"Sorry, I know you must've been lonely. Don't worry. I won't keep you waiting long." Maruyama, Nagasaki's pleasure district—where the music of shamisens mingles with the language of foreign lands. From artist...

Cleopatra was born in 70 BC and was an Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh. Strong of heart, she is willing to do anything to restore her beloved Egypt back to its former glory. Possessed by an unfaltering love, Cleopatra...

Based on a true story. San and her friends are recruited as assistant nurses in WWII Okinawa. In cave hospitals of carnage and relentless loss, they endure as war strips away their innocence.

From Dark Horse: Two slaves free themselves from a slave ship; one a Japanese man, the other an African American.After escaping, they find themselves on the shore of Edo-era Japan, a society with a strong...

Michael is an exceptional mage who has wanted King Albert's heart since he first set eyes on him. Because Albert already has many lovers, however, Michael decides to become someone more special to him: the king...

Cheng Shan, a mysterious one-armed young man, travels around the world with his companion, a young girl named Ming Cai, in search of a miraculous medicine, the "Faded Dragon Scale". The theft of the black...

Lucius, the third prince infamous for his promiscuity and disgraceful reputation as the "Baths of the Empire," has been banished to the remote coastal city of Xanetheria.Carrying the memories of his past life...

During the French Revolution, a revolutionary known as the Angel of Death sent both Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette to the guillotine. His name was Saint-Just and his quest began with revenge... Delivering...

Once the daughter of a powerful noble, Hwi-yeon now lives as the daughter of a traitor. To survive, she disguises herself as a man and lives a quiet life in hiding. Her concealment seems to go smoothly. Until...

Daigo Kagemitsu, who works for a Samurai general in Japan’s Warring States period, promises to offer the body parts of his unborn baby to 48 demons in exchange for complete domination of the country. When the...

Imagine a world of magic, full of elves and hobbits and dragons and orcs. Inside this world of magic and wonder there is a great war being waged, using warriors from human history as chess pieces in a bloody...

The once peaceful land of Egypt has been stained with blood under the tyrannical rule of Seth, the god of war. Horus, son of the god Isis but not yet one himself, rises to challenge the throne and put an end to...

Eunuchs, the only men allowed to serve in the secret garden known as the harem. When a young eunuch named Jafar encounters three beautiful sisters there, their meeting shakes the country to its foundations...

Heejin Yoon, former crown prince and current king of Yeon, seems to have everything. While he can no longer claim the imperial throne, he can’t be robbed of the achievements that brought him there. If he has...

Defeated in war, Geonmu, a former emperor, loses all power and is taken as a prisoner by the enemy nation. Stripped of dignity and freedom, he is forced to become the personal plaything of the beautiful yet...

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map...

Good-Bye is the third in a series of collected short stories from Drawn & Quarterly by the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, whose previous work has been selected for several annual “top 10...

Barefoot Gen recounts the bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. But the book's themes (the physical and psychological damage ordinary people suffer from war's realities)...

Delve into the tortured past of Earl Cain C. Hargreaves, charismatic heir to a wealthy family full of secrets, lies and unthinkable crimes. Follow the young Cain as he attempts to unravel the secrets of his...

From Pocket Comics: The kagema tea house was a place where men entertained customers. However, a girl was picked up and brought to one of the gardens where gorgeous men sold their bodies. Then, as the wheels...

During the closing years of the civil war period and uneasy reign of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, when men high and low scramble to follow conventional propriety so that they don't attract undue notice (or death) to...

Path of the Assassin is the story of Hattori Hanzō, the fabled master ninja whose duty it was to protect Tokugawa Ieyasu, the shogun who would unite Japan into one great nation. As the secret caretaker of such...

London, 1888 A.D. The entire city is consumed by fear of a serial killer known only as Jack the Ripper. He mutilates female prostitutes with extreme brutality. However, his victims hide a terrifying secret and...

Phoenix is made up 12 complex stories linked by the presence of the mythical bird, an immortal guardian of the universal life force. Read in order, the separate stories jump across time, alternating between a...

This is a short story collection anchored with the tale of a young woman who is trying to ignore the reality that her husband is a serial killer, including "The Record of Peter Kyulten", "Sensual Nights", "Lord...