Kings in Disguise

Set during the Great Depression, Kings in Disguise follows a young boy who hops a freight train in search of his missing father, encountering a cast of hobos, strikebreakers, and dreamers along the way. Published by Kitchen Sink Press in 1990, this single-issue comic was written by James Vance and illustrated by Dan Burr, offering a poignant, historically grounded look at a turbulent era in American life. It stands as a powerful, self-contained graphic novel that captures the grit and humanity of the dispossessed.