The Mask of a Thousand Tears 001 - Death Walks with Me (2020)
Script by David Chauvel - Art by Roberto Ali. After a horrific battle in a mythical Asian land, a peasant soldier with a mysterious past encounters a young woman who has come to find the body of her dead fiancé. She is determined to travel to Takedo Castle and get her hands on the Mask of a Thousand Tears, a golden mask which will allow her to travel to the underworld and bring her fiancé back to the land of the living. The peasant, Masamura, accompanies Sadakyo on her quest. She discourages him but soon learns that she has no chance of surviving without his help. They are both determined, for different reasons, to see this mission through to the end, no matter what the cost. A story in two volumes.
The Straw King 001 - The Pharaoh's Daughter (2020)
Egypt, 7th century BCE. Neith and Sennedjem are two of many royal children too far down the inheritance ladder to matter. Facing limited prospects - she's likely to wind up in her own father's bed, and he won't even wind up an advisor - they set out instead to see the world. But the ancient world is full of dangers, and soon enough, the royal pair find themselves sold off to the court of Babylon by slave traders. As a lady-in-waiting, Neith becomes entangled in another royal family's power struggles, while her brother falls victim to a bizarre religious ritual: the Straw King.
Calamity Jane: The Calamitous Life of Martha Jane Cannary
by Christian Perrissin, Matthieu Blanchin (Illustrations). Writer Christian Perrissin (El Nino, Cape Horn) joins forces with Alph-Art-winning artist Matthieu Blanchin to tackle the legend of this formidable prairie girl and her daring life alongside the likes of Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickok. In it's first translation from French, this graphic novel illustrates the extraordinary tale of an independent woman with gumption -- the incredible Calamity Jane!
