The campaign trail is paved with blood and brokenbones. History diverged one fateful day in1868, when presidential candidate Horatio Seymour lost his temper mid-debate andviolently attacked Ulysses S. Grant, earning him not only widespread popularitybut the presidency as well. Today, elections are decided by brutal, highlypublicized hand-to-hand combat in arenas called Stumps. And in a society thatadores violence this much, it's no surprise that powerful people get away withmurder. But not for long-not if Senator Jack Hammer and FBI Agent Anna BellLister have anything to say aboutit. Eisner-nominated writer CHUCK BROWN(BITTER ROOT, Rotten Apple) teams up with artist FRANCESCO CHIAPPARA andletterer CLAYTON COWLES for a political action series set in a hyper-violentworld full of countless injustices, and people who have to fight for their placein it. Collects ON THE STUMP#1-5

Chuck Brown is the Eisner and Ringo award winning writer and co-creator of such books as The Punisher and Black Panther for Marvel, Rotten Apple for Dark Horse Comics, and BITTER ROOT and ON THE STUMP for Image Comics.

He has been self-publishing for more than 18 years and has also written comics for Zenescope Entertainment, 12-Gauge Comics, and Line Webtoon.