Kill A Man

A brand new original graphic novel from writers Steve Orlando and Phillip

Kennedy Johnson featuring art by Alec Morgan and lettering by Jim

Campbell.

In the early days of Mixed Martial Arts, kickboxer icon DJ

Bellyi is beaten to death in the ring after yelling a homosexual slur at an

opponent, while his young son James watches in horror from the

stands.

Sixteen years later, young James Bellyi has become an MMA star in

his own right, with top-tier endorsements and an imminent title shot. But when

James is outed as gay by an opponent in a press conference, he loses everything:

his title shot, his fans, his team, even his family. To fight his way back, he

turns to the only one left in the world willing to train him: Xavier Mayne, the

man who killed his father.

Says Johnson: “We’re living in an

important and dynamic time in American History, when we have the power and

responsibility to decide what kind of nation the United States is going to be

going forward. Telling a story with such an unlikely crossover — male

queer culture and MMA culture — is Steve’s, Alec’s and my way

of making that decision for ourselves.”