Bad Girls

It's New Year's Eve, 1958, and Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista has fled the country ahead of rebel forces led by Fidel Castro seizing control of the government. For three women—gangster moll Carole, jazz singer Taffy, and mambo queen Ana—working at a ritzy, mob-run nightclub in Havana, the chaos presents a perfect opportunity to escape with six million in cash. Set over a tumultuous 12-hour period filled with twists and turns, vicious betrayals, and shocking violence, de Campi's (No Mercy) story explores the lengths these women will go to in order to seize the chance for a new life, as well as subtly examining how race and class divide entrap those living on the island. Illustrator Santos (Rashomon: A Commissioner Heigo Kabayashi Case) channels the late cartoonist Darwyn Cooke to capture the style and pop art aesthetic of the era, while also providing visceral action scenes.