| "Blue Elephants" by Marsha P. Johnson is a provocative sci-fi graphic novel that imagines pharmaceutical and energy companies joining forces.
New Graphic Novel Chronicles the Search for a Miracle Cure Plant Marsha P. Johnson's stunning new graphic novel, Blue Elephants, Volume I: The Alpha Edition imagines a future where high-tech companies battle to procure the Blue Elephant plant, which produces a miracle cure drug that could change the world. Could a plant found in the ancient burial grounds of African elephants be the miracle cure for all of mankind's ills? In Marsha P. Johnson's graphic novel, Blue Elephants, two researchers go on an incredible journey to find out.
Based on Johnson's original screenplay, this first volume of the series is set in a disturbing future, where oil wars have devastated much of the civilized world. The world is now ruled by the Lumen Society, a group who took control and heralded a dawn of hope. But does the Lumen Society really have the planet's best interests at heart? And if the Blue Elephant plant is found, could this wonder drug be turned into a nightmare if it gets into the wrong hands and is used for the wrong purposes?
Marsha P. Johnson has been an animator, multimedia artist, writer, researcher, producer, director and publisher. The founder of Manifest Fiction Digital Content Creation and Blip Book Publishing, she is the recipient of a Best Animation Award for "Cisco's Journey" from the 2006 Black Houston Film Festival. She currently resides in Houston, Texas with her husband.
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