards of God threatens to execute a hostage every hour if his demands are not met, Neve tries to escape from her captors, and Riel searches desperately for a solution.
6) Ab Irato #2
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Riel follows Neve into the rebel ranks just as the security forces of the city begin their murderous search for the mysterious Gana.
7) Ab Irato #6
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In the finale to Ab Irato, Riel tries to save Neve even as Gana's final confrontation with the CEO of Juvex comes to its bloody conclusion, and a city pushed to the brink by rage and anger threatens to implode.
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In the dystopian future of 2111 and a world of mounting sea levels, the wealthiest fraction of the population has access to a rejuvenating vaccine that can allow lifespans of hundreds of years. A young man named Riel flees the bleak life of the drowning countryside for the urban metropolis of Montreal; there he meets a young woman named Neve, and falls in love, but he also discovers that the city is full of dangers, including rebel insurgents (the...
9) Ab Irato #3
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Gana raids the headquarters of Juvex Corp even as the Bastards of God, under mounting pressure from the police, fall into infighting and take hostages--amongst them Neve.
10) Golem
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Set in a future, post-Eurozone Italy, entrenched in a bizarre form of hyper-capitalism, Golem follows a young boy kidnapped during a political protest gone sour, who learns that he has the power to not only change the city, but reality itself. This intensely imaginative political-sci-fi graphic novel is a visual tour de force, created by contemporary design icon Lorenzo Ceccotti, better known as "LRNZ," whose design-influenced illustration is a lush,...
11) Drafted: Preview
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
The city of Jerusalem is struck by a strange phenomenon that cripples the medical system as an alien race pulls into orbit around Earth.
12) Drafted #1
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
It begins as a day like any other. However, in a heartbeat, everything changes... Today, we learn we aren't alone in the universe. Governments cease to exist. Borders disappear. Old hatreds are forgotten -- and the people of earth, finally united as one, are drawn into a conflict of unimaginable proportions - Today, WE HAVE BEEN DRAFTED!
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Humanity has repulsed the first wave of alien invaders-but the battle has left much of America in shambles. As the coldest winter in a century assaults the starving, shell-shocked populace, it falls to a former U.S. Senator to rally a small construction unit in the frozen, haunted remains of Chicago. A man whose own destiny has been changed by the war: Barack Hussein Obama...
14) Viewpoint
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
LRNZ (penname of artist and designer Lorenzo Ceccotti) has made waves throughout the different fields of visual art around the world, from feature film concept design to animation direction to his first celebrated graphic novel Golem. His unique style blends influence from around the world, from Japanese Manga masters, Italian Renaissance greats, and Western Graphic Design icons. From expressive, comic-style line-art to detailed, passionate oil painting,...
Language
English
Description
Go behind the scenes and uncover the phenomenal never-before-seen artwork that went into creating this beloved series' final season! Captions from series creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko will give you an exclusive look at every aspect of the show; it's like having your own backstage pass to The Legend of Korra Book Four: Balance!
*Never-before-seen artwork from season 4 of Korra!
"Strong characters, compelling storylines, heartfelt...
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
The graphic novel collaboration and true story of two sisters. Anaële, a writer, leaves for Palestine volunteering in an aid program, swinging between her Palestinian friends and her Israeli friends. Delphine is an artist, left behind in Liège, Belgium. From their different sides of the world, they exchange letters. Green Almonds: Letters from Palestine is a personal look into a complex reality, through the prism of the experience of a young...
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In gritty, star-spread future, where mankind has colonized planets throughout the galaxy, former Confederation Commander Jon T. Munro was serving a life sentence for a war crime he was forced to commit. When a prison break runs amok, however, he seizes the opportunity to escape with a ragtag team of cons to form a small crew of pirates with one goal in mind: vengeful justice. And the first step in their plan is to steal the battle cruiser he once...
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
In a gritty, star-spanning future, where mankind has colonized planets throughout the galaxy, former Confederation Commander Jon T. Munro was serving a life sentence for a war crime he was forced to commit. When a prison break runs amok, however, he seizes the opportunity to escape with a ragtag team of cons to form a small crew of pirates with one goal in mind: vengeful justice. And the first step in their plan is to steal the battle cruiser he once...
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today's most exciting Puerto Rican comics creators. All profits will go to towards disaster relief and recovery programs to support Puerto Rico.
Despite being a US territory, Puerto Rico is often thought of as a foreign land, if it's even a thought in the mind of the average American at all. Its people...
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