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Tired of the Irish stereotype superheroes coming from American comics, in 2011 artist Barry Keegan and writer Robert Curley produced The League of Volunteers, a comic made up of Irish superheroes that weren't about shamrocks and Jack O'lanterns.

Set in 1940 the group is led by The Glimmer Man (He's the one in the middle of the line-up.)

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Fionn of the Fianna - Past's Prologue - Paperback

From 2nd century pagan Éiru by way of mid-20th century independent Ireland, for the first time the early deeds of Fionn Mac Cumhaill are tol

Today, I found out about Fionn of the Fianna - Past's Prologue by Rob Curley, Turlough Delaney, and Kevin Keane when I looked up the words "Irish comics" on Twitter.

This graphic novel is based on the Irish myth of Fionn mac Cumhaill and the art style struck me as closer to my taste than most other comics I've ever seen from outside Japan.

I would like to order it after the Japanese translation of Making Comics by Scott McCloud arrives.