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Historical comic
Antar
Honor through perseverance. Legacy through diversity. IDW is proud to present the epic story of one of history's greatest warriors and finest poets: Antar the Black Knight. A despised camel driver born of an African slave mother and an Arab Noble father, Antar proves that heroes are made by embracing who we are and dreaming about what we can become.
- Issue #1 (6 years ago)
Attack of the Super-Wizards
The Earth faces it's greatest threat ever and the only way Stardust the Super-Wizard can stop it is to field an army of himself from across comic book history. But can the silly Silver Age Stardust be relied upon? Can he stop the socially conscious Bronze Age Stardust from gazing into his own navel? Can Stardust convince a team of his various reboots, reimaginings and revivals to help him, or is the Earth doomed?
- Issue #1 (6 years ago)
CBLDF Defender (2018)
Jordie Bellaire, the multiple Eisner Award-winning colorist and writer (Redlands, The Vision) talks to CBLDF about her efforts for free speech! Plus a first-hand look at censorship in Japan with mangaka Takeshi Nogami (Girls und Panzer). CBLDF Defender delivers the latest free speech news and views!
Genre: Historical, Political
- Issue #1 (6 years ago)
Athena Voltaire
Kicking off the ongoing adventures of comics’ favorite pulp heroine! Athena races against the Nazis to find an artifact once possessed by Pope Sylvester II, but the allies helping her have their own agendas. Loyalties will be tested. With absolute power up for grabs, who can you trust?
Death To the Tsar
"From the creative team behind the best-selling Death of Stalin comes a brand new political dark comedy! Moscow, September 17th, 1904. A crowd, brandishing sticks, stones and rotten vegetables, gathers in front of Moscow's Governor's Palace. They're not happy."
Genre: Historical, Political
Mezolith
"What's to Love: Mezolith is an award-winning British graphic novel that we are excited to publish for the first time in the U.S. because it's a captivating, coming-of-age story with lush, gorgeous art! Writer Ben Haggarty is a renowned performance storyteller, having been appointed Honorary Professor of Storytelling at the Arts University of Berlin, and illustrator Adam Brockbank is a storyboard and concept artist who has worked on the Captain America, Spider-Man, and Harry Potter films. The pair have collaborated to produce one of the best-looking books you'll see all year. What It Is: 10,000 years ago, the Kansa tribe live on the eastern shores of Stone Age Britain, where danger is never far away. Each season brings new adventures, each hunt has its risks, and each grim encounter with the neighboring tribe is fraught with threat. Poika, a boy on the verge of manhood, must trust the wisdom of his elders and endure life''s rites of passage as he finds his place in the tribe. "Violent, beautiful, magical, compelling..." - The Times".
Genre: Fantasy, Historical
- Issue # TPB 2 (6 years ago)
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Betty 'The Slayer' Mitchell
A spate of grisly murders leads to a desperate plea for help from renowned monster hunter Betty 'The Slayer' Mitchell. This one is personal though, when she finds out that the brutal killer is none other than Spring-Heeled Jack. It was he that attacked Betty previously and led her to the path that she is now on, hunting down monsters of legend, and she wants some closure!
Okko: The Cycle of Air
Okko and his tribe travel to the Valley of the Celestial Winds in order to assist a young woman, who has retreated into silence. Crossing the bridge, a young man from Okko's past recognizes Okko as the man who killed his father. Okko and his tribe call upon the wind spirits to help save the young woman that they traveled to assist. A dead bird falls in front of Noburo as a sign of trouble.
Pin-Up
It’s 1943 and all-American Joe is heading off to fight the Japanese. His distraught fiancé Dottie Partington is fired from her job as a movie usher, and a friend helps her find employment at the Yoyo Club, a cabaret favored by soon-to-be-deployed US Air Force personnel. In the meantime, Joe is marooned on an atoll in the South Pacific, where he experiences firsthand the terror of war, and encounters a motley crew of fictional and real-life characters. Back in the States, famed cartoonist Milton approaches Dottie and uses her as the model for his new comic strip, “Poison Ivy,” which centers on the adventures of a patriotic vamp capable of making soldiers “forget their girlfriends back home.” The strip is a runaway success and kindles the fantasies of GIs across the globe, eventually reaching even Joe.
The Last Templar
Acre, 1291. The last Crusader city in the Holy Land is about to fall. Two Knights Templar, obeying the grandmaster's orders, manage to escape the invading Muslim army on the order's last ship. New York City, nowadays. During the unveiling of an exhibition of some of the Vatican's treasures, four men disguised as Templars attack the Metropolitan Museum and steal several artefacts, including a centuries-old decoder – a loss that horrifies the Church.
Hip Hop Family Tree (2013)
The lore of the early days of hip hop has become the stuff of myth, so what better way to document this fascinating, epic true story than in another great American mythological medium - the comic book? From exciting young talent and self-proclaimed hip hop nerd Ed Piskor, acclaimed for his hacker graphic novel Wizzywig, comes this explosively entertaining, encyclopedic history of the formative years of the music genre that changed global culture. "This is the comic of all time." - Biz Markie.
Genre: Historical, Music
- Issue # TPB 4 (6 years ago)
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- Issue # TPB 1 (6 years ago)
Cimarronin: A Samurai in New Spain
Foreworld founders Neal Stephenson and Mark Teppo--joined by authors Charles C. Mann and Ellis Amdur, and illustrator Robert Sammelin--forge a comic series with adventure, betrayal, and a samurai's relentless blade.
- Issue # TPB (6 years ago)
Comic Book History of Comics Volume 2
The bestselling, mind-blowing graphic history of our favorite medium continues with the long birth of the Graphic Novel, spanning from1835 Switzerland to the USA today! How French and Belgian comics broke away from the American tradition and inspired Heavy Metal and a sci-fi comics revolution! Starring: Will Eisner! Moebius! Gil Kane! Herge! Rodolfe Töpffer! All this and a brand-new HER-story of Comics story (and World History of Comics variant cover) too!
Genre: Historical
Marie of the Dragons
A five-issue limited series. Marie is a fighter who sells her skills to the highest bidder. She is also the only person who can see and confront the 'Dragons' - strange creatures that hover on the borderline of reality.
Warren Ellis Crécy
An original graphic novel from Warren Ellis! A highly trained but under equipped army invades another country due to that country's perceived threat to home security. The army conducts shock-and-awe raids designed to terrify the populace. This army is soon driven to ground, and vastly outnumbered. The English army has to stand and fight, in Crecy, France. On 26 August 1346, modern warfare changed forever. This is the story of England's greatest battle. Featuring the stunningly detailed art of Raulo Caceres.
- Issue # Full (6 years ago)
Will Eisner's Hawks of the Seas
In 1936, a 20-year-old artist using the name Willis B. Rensie jump-started the comic-book medium. Writing and illustrating an action-packed weekly serial called "Hawks of the Seas" -a pirate adventure series set in the 18th-century Caribbean-the artist created one dynamic strip after another, honing his storytelling craft and shaping the comics medium with each one. That artist was none other than comics' grand master Will Eisner! From 1936 to 1938, Eisner's "Hawks of the Seas" weekly stories were translated into several different languages and distributed all over the world, and now they're collected here in this handsome hardcover edition. The stories themselves stand the test of time, as thrilling and exciting as they were almost 70 years ago. Featuring an introduction by comics veteran Al Williamson and a new foreword by Eisner himself.
Genre: Historical
- Issue # TPB (6 years ago)
Chasing Hitler
As WWII draws to an end and the Allies surround Berlin, Adolf Hitler realizes that all is lost. Or is it? Two allied service men are tasked with verifying Hitler's death. When they can't the chase begins.
Minky Woodcock: The Girl who Handcuffed Houdini
A brand new 1920s mystery with a sinister twist! Unappreciated at her father's detective agency, the fabulous, rabbit-loving Minky Woodcock straps on her gumshoes in order to uncover a magical mystery involving the world-famous escape artist, Harry Houdini. Created by acclaimed artist, author, director and playwright Cynthia Von Buhler ('Speakeasy Dollhouse', 'Evelyn Evelyn', 'Emily and the Strangers')! "I was seduced by Cynthia Von Buhler's artwork. She is a wonder." – Neil Gaiman.
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