Storytime #2

"Subway Savages" is a stark, unflinching story from 1986, written, drawn, and inked entirely by Etienne, whose raw, committed art style matches the grim tone of the tale. It follows Navymen Cal and Jake, kidnapped and brutalized by Ahmed, then sold into slavery under the tyrannical Sultan Askander the Magnificent—only to escape after four years and vanish into the streets of San Francisco. The cover, also by Etienne, captures the story’s oppressive atmosphere with its stark, shadowed figures.