Red Tag

(Paperback)

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Lis (aka Lisa), Lu (aka Luciana) and Leco (aka Leandro)-three friends bonded by their love for Brazil's unique street art "pixo", also known as picha o or pixa o, a distinctive style of tagging unique to Brazil-strive to be good in a place where corruption still thrives. After Lis witnesses injustice and abuse of power on the streets of S o Paulo, she enlists her friends to take matters into their own hands. Their plan works until they realize they've become privy to sensitive information belonging to holdovers from the country's brutal dictatorial past who are plotting against the movement for reform and an upcoming election. Armed with a can of spray paint and the help of a journalist, can they escape the dangerous and life-threatening plot they've mistakenly become entangled in Red Tag is a fast-paced thriller set in Brazil, starring three young friends looking for justice in a system built to silence their voices.

Author Bio

Rafael Scavone started writing comics in 2014. His main work includes Wonder Woman, All-Star Batman and Mark Millar's Hit-Girl. In 2017 he adapted the popular Neil Gaiman tale A Study in Emerald. Rafael's latest works are Hidden Society, for Dark Horse Comics and Funny Creek and Hailstone for Comixology Originals. Rafael Albuquerque is an Eisner, Harvey and Inkpot Award winner for The New York Times Bestseller American Vampire. He has been working for major comic book publishers in the United States since 2005. Best known for his work on All-Star Batman, Batgirl, Animal Man, Huck, and Eight. He has adapted the Neil Gaiman tale A Study in Emerald, Mark Millar's Hit-Girl and Dark Horse's Hidden Society. Roger Cruz has been drawing comics for the US market since 1994. He's known for X-Men First Class, X-Force, Generation X, Darkness, Spider-Man, Doctor Strange, Ghost Rider, Hulk, and 10th Muse, among many other titles for Marvel and Image. In Brazil he published Os Fabulosos, A irmandade Bege, and the award-winning comics Xampu and Quaisqualigundum.