As the mercenary forces of Carthage move to halt an ever-expanding Roman Empire, only one man has the audacity and talent to command the charge. One man, unlike any other before or since in history, is capable of dismantling the Roman machine. One man alone is bold enough to bring elephants over the Alps. That man is Hannibal Barca, and this is his story condensed into a sardonic comic unworthy of his name. With gleeful humor, Hannibal Goes to Rome humanizes the inhumane actions that indelibly altered the course of civilization. More force than man, Hannibal pitted himself against Roman society, and very nearly swept it from history. Despite commanding over the mightiest slaughters in Ancient warfare, he strove to maintain a measure of human dignity and respect against an enemy that perfected fascism. Writer Brendan McGinley, artist Mauro Vargas, and colorist Andres Carranza bring you the historical, hysterical account of a man with big dreams, and the big elephants he rode to pursue them. Hannibal is at the gates.
Book One
After the bloody, bitter First Punic War, Hanno Barca consecrates his son Hannibal to destroy Rome. Now grown, Hannibal Barca makes preparations to engineer war on his own terms, even if he has to bring elephants over the Alps in winter to do it.
Book Two
Hannibal descends from the Alps into Italy and proceeds to outflank Rome at every turn — often literally. The early years of the war go well. But while he knows how to win a victory, does he know how to use it?
Buzz
- Comic Book Resources: Steven Grant’s “Permanent Damage” review
- Comic Book Resources: Webcomics to Watch
- Shadowline interview
- True Slant: Brendan McGinley interview
- Review on ComicFencing
- Webcomics You Should Read: Hannibal Goes to Rome
- In to Views: Brendan McGinley
- What’s the Fuss? Brendan McGinley interview
- Jazma Online: Brendan McGinley interview
- Jazma Online: Mauro Vargas interview
- NewsOK–Nerdage: Brendan McGinley interview
- WebcomicGeek review
- This Week in Webcomics
- Aris Asks Brendan McGinley
- Secret Identity: Brendan McGinley interview
is something broken here? the gallery didnt’ appear.
Shadowline is publishing it so to avoid competing for eyeballs with ourselves, we just link to it there from the logo and you can read the full series.
Hey, my virus protection seems to think that shadowlineonline.com is, just, the sketchiest website in the history of websites. Is there any other way to view this awesome comic?
Hmmmm, we can’t have that — check your email.