Curate Yourself, Deadly Class

Deadly Class is a comic book that has been a part of my life since I was in high school. It really helped me with not feeling so alone with who I was. Anything you want in a story is in here, from a gang of Yakuza members wanting the main character dead to an acid field road trip thru the desert, this comic has it all. Written by Rick Remender and drawn by Wes Craig, it tells the story of Marcus, a homeless teen wandering the streets of San Fransisco. Marcus was orphaned at a young age and has learned to survive on his own for most of his life, that is until he meets Saya, a student at the King's Dominion Atelier of the Deadly Arts, a school which trains the next generation of assassins. Here Marcus meets a whole class of crazy and lost souls like himself. This comic is filled with a lot of heart, it's honest in its portrayal of characters and doesn't hold back with the violence. The art especially stands out to me, Wes Craig does a great job of keeping the book's quality consistent, and even when reading the most recent issues of the comic, you can clearly see that the art is always getting better and much cleaner. This is my favorite comic of all time and I hope it gets more attention because it definitely deserves it.

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