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A webtoon to keep you from being taken for a gullible idiot! In a world where fake news pollutes the internet and the airwaves, as well as our critical thinking, one teacher has decided to take action! Thanks to him, young Kevin Neo will discover the truth about man’s trips to the moon, lizard people, the Kennedy assassination, and also the English teacher’s plan for world domination… A fun series that offers an off-the-wall critique of today’s society.

“Ivory Pearl” is the final work by the French master of noir fiction, Jean-Patrick Manchette. But this wide-reaching geopolitical thriller, blending action and adventure, was only known to readers in its unfinished form, as written by Manchette before his passing in 1995. Now, using his father’s notes, Doug Headline has finally put together the full tale, alongside artist Max Cabanes. Together, they have brought Ivory Pearl to vivid life in a graphic novel not to be missed.

Consigned aboard “L’Étoile” by Bourgainville, Commerson is enraged. Yes, his leg hurts more every day. Yes, his health is not what it should be. But the long months spent on the ocean have only sharpened his hunger to set foot on solid ground. For the scientific that he is, there is so much to explore on these virgin grounds. And when the king’s naturalist and doctor finally arrives at Montevideo, it is to take care of the wife of the governor, the beautiful and sensual señora Bucarelli…

When Chinaman saves Li, a young cook, from a pair of drunken Irishmen, little does he realize he’s about to become embroiled in much a larger struggle. For Li is one of a group of Chinese laborers brought in to help build the transcontinental railroad—much to the resentment of the Irish who preceded them. And they aren’t the only ones after Chinaman: Sing, whom he dishonors and displaces as headman of the Chinese group, also nurses a grudge. These tensions come to a head in a fiery, balletic battle as a young Samuel Clemens looks on, witness to history.