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Preview: I, Tyrant Vol. 1

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I, Tyrant Vol. 1

(W) E. E. Zann (A) Godfarr

The no-holds-barred action of 300 meets Birdman’s magical realism in this new series that presents a self-portrait of an Iranian expat and his ode to Miller, Kirby, and all comics Americana.

The lives of a struggling but madly ambitious Iranian playwright (Hafez Bashee) and an Arab serpent-king from 611 A.D (Zahhak) who once was given the power to halt death itself in its tracks become reticulated around a non-zero sum game.

Epic action and magical mythology clash when Zahhak — a fearsome legend infamous for his stark depiction of tyrants—proposes to Hafez to toss out the death-dealingly unpromising myth’s 7th C conclusion. Instead, Hafez must retell it with a Kirby exodus for Zahhak, to give his tale a Miller reboot in the comic industry. Hafez must also deal with the risk of deportation to Iran and going home to a past and a looming persecution he does not want to face.

Collects I, TYRANT #1-5.

I, Tyrant Vol. 1

Preview: I, Tyrant #4

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I, Tyrant #4

(W) E. E. Zann (A) Godfarr

With a bogus rite of honoring the king’s glory, the cook asks to kiss Zahhak’s shoulders. Hafez tells Tom how, back in Tehran, he and his father clashed over a pursuit of Zahhak’s stage play — how he didn’t know enough.

I, Tyrant #4

Preview: I, Tyrant #3

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I, Tyrant #3

(W) E. E. Zann (A) Godfarr

When Zahhak buries his father and sits on his throne, his house is open to all. Tom Fitzgerald — the pro bono therapist in Boston trying to save Hafez’s marriage — struggles to grasp if Zahhak’s a vision Hafez claims he lives with. Or is the voice Hafez’s own legendary alter ego pecking his mind? There’s also ICE. Hafez tells Tom that Zahhak and he have a pact he cannot do without.

I, Tyrant #3

Preview: I, Tyrant #2

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I, Tyrant #2

(W) E. E. Zann (A) Godfarr

CREATION MYTHS NEED A DEVIL

When Zahhak — a 611 A.D. Arab prince — bargains with a sandman pilgrim for an ageless life, sand takes. That’s not all. Hafez, a rookie college playwright pushes his risky stage play of Zahhak’s old Persian myth — and he unsticks the bolts of a cylinder that administers Time.

I, Tyrant #2