WHAT IF CALIFORNIA REFUSED TO BE RULED?

“Black Mask is drop-kicking Fascism.” -Rolling Stone

In CALEXIT, the citizens of the California Sovereign Republic struggle to seize power back from U.S. occupying forces. Jamil, a warzone courier (aka smuggler), and Zora, a young leader in the Mulholland Resistance, attempt to escape Occupied Los Angeles — but it’s total war on the streets of Los Angeles as California attempts to seize freedom or die trying.

“It’s a genre known as ‘speculative fiction,’ but it doesn’t seem so speculative anymore.” -The San Francisco Chronicle

Author: Matt Pizzolo
Artist: C. Granda
Publisher: Black Mask Comics
Page Count: 32pp
Size: 7 x 10
Notes: saddle-stitched, full color
Date of Publication: July 23, 2025