![]() ![]() Later, she trounces her entire class in a sparring match and wisecracks: “If ‘x’ equals Cleo-then ‘y’ equals defeated combat-training class…Who needs algebra?” Maihack’s time-warped Egypt is portrayed in crisp line art, muted jewel tones, and striking perspectives to create riveting panels featuring futuristic pyramids and a flying-sphinx motorbike (complete with a sidecar for Cleo’s mentor, a talking cat named Khensu). ![]() And I still have to go to school?!” Cleo-sporting a cute bob and a cobra headband (think Elizabeth Taylor in the 1963 film)-seems ready to doze off in algebra. Quick with a quip (and, as it turns out, a ray gun), the fifteen-year-old moans, “Supposed savior. ![]() Egypt to the Nile galaxy thousands of years in the future, Cleopatra-or Cleo, as she prefers to be called-is hailed as a messiah, destined to crush the evil Xerx. After first toying with his Cleopatra in Space premise in a webcomic, Maihack now showcases his sassy heroine in a debut sci-fi graphic novel. ![]()
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