Graphic Myths and Legends: The Smoking Mountain: The Story of Popocatpetl and Iztacchuatl (An Aztec Legend)

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From the ancient legends of the Aztecs, comes the story of a love as enduring as a mountain: The Aztec Emperor has many children, but Princess Izta is dearest to his heart. The Emperor has enemies as well, but he also has brave warriors, and Popo is one of the best. Popo cares only about battle . . . until he meets Izta. To prove his worth he accepts a difficult task, but he promises Izta he will come back to her and watch over heralways. With jealous rivals plotting against him, will Popo find a way to keep his vow

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Comic book author and video game writer Dan Jolley has created work for Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and TokyoPop and for game developers including Activision and Ubisoft. He is also the author of several Graphic Myths and Legends titles including Odysseus, Pig ling (a Korean
Cinderella story), and The Hero Twins: Against the Lords of Death (a Mayan myth). Among his Twisted Journeys(r) titles are Vampire Hunt, Escape from Pyramid X, and Agent Mongoose and the Hypno-Beam Scheme. Dan wrote My Boyfriend Bites, the third book in the My Boyfriend Is a Monster series, and also scripts storylines and dialogue for video games such as Transformers: War for Cybertron and Prototype 2. He lives in Georgia with his wife Tracy and four cats.

Alitha Martinez is a veteran in the world of mainstream American superhero comics who has recently ventured into manga as well. Her exquisite attention to detail is a wonder to behold. Her work can be found in issues of Black Panther, Iron Man, Spider-Girl Battlebook: Streets of Fire, Shi, X-Men: Black Sun, Marvel Age: Fantastic Four, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, and NBC's
Heroes. She is also the illustrator of Twisted Journeys #12: Kung Fu Masters. She lives in New York City.