Consensual Violence

Some people say pro wrestling is fake--Krysten Moore knows better.

Hungry for a better life, shy, dog-loving Krysten reinvents herself as a fierce lucha libre star in Mexico. In the gym, she trains against her inner demons and physical blows to distance herself from weakness. But when her trusted trainer--once a wrestling legend--betrays her with brutal violence, her dream career becomes a fight for survival against the corruption of prevailing champions. From the shadows of El Paso to the blood-soaked rings of Juarez, Krysten’s quest for vengeance explodes into a bloodthirsty war against corrupt promoters, cartel killers, and anyone complicit in her abuse. Armed with grit, female rage, and her wrestling persona, she delivers her own brand of vigilante justice--one bone-crushing blow at a time. Consensual Violence is a relentless tale of revenge, redemption, and the dark underbelly of lucha libre, from Del James, author of The Language of Fear.

Giulia Brusco was born in Italy and graduated in Foreign Languages and Literature at the University of Bologna. Her career in comics began in 2000 coloring Star Wars Tales for Dark Horse Comics, followed work with DC Comics. Her most popular works include the Millennium Trilogy adaptations, Scalped, Django Unchained, and Saucer Country for Vertigo Comics. Brusco also worked on adaptations for Marvel of The Picture of Dorian Gray, Ender’s Shadow, as well as the mature readers’ Max series The Punisher. She has since worked on The Goddamned for Image Comics as well as titles for TKO presents, including Feeding Dangerously. Currently, Brusco lives in London and works on Texas Riders and Judge Dredd for 2000 AD with r.m.Gué ra. Born and raised in New York, Del James is a meat-eating, pro-choice, sober atheist. He writes horror fiction and is best known for the short story ＂Without You＂ that inspired the ＂November Rain＂ video by Guns N’ Roses. Published in numerous horror anthologies and magazines, James released a collection of short horror stories entitled The Language of Fear that’s on its third printing. James has directed music videos as well as writing live television for the Ultimate Fighting Championship but prefers professional wrestling over MMA. Arjuna Susini was born in Livorno, Italy, in 1984. He graduated from the International School of Comics in Florence in 2008. In 2011, his first comic, Bullet Ballad, was published by BD Edizioni. Since then he’s worked on a growing number of titles for a myriad of publishers; Mistry P.I., Shikary Force: Hunters, Made Men, Leone, The Replacer, Heist or How to Steal a Planet, Blood of Sunset, Forever Forward, Lamentation, and as a concept artist for Mighty Box on the game Posthuman: Sanctuary. He’s a teacher of the ＂Scuola internationale di Comics＂ in Florence.