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Benjamin Marra is an underground cartoonist whose deliberately raw, hyper-violent, and pulpy aesthetic channels the spirit of 1980s black-and-white comics, zines, and grindhouse cinema. With titles like “Night Business” and “Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T.”, Marra constructs a satirical universe of excess, machismo, and subversion. His work parodies American power fantasies while embracing their lurid visual language—featuring heavy linework, exaggerated anatomy, and lo-fi print textures. Equally influenced by outlaw comics and high-concept irony, Marra’s style is both homage and critique, occupying the uncomfortable space between genre adoration and cultural dissection.

Benjamin Marra
Fantagraphics
978-1683965251
164
English
2022
hardcover/ 28 x 19 cm
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In 1978 Marin County, teens Clara and Wendy vanish after a night of drug use. Five months later, Clara reappears disheveled in Death Valley National Park. The narrative shifts to the present, where tales of “The California Cult” and its elusive leader, Billy Joe, permeate popular culture. As the sole survivor, Clara has assumed a new identity to safeguard herself and her daughter, Wren. However, their lives are upended when past horrors resurface. “Disciples” is a collaboration between cartoonist Benjamin Marra and filmmakers David Birke and Nicholas McCarthy, blending 1970s eerie-thriller elements reminiscent of cult films. Comix, Benjamin Marra, David Birke, Nicholas McCarthy, Fantagraphics, 2022 Fantagraphics 978-1683965251 Benjamin Marra 2022

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Fantagraphics

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2022

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Benjamin Marra
hardcover/ 28 x 19 cm
978-1683965251
English
164

Benjamin Marra is an underground cartoonist whose deliberately raw, hyper-violent, and pulpy aesthetic channels the spirit of 1980s black-and-white comics, zines, and grindhouse cinema. With titles like “Night Business” and “Terror Assaulter: O.M.W.O.T.”, Marra constructs a satirical universe of excess, machismo, and subversion. His work parodies American power fantasies while embracing their lurid visual language—featuring heavy linework, exaggerated anatomy, and lo-fi print textures. Equally influenced by outlaw comics and high-concept irony, Marra’s style is both homage and critique, occupying the uncomfortable space between genre adoration and cultural dissection.

In 1978 Marin County, teens Clara and Wendy vanish after a night of drug use. Five months later, Clara reappears disheveled in Death Valley National Park. The narrative shifts to the present, where tales of “The California Cult” and its elusive leader, Billy Joe, permeate popular culture. As the sole survivor, Clara has assumed a new identity to safeguard herself and her daughter, Wren. However, their lives are upended when past horrors resurface. “Disciples” is a collaboration between cartoonist Benjamin Marra and filmmakers David Birke and Nicholas McCarthy, blending 1970s eerie-thriller elements reminiscent of cult films. Comix, Benjamin Marra, David Birke, Nicholas McCarthy, Fantagraphics, 2022 Fantagraphics 978-1683965251 Benjamin Marra 2022

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