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CONTENTS 2 CLASSIC AND LITERARY COMICS

10 WWI AND THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

26 WWII AT SEA

34 WWII - WESTERN FRONT

50 WWII - EASTERN FRONT

60 MODERN WARFARE

66 COMING 2023

Cover and back cover: The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors: The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour By James D. Hornfischer; Adapted by Doug Murray; Drawn by Steven Sanders; Colored by Matt Soffe; Lettered by Rob Steen (Dead Reckoning)

CLASSIC AND LITERARY COMICS 4 THE BEST OF DON WINSLOW OF THE NAVY

6 ATLAS AT WAR!

8 MEN AT SEA

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The Best of Don Winslow of the Navy A Collection of High-Seas Stories from Comic’s Most Daring Sailor EDITED BY CRAIG YOE

A collection of the best stories from the classic run of Don Winslow of the Navy, one of the most popular comic books running during and after World War II. Edited by Craig Yoe, the selected stories are digitally remastered and contextualized with Yoe’s historical research. Preceding the full, colorful tales is a detailed introduction on the creation of the adventurous Don Winslow. The character served to foster recruitment and entertain Navy personnel and the general public alike during World War II and beyond. Winslow fights the Axis and supervillains like The Snake and the attractive, but deadly, Singapore Sal.

$29.95 978-1-68247-323-8 272 Pages | 8½ x 11 Hardcover

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“Don Winslow, in comic book form, is as close to thrilling pure pulp adventure packed with action as the comic book medium field can get. . . . These are classic adventure tales from a time when both a nine-year-old and a retired general could feel proud of the way their country conducted itself around the world.”

—New York Journal of Books

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Atlas at War! EDITED BY MICHAEL J. VASSALLO; ART RESTORATION BY ALLAN HARVEY

Atlas at War! covers the brutal pre-code period where graphic depictions of war action were rendered by artists who were World War II veterans themselves, as well as the post-code period, where code restrictions forced creators to tell stories without graphic violence but produced some of the most beautiful comic art of the genre.

$65.00 978-1-68247-470-9 272 Pages | 8½ x 11 Hardcover

2021 Eisner Award Nominee Best Archival Collection/Project

DR. MICHAEL J. VASSALLO is a noted comics historian and a world-renowned authority on the Timely/Atlas period of Marvel’s history. He is the co-author of The Secret History of Marvel Comics and has written twenty introductions to Marvel’s Timely and Atlas Age Masterworks volumes.

Welsh graphic artist ALLAN HARVEY specializes in digital restoration, breathing new life into vintage comic artwork.

Previous restoration projects include Colleen Doran’s A Distant Soil, Stan Lee’s Amazing Fantastic Incredible, and a host of Sam Glanzman war comic reprints for It’s Alive Press.

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“Atlas at War! is a phenomenal look into the past at how the once-booming business of war comics resulted in some amazing talents writing and illustrating tales of combat. This isn’t just an amazing collection of comics, it is a fantastic piece of comic history. 5 out of 5 stars.”

—The Newest Rant

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Men at Sea

BY RIFF REB’S, TRANSLATED BY JOE JOHNSON

Men at Sea is an opus of eight spectacularly drawn dark, poetic stories freely adapted by Riff Reb’s. The eight tales, themselves interspersed by seven double-page spreads dedicated to extracts from illustrated classics, deliver a rich, poetic, and masterfully crafted work of life and death on the sea.

$24.95 978-1-68247-387-0 120 Pages | 8 x 11 Paperback

Right, let’s take stock of the situation, Mr. Spoker.

RIFF REB’S was born in Algeria and lived his formative years in Le Havre, France. He attended The School of Decorative Arts and later co-founded the Azylum Studio, a place of creativity for now-recognized artists.

The men have broken into the spirit-room, Captain!

My men, there is no sense in this! The ship is going down in ten minutes, and what then? To the philosophic eye, there is nothing new in our situation…

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“A storybook style that entrancingly depicts deep emotions with its use of stark, macabre colors, harsh shading, and darkly cartoonish faces.”

—Publishers Weekly All our lives long, we may have been about to break a blood vessel or to be struck by lightning.

I assure you, with my hand on my heart, I fail to comprehend your attitude!

And that has not prevented us from eating dinner, no, nor putting money in the Savings Bank!!!

This is a very painful sight, Mr. Spoker!

And yet, to the philosophic eye, or whatever it is, they may be said to have Been getting drunk since they came aboard.

GOOD GOD!!!

Let me tell you, Lieutenant, philosophy won’ t have been your strong point in this life.

And that pains me, too.

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WWI, TURN OF THE CENTURY 12 GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

14 FOUR-FISTED TALES

16 ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT

18 TRENCH DOGS

20 TEDDY

22 SMEDLEY

24 THE STRETCHER BEARERS

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Great Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century Tsushima, Jutland, Midway

BY JEAN-YVES DELITTE AND GIUSEPPE BAIGUERA

In this collection, Jean-Yves Delitte and Giuseppe Baiguera plunge into the heart of three of the twentieth century’s greatest naval battles: Tsushima, Jutland, and Midway.

Admiral, we can only congratulate you.

We’ve fooled the yellow dwarves. This evening, with a little luck, we should see the lights of Vladivostok.

$24.95 978-1-68247-524-9 176 Pages | 8 x 105/8 Paperback

JEAN-YVES DELITTE is an architect and designer by training. His first comic book stories appeared in the legendary weekly magazine Tintin. His great love for the open seas allows him to display the entirety of his talent through the creation of veritable naval frescoes.

GIUSEPPE BAIGUERA has been teaching at the Scuola Internazionale du Comics (Academy of Visual Arts and New Media) in Brescia, Italy, since 2009. In 2011, he published Ecoguard, a volume distributed in schools to build ecological awareness.

Admiral!

Admiral! The…the Japanese!

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“I’m not sure that there’s ever been a more beautiful book about the ugliness of war. Jean-Yves Delitte and Giuseppe Baiguera have crafted stories that combine heroism, tragedy, humanity, and sheer technical brilliance. We don’t make nearly enough comics this good.”

—Ron Marz, comic writer, Green Lantern, Silver Surfer, Marvel vs. DC

The Russian ships’ shots seem imprecise.

Give the order to come in line astern as close as possible. We’re going to cross their T* so long as we have the advantage and send in our torpedo boats to finish them off.

*Crossing the T is a tactical maneuver that advantages the attacker by placing his weapons broadside to his adversary’s bow or stern, thereby allowing more of his guns to bear.

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Four-Fisted Tales Animals in Combat

BY BEN TOWLE

From Hannibal’s elephants in ancient Rome to mine-sniffing rats in Vietnam and everything in between, Four-Fisted Tales highlights the real-life contributions of these underappreciated animal warriors. Whether in active combat or simply as companions, these animals served and made their mark on history.

$24.95 978-1-68247-416-7 120 Pages | 6¾ x 9½ Paperback

2021 Foreword INDIE Award Finalist for Graphic Novels & Comics*

Eisner Award Nominee Best Publication for Kids*

BEN TOWLE is a four-time Eisner-nominated cartoonist. His previous works include Oyster War, Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean (with Sarah Stewart Taylor), which received accolades from The New York Times and Publishers Weekly and was a Junior Library Guild selection, Midnight Sun, and Farewell, Georgia. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, and is a professor of illustration at The Columbus College of Art and Design.

* no award at press time

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“Four-Fisted Tales brings you animal stories you had no idea you needed!

From time immemorial to the Gulf War and beyond, each animal, each story makes you say, What? No way! All brought to vivid life by the artistry of Ben Towle!”

—Jeff Smith, writer and illustrator of Bone

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All Quiet on the Western Front

BY ERICH MARIA REMARQUE, ADAPTED BY WAYNE VANSANT

Hailed by many as the greatest war novel of all time and publicly burned by the Nazis for being “degenerate,” Erich Maria Remarque’s masterpiece, All Quiet on the Western Front, is an elegant statement on a generation of men destroyed by war. This graphic novel recreates the classic story in vivid detail through meticulous research. The accurate depictions of uniforms, weapons, trenches, and death brings the horrors of the Western Front to life in a bold new way.

$24.95 978-1-68247-333-7 176 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Paperback

we go to our hut. again there is the lofty sky with the stars and the on-coming dawn. by my side, stooping and angular, goes kat, my comrade. the outline of the huts are upon us in the dawn like a dark, deep sleep.

there are rumours of an offensive. we go back to the front two days earlier than usual. on the way we pass a shelled schoolhouse. stacked up against its side is a high double wall of yellow, unpolished, brand-new coffins. they still smell of resin, and pine, and the forest. there are at least a hundred.

that’s a good preparation for the offensive.

For more than 30 years WAYNE VANSANT has been writing and illustrating comics and graphic novels on historic and military subjects, beginning with Marvel’s Savage Tales and The ‘Nam. Since then, he has produced Days of Darkness, Battron: The Trojan Woman, Blockade, The War in Korea, Stephan Crane’s The Red Badge of Courage, Normandy, Grant vs. Lee, Bombing Nazi Germany, The Battle of the Bulge, The Red Baron, and others.

they’re for us.

you be thankful if you get so much as a coffin...

don’t talk rot, detering.

...they’ll slip you a waterproof sheet for your old aunt sally of a carcase.

the others jest too, unpleasant jests, but what else can a man do? the coffins are really for us.

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“This isn’t a Classics Illustrated version of the story, it’s a very adult, brutal retelling. There’s bravery and cowardice, hope and fear, life and death all through the story. This book will have its place in libraries and in places where graphic adaptations of classic literature are popular.”

—ICv2 the first night we try to get our bearings. when it is fairly quiet we can hear the transports behind the enemy lines rolling ceaselessly until dawn. kat says they are bringing up troops: troops, munitions, guns.

...and they have put in trench mortars.

the english artillery has been strengthened. there are at least four more batteries of nine-inch guns...

we are now in low spirits. our own shells have been falling in the trench. if it were simply a mistake in aim no one would say anything, but the truth is that the barrels are worn out.

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Trench Dogs

BY IAN DENSFORD

Inspired by assorted first-hand accounts, this fictional story of World War I is an anthropomorphic retelling of that global conflict and the soldiers who experienced the horrors of the front lines and high seas.

IAN DENSFORD the author and illustrator is a working artist living in New York state with his wife, Tae, and their son, Anderson. When not animating on the computer, or drawing in his sketchbook, you can find him frolicking in the nearby forest and rocky hillsides.

To request the Instructor’s Guide for Trench Dogs, email sales@deadreckoning.org.

$18.95 978-1-68247-233-0 184 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Paperback

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“Trench Dogs by Ian Densford is an ambitious graphic novel. . . . The art is detailed and impressive . . . It’s beautiful to look at . . . This is an impressive attempt to do something different in the comics medium and in so many ways it succeeds.”

—Graphic Policy

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Teddy

BY LAURENCE LUCKINBILL, ADAPTED BY ERYCK TAIT

Based on Luckinbill’s acclaimed one-man play, which overflows with Roosevelt's love of nature, adventure, and justice, Teddy dramatically illustrates the life of one of America’s greatest presidents. His many accomplishments ranged from charging up San Juan Hill in Cuba as commander of the Rough Riders, to facing down U.S. corporate monopolies, to launching the Great White Fleet, building the Panama Canal, and the preservation of hundreds of millions of acres of natural American beauty.

$24.95 978-1-68247-487-7 176 Pages | 7 x 10 Paperback

Nominated for Theodore Roosevelt Association's Children's Book Prize*

LAURENCE LUCKINBILL is a renowned actor, playwright, and director who has worked in television, film, and theater for decades. Well known as Spock’s brother Sybok in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, Laurence is an Emmy winning, Tony Award-nominated actor who has toured the country in acclaimed solo plays depicting the lives of Lyndon Johnson, Clarence Darrow, Teddy Roosevelt, and Ernest Hemingway. He has five children and lives in California with his wife, Lucie Arnaz.

ERYCK TAIT is a Brooklyn based illustrator and designer. He works primarily in storyboarding and concept art for advertising as well as freelance illustration and fabrication.

* no award at press time

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“Covering both Roosevelt’s formative years and his achievements in the White House, and summarizing the politics of his time, Teddy is an excellent graphic biography that serves as a compelling reminder of why Theodore Roosevelt is considered one of the greatest U.S. presidents.”

—Foreword Reviews

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SMEDLEY

BY JEFF MCCOMSEY

Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler is one of the most decorated Marines of all time and is a legend among the Corps. Coming from a background of privilege, Butler became a Marine to prove his worth. Through conflicts like the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Banana Wars, and the War to End All Wars, he helped define what the Marine Corps is today.

JEFF MCCOMSEY is an American writer/illustrator working in comics for the past ten years. He is also editor in chief of the New York Times best-selling historical zombie anthology FUBAR now into its sixth volume. Jeff and his family reside in the quaintly hip city of Lancaster, Pennsylvania where he also teaches the occasional class at Pennsylvania College of Art & Design.

$26.95 978-1-68247-276-7 176 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Paperback

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“Smedley is a super awesome shout out to Major General Smedley Butler, who is one of the most decorated Marines of all time…. This graphic novel is amazing!

If you are a World War history buff (especially pre-WWI and WWI) and like . . . historical graphic novels, I highly recommend checking this out.”

—Sequential Tart

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The Stretcher Bearers

BY REID BEAMAN AND RYAN BEAMAN

Maxwell Fox didn’t know what he would witness in France. America had only been in the Great War since April 2, 1917. Nothing could have prepared him for the horrors that awaited him and the rest of the men of the 4th Infantry “Ivy” Division. As the Meuse-Argonne Offensive raged on, Maxwell became assigned to a unit of stretcher bearers, men who were tasked with running into harm’s way to rescue their fallen brethren from the clutches of death.

$24.95 978-1-68247-619-2 128 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Paperback

REID BEAMAN has been illustrating and writing comics ever since his wife encouraged him to follow his dreams. The Stretcher Bearers will be his first published comic work since leaving the world of academics.

RYAN BEAMAN is a registered nurse by day and comic book writer by night. The Stretcher Bearers will be his first published comic book alongside his brother.

He lives in eastern North Carolina, in a small woodshop surrounded by trees.

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“The Stretcher Bearers is a surprisingly touching graphic novel that’ll have you fighting back tears by the end.”

—Graphic Policy

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WWII AT SEA 28 THE STRINGBAGS

30 THE LAST STAND OF THE TIN CAN SAILORS

32 GREAT NAVAL BATTLES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY

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The Stringbags WRITTEN BY GARTH ENNIS; DRAWN BY P.J. HOLDEN; COLORED BY KELLY FITZPATRICK; LETTERED BY ROB STEEN

Nazi Germany, Imperial Japan, and Fascist Italy began World War II with aircraft that could devastate enemy warships and merchantmen at will. Britain’s Royal Navy squadrons went to war equipped with the Fairey Swordfish. A biplane torpedo bomber in an age of monoplanes, the Swordfish was underpowered and undergunned; an obsolete museum piece, an embarrassment. Its crews fully expected to be shot from the skies. Instead, they flew the ancient “Stringbag” into legend.

$29.95 978-1-68247-503-4 192 Pages | 7¼ x 11 Hardcover

2020 Foreword INDIE Award BRONZE Winner for Graphic Novels & Comics

GARTH ENNIS has been writing comics since 1989. Credits include Preacher, The Boys (both adapted for TV), Hitman and successful runs on The Punisher and Fury for Marvel Comics.

PJ HOLDEN is a Belfast-based comic artist. Best known for his work for 2000AD on Judge Dredd, over the last twenty years he’s also drawn Rogue Trooper, Robocop/ Terminator, James Bond: M, World of Tanks, and Battlefields.

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“A real corker of a war comic, this expertly balances research, amusement, and stirring emotion.”

—Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)

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The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors The Extraordinary World War II Story of the U.S. Navy’s Finest Hour

BY JAMES D. HORNFISCHER; ADAPTED BY DOUG MURRAY; DRAWN BY STEVEN SANDERS; COLORED BY MATT SOFFE; LETTERED BY ROB STEEN

Adapted from the naval history classic and New York Times bestseller, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors pieces together the action of the Battle off Samar, bringing to life a riveting story of heroism against daunting odds, duty, and sacrifice in a way never seen before.

$29.95 978-1-68247-338-2 208 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Hardcover

JAMES D. HORNFISCHER’S gripping account of the battle, based on declassified documents as well as extensive interviews with veterans, is acclaimed as one of the most compelling works of naval history ever published. Hornfischer’s awards include the 2018 Samuel Eliot Morison Award, given by the Board of Trustees of the USS Constitution Museum.

DOUG MURRAY is a comic book writer and novelist. He served as a non-commissioned officer in the Army in Vietnam and was the main writer on the popular comic book series The ‘Nam, published

by Marvel Comics.

STEVEN SANDERS is an illustrator from Kansas City, Missouri. His work has appeared in the distinguished SPECTRUM anthology, and he has drawn a number of comics for Marvel and Image Comics.

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“The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors is an epic graphic novel that covers the wide scope of the battle through different viewpoints. The story by Hornfischer is well researched and exciting. The adaptation by Doug Murray is seamless. The art by the creative team is beautiful.”

—Graphic Policy

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Great Naval Battles of the Twentieth Century Tsushima, Jutland, Midway

BY JEAN-YVES DELITTE AND GIUSEPPE BAIGUERA

In this collection, Jean-Yves Delitte and Giuseppe Baiguera plunge into the heart of three of the twentieth century’s greatest naval battles: Tsushima, Jutland, and Midway.

$24.95 978-1-68247-524-9 176 Pages | 8 x 105/8 Paperback

JEAN-YVES DELITTE is an architect and designer by training. His first comic book stories appeared in the legendary weekly magazine Tintin. His great love for the open seas allows him to display the entirety of his talent through the creation of veritable naval frescoes.

GIUSEPPE BAIGUERA has been teaching at the Scuola Internazionale du Comics (Academy of Visual Arts and New Media) in Brescia, Italy, since 2009. In 2011, he published Ecoguard, a volume distributed in schools to build ecological awareness.

Bakugekiki!!!*

*Bakugeki-ki: bombers.

Doug, I don’t see any planes…not even a smoke trail to guide us!

God alone knows where the battle’s happening and…

Patience, those goddamned Japs gotta be somewhere!

Oh…there!

At five o’clock!

I don’t believe my eyes!

Damn! An aircraft carrier!

A Jap one! By itself!

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“This is an immersive tour of war at sea in the 20th Century that brings readers alongside sailors and pilots in the battles that shaped the modern world. Delitte and Baiguera are masters of the form, crafting elaborate comics art to recreate time and place in ways that will transport, teach, and thrill you.”

—Jeff Parker (James Bond: Origin, X-men First Class, The Hulk, and Batman ’66) Holy shit!

Doug! Planes are taking off, and others are flying due south!

Zeros at eleven o’clock!

Everybody!

Attack, attack, attack!

They got Pete!

You hear? Ed?

ED?

More planes!

Ours!

Damn, fellas, you got here too late.

The bastards have loosed their swarms of bombers and dive-bombers…

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WWII, ffe WESTERN FRONT 36 CHURCHILL

38 THE JOURNEY OF MARCEL GROB

40 THE PHOTOGRAPHER OF MAUTHAUSEN

42 ONCE UPON A TIME IN FRANCE

44 THE FLUTIST OF ARNHEM

46 THE TANKIES

48 THE JEWISH BRIGADE

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Churchill A Graphic Biography WRITTEN BY VINCENT DELMAS; ILLUSTRATED BY CHRISTOPHE REGNAULT AND ALESSIO CAMMARDELLA; FOREWORD BY ANDREW ROBERTS

Churchill is a unique depiction of the life of Winston Churchill that places his story in the context of the times while enabling the reader to truly visualize the key moments in his life and career.

1934

The Germans have, right now, as I speak to you, between 400 and 500 munitions factories that have been manufacturing day and night for two years . . .

$19.95 978-1-68247-528-7 120 Pages | 9¼ x 12¼ Paperback

Mr Churchill, where are you getting these numbers from?

Nothing! For fear of frightening the population . . .

But I say, better to be frightened today, than dead tomorrow.

Is this doomsayer just about done?

VINCENT DELMAS writes for television, film, and comics.

Notably, he is co-author of Charlemagne in the collection Ils ont fait l’Histoire and scriptwriter of the series Synchrone, published by Lombard.

CHRISTOPHE REGNAULT, also known as “Bis”, illustrates role playing games (2d sans face), works for various educational comics (Une Bulle en Plus) and for the gaming publications Dofus Mag and IGMag (Ankama).

As for us, what have we done for our country’s air defences?

Allocating 100 million to defence, Mr Churchill, would disrupt industry, cripple exports and demoralize the financial markets.

He’s probably drunk!

I refuse to turn this country into a giant arms factory!

I’ll tell you again.

The grievous errors in calculation which we are being fooled with today . . .

. . . will make us victims tomorrow!

Mr Churchill. The British people want peace.

Therefore, it naturally follows that their government does too!

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“A wholly original and fresh approach to historical biography.

Churchill would have been delighted to be a comic book hero!”

—Phil Reed, Emeritus Director, Churchill War Rooms

"This week, our Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, has gone to Munich to meet with Adolf Hitler . . ."

September 1938

" . . . in an attempt to resolve the crisis around German claims to the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia . . . "

The lights have gone out across Europe. Chamberlain had the choice between war and dishonour, and he chose dishonour . . .

. . . and he will have war!

"The agreements signed provide for German occupation of the Sudetenland and commit the parties to a peaceful way of negotiating their future disputes . . . "

"Conscious that Britain has just avoided a major conflict, some commentators have nicknamed our Prime Minister the Peacemaker!"

The Munich agreement is a cowardly surrender. The Prime Minister behaved like a petty conciliator, feeding the crocodile in the hopes of being eaten last.

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Because believe me, the crocodile counts on chewing up all of Europe!

The Journey of Marcel Grob

BY PHILIPPE COLLIN AND SÉBASTIEN GOETHALS

In the dead of night, eighty-three-year-old Marcel Grob is sequestered by an investigating judge who questions him about his past. Particularly beginning on June 28, 1944, the day when “Marzell,” like ten thousand of his German-speaking peers from the French borderland province of Alsace, became a member of the Nazis’ infamous Waffen SS. But did the teenager volunteer, or was he conscripted by the Nazis? Determined to prove his innocence, Marcel begins the story of a long journey into night.

$27.95 9781682478219 192 Pages | 7½ x 103/8 Paperback

“My honor is loyalty.”

Deserting is treason. Disobeying is treason, and betraying the SS is death!

Soldiers, the SS motto is unequivocal.

October 2022 Publication

PHILIPPE COLLIN holds a master’s degree in contemporary history devoted to the purging of collaborators during the Liberation. Since 1999, he has been a producer and author of programs for television and radio, including the nowcult Panique au Mangin Palace on France Inter, and Personne ne bouge broadcast

by ARTE. Today, his weekly program on France Inter, L’œil du tigre, combines sport and history.

Cartoonist and author of comics, SÉBASTIEN GOETHALS is known for his work in adapting detective stories and genre stories, including Le Temps des sauvages, based on Thomas Gunzig’s novel, Manuel de survie à l’usage des incapables. He published, in collaboration with Philippe Collin, Le Voyage de Marcel Grob, which was awarded the Prix Historia 2019 and the Prix Découverte 2020 at the Angoulême International Festival.

Dumbasses…

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“To you, Adolf Hitler, I swear honor and obedience…”

It’s not complicated, make an effort, shit: “I swear I will be loyal and brave. I pledge obedience unto death to you and those you appoint to lead.”

It’s just three sentences, for fuck’s sake!

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The Photographer of Mauthausen WRITTEN BY SALVA RUBIO; DRAWN BY PEDRO J. COLOMBO; COLORED BY AINTZANE LANDA

This is a dramatic retelling of true events in the life of Francisco Boix, a Spanish press photographer and communist who fled to France at the beginning of World War II. But there, he found himself handed over by the French to the Nazis, who sent him to the notorious Mauthausen concentration camp, where he spent the war among thousands of other Spaniards and other prisoners.

mateu!

PAPA! PAPA! over here!

$19.95 978-1-68247-627-7 112 Pages | 7 x 10 Paperback we didn’t know who the ss were.

BUT WE WOULD GET TO KNOW THEM…

look out, PAPA!

2020 Foreword INDIE Award Finalist for Graphic Novels & Comics

SALVA RUBIO is a Spanish author and historian who has been recognized multiple times for his scriptwriting, ranging from short films to feature-length films and graphic novels.

and we quickly learned why their insignia was a skull and crossbones…

be careful, son, and—

| said—

…the totenkopf.

…get up!

Spanish artist PEDRO COLOMBO was born just outside of Barcelona in 1978.

With a passion for drawing dating back to his childhood, he went on to attend Escuela Joso, Spain’s most renowned comics institute. Colombo is the creator of Sangre Noctambula and co-creator of Trois . . . et l’ange.

PAPAAA!!!

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“Moving and suspenseful, The Photographer of Mauthausen is a basedin-truth story of survival in a Nazi concentration camp . . . [woven] into a taut, gripping thriller . . . [and] an inspiring historical graphic novel whose visionary hero persists in the face of incredible adversity.”

—Foreword Reviews, Starred Review no, no!

what? who…?

shhh. be quiet.

|'M sorry. there’s nothing we can do about it. be calm and stay close to me.

what the hell are you doing?

forward, march!

you’re going to get us all killed!

over four days, many people died in that railroad car.

the first in a long and macabre list.

in the middle of the night…

…we walked through the village of mauthausen. the inhabitants must have heard us.

but they had something else in store for us.

that image will remain engraved in our memories forever.

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Once Upon a Time in France Based on a true story, Once Upon a Time in France follows the life of Joseph Joanovici, a Romanian Jew who immigrated to France in the 1920s and became one of the richest men in Europe as a scrap-metal magnate. For some, he was a villain. For others, a hero. As Germany occupies France, Mr. Joseph thinks his influence can keep his family safe, but he soon finds that the only way to stay one step ahead of the Nazis is to keep his friends close and his enemies closer.

$29.95 978-1-68247-471-6 368 Pages | 8½ x 107/8 Paperback

The girls are ready and the bags are packed.

All we need to do now is go downstairs…

2019 Foreword INDIE Award GOLD Winner for Graphic Novels & Comics We’re not going.

FABIEN NURY has scripted more than fifteen comics series, including Once Upon a Time in France, which won the Best Series Award at the Angoulême Comics Festival and The Death of Stalin, which was adapted to the 2017 film with Steve Buscemi.

SYLVAIN VALLÉE graduated from the Saint-Luc School of Brussels. He started as a freelance illustrator in advertising and cartoonist. He published his first comic book with Glénat at age 25 and has worked on a dozen series.

Marcel will stay with you. I am going back to Paris to get things up and running again.

When all is calm…

I’ll come back for you.

Y…you’re kidding?!

When did you decide this?

I know the Germans. I’ve been working with them for years. They’ve always been reasonable.

Just now.

…Do you realize what the Nazis are going to do to us if we stay? You must have some idea, don’t you?!

You’re completely crazy!…

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““Nury's story is gripping, brutal, and morally complex, dramatizing the fleeting nature of power. The first chapter spills out a jumbled chronology, presenting this complicated man as an overturned jigsaw puzzle, and the pages that follow fill in the blanks and tighten like a noose. Vallée's art has the cartoonish realism and cinematic verve of Steve Dillon. Thrilling, haunting, superb.””

—Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review Trust me, Eva. You know I wouldn’t be taking the risk if I weren’t certain it’ll be fine.

Why?! You’ve always dreamed

But why?!

of going to America!

We’ve talked about it so many times!

I built us a life in this country. I became rich in this country.

And now you want me to run away like everyone else?

No, no way…

But you…

…not me.

Forget it, Eva. You know how he is when he has decided something.

And her?

I need Lucy in Paris.

And besides, it’s not as dangerous for her as it is for you.

Of course…

Theresa?

Helen? Come say hi to Dad…

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The Flutist of Arnhem A Story of Operation Market Garden

BY ANTONIO GIL

In October 1943, all the Special Operations Executive (SOE) agents in Holland are captured by the Germans . . . except one. John Hewson, a.k.a. “Boekman,” is the most dangerous agent to the German occupiers, with vital information about the German army, Boekman escapes the clutches of the S.S. and stays hidden until the start of the largest airborne operation in World War II: Operation Market Garden. When the SOE learn that Boekman is still alive, and that his estranged son, Harry, is on the ground fighting in Market Garden, Harry is tasked with organizing a small commando unit to rescue Boekman and try to escape through the German siege. $24.95 978-1-68247-463-1 152 Pages | 7 x 10¼ Paperback

ANTONIO GIL is a Spanish illustrator and comic author who specializes in military history. His work can be seen in more than 100 publications in specialized magazines and books focusing on different periods of history, from Ancient Rome to the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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“If you’re a World War II nerd, the dramatized version of Operation Market Garden in The Flutist of Arnhem has a lot to offer. In addition to the broader scope of military engagement, it includes lots of interesting details on both Nazi and Allied sides.”

—The Fandom Post

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The Tankies WRITTEN BY GARTH ENNIS; PENCILED BY CARLOS EZQUERRA; INKED BY HECTOR EZQUERRA; COLORED BY TONY AVINA; LETTERED BY SIMON BOWLAND

From the bloody battle for Normandy to the Nazi heartland, from war’s end to the killing fields of Korea, the men of the British Army’s Royal Tank Regiment fight battle after battle against terrible odds. Whether outnumbered or outgunned, the Tankies soldier on—as their motto would have it, “From Mud, Through Blood, to the Green Fields Beyond.”

GARTH ENNIS has been writing comics since 1989. Credits include Preacher, The Boys (both adapted for TV), Hitman and successful runs on The Punisher and Fury for Marvel Comics.

$24.95 978-1-68247-597-3 256 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Paperback

CARLOS EZQUERRA (1947–2018) was a titan of the comics industry. Originally from Zaragoza, Spain, he began his career as an artist in the early 1970s and is best known as co-creator of Judge Dredd and Strontium Dog.

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“Being asked to write an endorsement for a Garth Ennis book illustrated by the late, great Carlos Ezquerra was my own personal ‘We’re not worthy!’ moment. His The Tankies series in particular holds a warm place in my heart, chock-full of the gritty humour that’s a trademark of his work.

I cannot recommend this book enough.”

—Paul Charlton, “The Mighty Jingles” on YouTube

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The Jewish Brigade

BY MARVANO

In the waning years of World War II, as the tragic plight of the European Jews was coming to light in ever more horrific detail, a Jewish fighting force, known as the Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, was born as part of the British Eighth Army. Leslie Toliver, a racecar driver in the pre-war years, eagerly joined the all-volunteer force for a chance to fight with his people against those who sought to murder them.

Born in Belgium, MARC VANOPPEN, known as MARVANO, started out as an interior designer. Years later, he began an alternate career as an illustrator, eventually becoming editor-in-chief of the magazine Kuifje, then managing the comics department of Flemish publisher Den Gulden Engel. All the while he published his own comics and went on to write and illustrate dozens of graphic novels over decades, most notably adapting Joe Halderman’s famous novel The Forever War.

$24.95 978-1-68247-723-6 144 Pages | 8 x 10½ Paperback

WE PURSUED THE GERMANS BEYOND THE SENIO AND LAUNCHED AN ATTACK ON MOUNT GHEBBIO, AGAIN WITH THE BAYONETS.

THE GERMAN ARMY WAS PUSHED BACK ALL ALONG THE GOTHIC LINE. WE TOOK BACK FORLI, IMOLA, CASTEL SAN PIETRO TERME, BOLOGNA...

THE BRIGADE WAS SENT TO TARVISIO, A CITY THAT STRADDLES THE BORDERS OF THREE COUNTRIES: ITALY, AUSTRIA AND YUGOSLAVIA. EUROPE WAS IN A STATE OF TOTAL CHAOS, WITH MILLIONS OF DISPLACED PEOPLE ON THE ROADS.

TARVISIO WAS OVERRUN BY REFUGEES FROM THE EAST AND AMONG THEM, ONE DAY, THERE WERE...

. . . SURVIVORS...

AND THEN, OUT OF NOWHERE, THE

BRIGADE WAS PULLED FROM THE FRONT, WITHOUT DUE PROCESS, ALLEGEDLY

BECAUSE, POLITICALLY SPEAKING, OUR

LOSSES WERE TOO BIG TO PASS MUSTER.

TOTAL BULLSHIT, OBVIOUSLY. NOBODY GIVES A SHIT ABOUT ONE MORE DEAD JEW, EVEN IF HE’S A BRITISH SOLDIER! BUT THE BRITS WERE NEVER REALLY THAT THRILLED ABOUT THE NOTION OF GIVING JEWS THE CHANCE TO GAIN MILITARY EXPERIENCE ON THE FRONT. THEY’RE AFRAID THAT EXPERIENCE MIGHT BE USED AGAINST THEM IN MANDATORY PALESTINE.

. . . JEWS WHO HAD SURVIVED THE.. .

. . . THE. . .

THE OVENS.

SAFAYA.. .

I KNOW ABOUT THE OVENS.

CHURCHILL MUST HAVE MADE A LOT OF NOISE

ON MAY 2ND, THE GERMAN FORCES

FOR THE BRIGADE TO BE USED IN BATTLE.

IN ITALY SURRENDERED.

BUT LONDON WAS CLEARLY FEELING

THE WAR WAS OVER.

LUKEWARM ABOUT IT AGAIN.

ON CLEAR DAYS, WE COULD SEE

RATHER, IT WAS OVER

THE SMOKE

IN EUROPE, I SHOULD SAY.

IN THE DISTANCE .

IT IS STILL RAGING IN THE PACIFIC.

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“Its brooding earth- and night-toned graphics, its moments of surreal calm followed by horrifying violence, capture perfectly both the ambiguity and the terrible reality [of the war.]”

—Jewish Review of Books

. . . WE DIDN’T KNOW

ABOUT THE OVENS AT THE TIME .

WELL. . .

NOT REALLY.

WE HAD HEARD RUMORS, BUT. . .

...THEY WERE SO HORRIFIC...

THEY SEEMED SO UNBELIEVABLE. . .

THAT WE COULDN’T. . .

OR WE WOULDN’T. . . BELIEVE THEM.

BEFORE THE WAR... BEFORE THE CAMPS...

MOST OF THE BRIGADIERS HAD FAMILY IN EUROPE... BUT NOW, AFTER THE CAMPS. . .

BUT NOW, WE HAD TO BELIEVE THEM.

THE SURVIVORS KEPT POURING IN.. .

WITH MORE AND MORE DETAILS ABOUT THE CAMPS.

SOME SOLDIERS HAVE BEEN GOING AWOL TO GO LOOK FOR THEIR FAMILY.

AWOL?

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WWII, EASTERN FRONT 52 LIONS OF LENINGRAD

54 THE NIGHT WITCHES

56 STALINGRAD

58 KATUSHA

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The Lions of Leningrad WRITTEN BY JEAN-CLAUDE VAN RIJCKEGHEM; ART BY THOMAS DU CAJU

Early summer of 1941, when the German army begins its invasion of Soviet Russia, four children are evacuated to the countryside: Maxim, the son of a senior Communist Party official; Pyotr, the son of writers; Anka, the daughter of a concert violinist; and Grigory, the son of a pilot that was executed for insubordination. The farm where they are staying is attacked and the train that is supposed to take them to safety is blown to bits by German planes.

The four children must fight through enemy lines to get back to their families in Leningrad. But all that awaits them is the beginning of one of the most prolonged and destructive sieges in history. Two and half desperate years that will push their friendship—and their lives—to the limit. $19.95 978-1-68247-792-2 96 Pages | 8 x 10¾ Paperback

Get on that train! Quick!

JEAN-CLAUDE VAN RIJCKEGHEM is a Belgian writer and producer. He has written or co-written screenplays for fifteen feature films in Flanders and the Netherlands including Cannes Critics’ Week screenplay award winner Moscow, Belgium (2008).

The mail wagon at the back!

After studying art at Saint-Luc in Ghent, advertising illustrator THOMAS DU CAJU worked in animation and 3D. He collaborated with Merho on De Kiekeboes, then with the Vandersteen studios on Bob and Bobette (Spike and Suzy).

Those are our planes. They’ve come to save us.

It’ll be OK, children…

I want my mom.

That’s not good.

It’s a Heinkel!

Oh, no!

They’re gonna bomb us!

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“The WWII-era Soviet Union provides a treacherous setting for this wellcrafted military thriller. . . . This throwback to classic European war comics should satisfy military buffs and promises teen crossover appeal.”

—Publishers Weekly

Out! Jump!

All of you!

Get out!

Now!

Quick!

Run!

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ENNIs

As As

The Night Witches

the German army smashes

deep into the soviet Union

BY GARTH ENNIS AND RUSS BRAUN

and the defenders of the Motherland

retreat in disarray, a new squadron arrives at a Russian forward airbase. Like all

bRAUN

night-bomber units, they will risk fiery

As the German Army smashes deep into the Soviet Union and the defenders of the Motherland retreat in disarray, a new squadron arrives at a Russian forward airbase. Like all night bomber units, they will risk fiery death flying obsolete biplanes against the invader—but unlike the rest, these pilots and navigators are women. In the lethal skies above the Eastern Front, they will become a legend—known to friend and foe alike as the Night Witches.

death flying obsolete biplanes against the invader—but unlike the rest, these pilots and navigators are women. In the lethal skies above the Eastern Front, they will

become a legend—known to friend and foe alike as the Night Witches.

With casualties mounting and the

conflict devouring more and more of her comrades, Lieutenant Anna Kharkova

quickly grows from a naive teenager to a

hardened combat veteran. The Nazi foe is bad enough, but the terrifying power of

her country’s secret police makes death in battle almost preferable.

s

(coNTINUEd oN bAcK FLAp)

ory

RAMA

hE U.s.A.

$24.95 978-1-68247-390-0 256 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Paperback

GARTH ENNIS has been writing comics since 1989. Credits include Preacher, The Boys (both adapted for TV), Hitman and successful runs on The Punisher and Fury for Marvel Comics.

RUSS BRAUN has been working in comics for almost thirty years, with a seven-year break for a stint with Disney Feature Animation. He is best known for his frequent collaborations with Garth Ennis on The Boys, Battlefields, Where Monsters Dwell, Sixpack & Dogwelder, and most recently Jimmy’s Bastards.

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“The Night Witches is a very impressive book. The story’s main character is Lieutenant Anna Kharkova, once a naive teenager, who grows into a hardened combat WWII veteran for the Soviet air force. The glory and the pain of war are brought to life by the legendary team of Garth Ennis and Russ Braun.”

—Comics Grinder

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Stalingrad Letters from the Volga

BY ANTONIO GIL AND DANIEL ORTEGA, TRANSLATED BY JEFF WHITMAN

From August 1942 to February 1943 this model industrial city, bathed by the waters of the Volga, was home to the bloodiest battle of World War II. Stalingrad: Letters from the Volga offers a fast-paced depiction of this titanic struggle: explicit, crude, and without concessions—just as the war and the memory of all those involved demands.

ANTONIO GIL is a Spanish illustrator and comic author who specializes in military history. His work can be seen in more than 100 publications in specialized magazines and books focusing on different periods of history, from Ancient Rome to the operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. He is a frequent guest at conferences, speaking about the Eastern Front in World War II and German operations in Stalingrad.

$19.95 978-1-68247-393-1 120 Pages | 8 x 11 Paperback

DANIEL ORTEGA is a Spanish author of a series of novels published about a group of German soldiers surviving the horrors of World War II. He is a specialist in the structure of the German army and the European theater in World War II.

Like a hurricane, Rollo’s troops level the outside defenses.

Shoot the windows!

A scene straight out of Dante.

Apocalypse. Hecatomb. Words that barely manage to describe the hell that unfolds at the Dzerzhinsky tractor factory.

But at a terrible cost.

Meanw advan

Smoke, explosions, and bombs frame the demented picture, spattered with death that plows across a sky filled with harmful, wicked sirens.

DON’T GiVE UP!!

inexplicably human…

MEDiC!!

The moment of truth arrives: the brutal melee!

Good. We’ll enter behind the stug…

Chuikov’s barracks, not far from the Volga.

The sergeant has made it in…

Nerve center of the 62nd Army where they decide the destiny of Stalingrad.

get ready!

so be careful.

Furiou the wal tractors

Roll this is a show

I’m going to fix this “Burgdorf style” for their entrance…

Они здесь!*

Товарищ генерал. Немцы прорвались в промышленный район.*

The injured count in the dozens. Life, agony, and death convene between walls stained with the brutality of the fray.

Подожди, друг!*

Надо держаться любой ценой! Пошлите связных!* Пусть держатся до последнего!**

Как вы говорите?**

*Comrade General, the germans have penetrated the industrial sector.

**What?

Наши коммуникации разорваны.*

*They’re all over us!

*Hang on, friend.

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*Our Communication’s been cut.

*We must hold out at all costs!

Send the messengers, right now! **May they resist until death!

“This relentless account provides a devastatingly grim vision of a pivotal WWII battle.”

—Publishers Weekly

Meanwhile, the costly but relentless advance of German forces continues.

uman…

Waves of infantry follow in their footprints to make sure every inch is conquered.

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Furious combats rumble between the walls where they once produced tractors. Now they only produce death!

Rollo, this is a shit show!!

Die, bastards!

Гранада!!*

Stand your ground!!

любой ценой! язных!* Пусть держатся до последнего!**

*Grenade!!

all costs! right now!

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Katusha Girl Soldier of the Great Patriotic War

BY WAYNE VANSANT; FOREWORD BY LARRY HAMA

Seen through the eyes of a Ukrainian teenager, Katusha is both a comingof-age story and a carefully researched account of one of the most turbulent and important periods of the twentieth century, where women served in the hundreds of thousands, and Russians died by the millions.

For more than 30 years WAYNE VANSANT has been writing and illustrating comics and graphic novels on historic and military subjects, beginning with Marvel’s Savage Tales and The ‘Nam.

2019 Foreword INDIE Award Honorable Mention for Graphic Novels & Comics

$36.00 978-1-68247-425-9 584 Pages | 7 x 10 Paperback

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2020 Military Writers Society of America Award Silver Medal for Graphic Novels & Comics

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“Katusha, written and drawn by Wayne Vansant, is quite an ambitious work and a truly immersive page-turner. This is the story of Katusha, a young Ukrainian girl who goes on to fight in the major battles between the Soviets and their Nazi invaders. Follow her story and you gain great insight into one of the greatest conflicts in military history. Vansant puts the reader in the driver’s seat for this riveting narrative.”

—Comics Grinder

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The ‘Stan

BY KEVIN KNODELL AND DAVID AXE, ILLUSTRATED BY BLUE DELLIQUANTI

The ‘Stan is a collection of short comics about America’s longest war. Individual stories highlight different perspectives—one through the eyes of a Taliban ambassador and others through the eyes of Afghan and U.S. Army soldiers— but every account highlights the human element of war.

KEVIN KNODELL is a journalist that covers conflict, culture, and crime. His work has appeared at Playboy, The Week, Vice, Soldier of Fortune, The News Tribune, and others.

He’s a former contributing editor at Warisboring.com and writes the Acts of Valor comic series for Naval History magazine. He lives in Tacoma, Washington.

$16.95 978-1-68247-098-5 128 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Paperback

BLUE DELLIQUANTI is a cartoonist and illustrator who likes to write about robots, insects, and unconventional families. She is the creator of the online comic O Human Star and the co-creator of the graphic novel Meal with Soleil Ho. Blue lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, with a woman and a cat.

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“The ‘Stan is a page-turning book for military enthusiasts and comic readers-alike. Sit back and relax and be taken into a powerfully charged ride filled with action, emotion, fear. This is more than a comic book, this is a visual and candid journey of life, fear, bravery, conflict.”

—ComicScene UK

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Machete Squad

BY BRENT DULAK, KEVIN KNODELL, AND DAVID AXE; ILLUSTRATED BY PER DARWIN BERG

Brutally honest and darkly funny, Machete Squad is the story of a soldier trying to keep people alive as America’s longest war rages all around him. He must look out for the welfare of his men and their patients even as he doubts his own abilities—and at times his sanity.

BRENT DULAK grew up in Wisconsin, where he hated his job and decided to join the Army. He deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. He’s a graduate of University of Washington’s School of Medicine and works as an Emergency Medicine Physicians’ Assistant in Las Vegas, Nevada.

$18.95 978-1-68247-100-5 160 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Paperback

2018 Foreword INDIE Award Finalist for Graphic Novels & Comics

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“The art works very well in this piece. The artist uses a very expressive, cartoony style that allows for the characters to emote in a way that’s more effective and engaging than a more photorealistic style would permit. The colors also add to the story nicely, especially the way that it juxtaposes the bright Afghan days with the dark Afghan nights. . . . Machete Squad is easily [a strong] title.”

—The Fandom Post

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Blue Angel

BY RICK LEONARDI; COMIC SCRIPT BY RON MARZ

At the turn of the century, Seaman Apprentice Angela Azul is an ordinary Aviation Ordnanceman serving aboard a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier. When she begins to develop an extraordinary ability, she doesn’t understand, she pretends it’s a parlor trick to entertain her crew mates. But an onboard mishap forces her to act and save a life, exposing her powers to her superiors and attracting the attention of classified operators within the government.

RICK LEONARDI is an American comic book illustrator. He is best known for work on the X-Men, Vision & Scarlet Witch, Cloak & Dagger, Spider-Man 2099, Nightwing, Batgirl, Green Lantern Versus Aliens with writer Ron Marz, as well as numerous Star Wars projects.

$29.95 978-1-68247-489-1 152 Pages | 65/8 x 10¼ Hardcover

RON MARZ has been writing comics for three decades, starting his career with Silver Surfer for Marvel. Since then, he has worked for virtually every major publisher and compiled a long list of credits, including stints on Thor, Green Lantern, Superboy, Star Wars, Witchblade, Skylanders, and the historic Marvel vs. DC crossover.

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Resisted, Arrested, Deported The Concentration Camp Memoir of Francine R.

BY BORIS GOLZIO

Francine R. is arrested with her sister by the Gestapo on April 6, 1944 for the resistance actions of their brother. From there, they left in a convoy of women and were then separated. Throughout her journey, she was spared nothing: beatings as soon as she was arrested by the Gestapo, continuous humiliations, train rides in a cattle car, being greeted by wolf dogs on the platform of the concentration camp station, medical experiments, stripping the dead, looting the living, forced labor . . . But also, the permanent hope of getting out of this hell alive to find her sister. $24.95 978-1-68247-891-2 Paperback

Francine told Boris Golzio her story in detail in a long interview. The author decided to transcribe these words in a graphic novel where the text is composed only by Francine’s voice, in her own language, raw, made of hesitations, repetitions and tremors, in order to respect the ontological truth of her words and to give the best possible account of the life of this woman. A Resistance fighter, deported, among thousands of others, but whose every voice, every word is unique and must be saved from oblivion.

BORIS GOLZIO is a comic book author and illustrator. He first worked in advertising but moved to comics in 2000. In 2005, he launched the series Les Postiers with Christian Godard for Bamboo editions under the pseudonym of Du Vigan. In 2009, he resumed the series Le Rugby des Barbares for Hugo BD. Under the name of Boris Golzio, he has done many illustrations, including short stories. He considers The Chronicles of Francine R. the most important of his career, bringing to life his interview with Francine using her own words to tell the moving story of her deportation to her liberation in 1945. He resides in Lyon.

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