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"Kalunga," a powerful story from the 2017 anthology *Run for It: Stories of Slaves Who Fought for Their Freedom*, is written by Marcelo D'Salete and Andrea Rosenberg and illustrated by D'Salete, who also handled the inks. Told with stark emotional weight, it follows Calu, a woman whose life takes a devastating turn after bearing a child fathered by her owner, leading to a harrowing act of survival and defiance. The story’s unflinching portrayal is rendered in D'Salete’s distinctive, expressive style, with his cover art capturing the same intensity.
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Calu has a child fathered by her owner; she drowns the baby and admits the father's identity to her priest. When the father, Mr. Tome, tries to murder her, she kills him.
Plot details indexed by the Grand Comics Database (CC BY-SA).