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Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company, Inc
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Acclaimed cartoonist Peter Kuper delivers a powerful interpretation of this controversial classic. Heart of Darkness has unsettled generations of readers with its haunting portrait of colonialism and brutal exploitation in Africa. Now award-winning illustrator Peter Kuper reimagines Conrad's masterpiece for a new generation, transforming this dramatic tale of madness, greed, and evil into something visually immersive and profoundly complex. Drawn...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide Inc., a division of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
After a diplomatic tour, King T'Challa and Queen Ororo of Wakanda, aka Black Panther and Storm, visit the Civil-war ravaged United States for a meeting with Tony Stark., who is spearheading the Superhuman Registration Act. Black Panther and Storm must decide if they will stay neutral or choose sides.
Author
Publisher
Spotlight, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
T'Challa calls upon his crew--Luke Cage, Misty Knight, Storm, and Manifold--to find a hidden base of operations for a rebel group; Shuri's spirit travels the Djalia with a Griot in the form of her mother, who has been imparting the collective knowledge of Wakanda's ancestors.
Author
Series
Corto Maltese volume 6
Publisher
EuroComics, an imprint of IDW Publishing, a division of Idea & Design Works LLC
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Nominated for both the Eisner and Harvey Awards for Best Foreign Language Publication! When Corto Maltese arrives in the Middle East and Africa in 1918 the shifting sands and loyalties reveal colonial powers still battling for domination over each other and the indigenous people. The desert of Yemen, controlled by the fading Ottoman Empire, is the setting for "In the Name of Allah, the Merciful and Compassionate," where Corto meets Cush, the Danikil...
Author
Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A Black Panther epic by one of his signature writers, Don McGregor, and art legend Gene Colan! And this is T'Challa's quest: a stealth mission in South Africa, following rumors that the mother he never knew may still be alive! The Panther will take on soldiers and social injustice in a harrowing tale filled with tragedy and hard-hitting action. He'll face bloody, brutal combat as he closes in on his prey as only the Black Panther can--with supreme...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Powerful combination of historical essay, graphics, primary-source documents, and discussion questions gives students insight into the Atlantic World plantation complex, the transatlantic slave trade, and the process of historical storytelling itself.
27) Highbone theater
Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Palmer, an introverted paper mill worker, moves into a new apartment with an obnoxious, macho roommate. Thus begins a surreal struggle of love, hate, and self-preservation. After Palmer befriends an iconoclastic co-worker, Billy Boy, they both plunge head-long into a sinister world of sorcery, psychologicial operations, and subterranean organizations. Can Palmer goose-chase his way toward any semblance of order as he becomes a true mystic seeker?...
Author
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"As a new Black Panther struggles to hold her country together against a backdrop of betrayal, she is set on a collision course with one of the Marvel Universe's most feared and powerful despots! But when Doctor Doom stands triumphant, war in Wakanda pits the world's most relentless super villain against a collection of the world's most powerful super heroes. With Storm's life hanging in the balance, it will take the combined forces of the X-Men,...
Author
Publisher
Rockport Publishers
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In the near future, a virus called the LEUP has infected half the population. The resulting war between the people of Liam, known as the infected, and the people of Galoum, known as the immune, becomes a bloody and brutal affair. When a mysterious army called the Hakkinen emerges to quell the war between the two countries, they adopt children of war to aid them. Oumi and her friends are enlisted to help find a cure and end the bloodshed. Several...
Author
Publisher
[Black Sands Entertainment]
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Diata, the descendant of a deposed king, makes his way from the Sahara to the great city of Timbuktu. Looking for a way to Mali's capital, Diata intends to enter a tournament whose winner is rumored to become the next general of the empire. While many seek the glory and nobility that comes with being Mali's general, Diata's only concern is avenging his late ancestor." -- Provided by publisher.
31) The horror
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Travel with Kurtz and his family as they enter the "heart of darkness" on a humanitarian mission for Belgian King Leopold's Congo Free State, opening a trading post in the uncharted interior of the Congo jungle to promote free markets and end slavery. With the help of a local tribe, they establish the post, but to survive in this lawless jungle, they must contend with murderous slave traders from Zanzibar, corrupt Belgian officials, evil imperialists,...
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