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The Devil's Armchair is a gothic tale that takes its title from a peculiar ruin in S. Callisto Square, in Rome. Some old legends say it was placed there by the Devil himself, behind the Pope's palace, to become his throne. During the twelfth century, it was a place of orgies and black masses that inspired prophecies and easy healings. This is the stage where Alberto Militelli, ambiguous and charismatic, conducts his so called esoteric rituals. But...
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Called by the Los Angeles Reader, the finest example of graphic story telling they've seen, Cortez and the Fall of the Aztecs is a fascinating look at an empire just waiting to be devoured. Written by award winning comic writer Gary Reed under the pen name Brent Truax it is the saga of one man thirsting to conquer an empire against a ruler who tried to appease both his subjects and his gods. Cortez had unwittingly and unknowingly, stepped into the...
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Gulf War Journal volume 1
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Harvey Award Nominee comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal books. This Issue: "Read My Lips: No More Vietnams!" August 1, 1990, Saddam Hussein, with his eye on the rich oil fields of Kuwait rolled into that neighboring country with the intention of annexing Kuwait as a province and dethroning the Emir and claiming its riches for himself....
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Vietnam Journal Tet '68 volume 1
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From Harvey nominated writer and artist Don Lomax and taken from the pages of his acclaimed Vietnam Journal series, comes the story of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line. This Issue: "The Gathering Storm" It begins here, the tale of the Tet Offensive, the biggest push the Viet Cong launched during the...
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Infamia volume 1
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For fans of Gladiator and Spartacus! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted...
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Saint Germaine volume 5
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Saint Germaine has seen a lot in his long life but is even he prepared to see the wrath of an avenger unleashed? As the mysterious figure known as Kilroy plunges into the darkness of retribution, Saint Germaine must make a decision that could violate his own principles. Kilroy attempts to understand the evil, which he is trying to rid the world of, he and Germaine travel to an unknown place to see the rise of Joseph Stalin, Shaka-Zulu, and take a...
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Infamia volume 2
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For fans of Gladiator and Spartacus! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted...
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Gulf War Journal volume 6
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Harvey Award Nominee comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal books. This Issue: "Scud Alley". Scott "Journal" Neithammer, sick of being herded like cattle with the rest of the press corps, controlled, and contained while being spoon-fed what the U.S. military command wants him to know, strikes out on his own into the desert with his photographer....
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Gulf War Journal volume 2
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Harvey Award Nominee comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal books. This Issue: "Death Rain". Were it not for the fact that Scott Neithammer's daughter, Tina, her husband, and daughter were living in Tel Aviv in range of Saddam's Scud missiles he might well have skipped this war. But the idea of his daughter and her family in the Butcher...
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Vietnam Journal Tet '68 volume 4
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From Harvey nominated writer and artist Don Lomax and taken from the pages of his acclaimed Vietnam Journal series, comes the story of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line. This Issue: "Inch by Inch" 'Journal', along with most of the other press covering the war, realizes ultimately that although America...
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Infamia volume 4
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For fans of Gladiator and Spartacus! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted...
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Vietnam Journal Tet '68 volume 5
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From Harvey nominated writer and artist Don Lomax and taken from the pages of his acclaimed Vietnam Journal series, comes the story of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of a war journalist, Scott 'Journal' Neithammer, as he chronicles the lives and events of soldiers on the front line. This Issue: "The Citadel" As the U.S. troops make their push to Khe Sanh, the last vestige of the Tet Offensive by the Viet Cong, 'Journal'...
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From the martini crowd at the uptown piano bars to the whiskey cats at downtown's Skylarks, piano man Dean Fontessa had thought he'd seen it all. But when he agrees to beat chops with the local pounders about a nixed out gabriel, he finds the jazz crowd takes care of its own. Do you dig? A murder mystery set in a 1957 jazz club, with illustrations inspired by '50s album cover designs that give this comic book story a unique style all its own. Written...
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Infamia volume 3
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For fans of Gladiator and Spartacus! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted...
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Gulf War Journal volume 1
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Harvey Award Nominee comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal books. August 1, 1990, Saddam Hussein, with his eye on the rich oil fields of Kuwait rolled his army into that neighboring country with the intention of annexing Kuwait as a province, while claiming its riches for himself. War was brewing once again on the American horizon. Scott...
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Gulf War Journal volume 7
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Harvey Award Nominee comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal books. This Issue: "11-Charlie". Escaping their Iraqi captors only leaves "Journal" and his photographer lost in the desert and many miles behind enemy lines. It becomes evident that danger takes more than one form. Friendly fire can make you just as dead as Saddam's army, and...
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Gulf War Journal volume 8
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Harvey Award Nominee comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal books. This Issue: "Khafji". The Iraqis do the unthinkable! Brazenly, Saddam's tanks rolled into Saudi Arabia biting off much more than they could crew! Much more. Kicked out of the war zone, Scott "Journal" Neithammer languishes in the rear while the allies beat the Iraqi Army...
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Infamia volume 5
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For fans of Gladiator and Spartacus! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted...
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Infamia volume 1
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English
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For fans of Gladiator and Spartacus! Before Rome was an empire, it was a city and a people born from legend. The Roman kings began a legacy of triumph and conquest that would last for centuries. However, as they grew in power, the priests of the city realized the danger of their tyranny. Members of the secretive Cult of Angerona dedicated their lives to serve as the city's protectors. Men and women from the underbelly of Roman society were enlisted...
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Gulf War Journal volume 3
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Harvey Award Nominee comic writer and artist Don Lomax assembles his Gulf War comic series and brings back the central character from his critically acclaimed Vietnam Journal books. This Issue: "Turn and Burn". Scott "Journal" Neithammer gets his feet on the ground and meets his photographer, a young man from Sri Lanka, Gajaba. "Journal" only had a companion photographer once in his career back in Vietnam and it didn't work out well. But the air war...
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