MAFIOSA Is Set to Release from Dark Horse This Fall
Dark Horse Comics recently announced the return of the roaring twenties with Mafiosa. In this original story by Thomas Brooke along with creators Alessia Alfano, Sunshine Barbito, Débora Caritá, Mariacristina Federica, and Ronda Pattison, readers will get to meet Nicoletta as she is determined to be a crime lord in mafia-dominated New York.
The youngest in a Sicilian-American family, Nicoletta has aspirations to join her brothers in the family business--an organized crime syndicate running the streets of Manhattan. But when Nicoletta confronts her father and announces her desire to join the family business a crisis ensues. Refusing to take no for an answer, Nicoletta takes it upon herself to prove she has what it takes, moving steadfastly into a world of brutality with her own ideas to capitalize on the cocaine drug trade.
What transpires is not just a tale of a woman’s rise within the Marchesi crime family but a genre-busting look at how the players in this mafia story are transformed when Nicoletta proves better at the deadly game than her male coworkers. New York has a new player in town, and they ain’t seen nothing yet!
Talking about Mafiosa, Barbito said:
What draws me into the world of organized crime is the juxtaposition of tradition, loyalty, hyper-morality, and what boils down to murderous greed. We wanted to take this familiar and popular storytelling genre; set in the roaring twenties, but show you this world from a different perspective in order to create a dialogue. For me, this story is about desire and how it affects people once it takes over completely.
Fans will be able to read Mafiosa on October 13 at local comic shops and bookstores on October 26. You can pre-order your copy now from your favorite local locations, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble for $19.99.
