American Virgin was an American comic book series published by Vertigo Comics and written by Steven T. Seagle and illustrated by Becky Cloonan. The series launched on a monthly schedule in March 2006 and was canceled two years later, despite rave reviews. Seagle was able to finish his storyline.
The story follows the life of Adam, a teenager who is a born-again Christian preacher, and his struggle with issues his sexuality and faith. Adam’s near constant companion is a stepsister, Cyndi, who is far less sexually repressed.
The covers for the first three issues were penciled by Frank Quitely, issues #4-#14 featured covers by Joshua Middleton, and starting with issue #15 the cover artist is Celia Calle. The entire series is penciled by Becky Cloonan.
There are four sagas as of August 2007: the first is “Head”, consisting of four issues, and the second is “Going Down”, which consists of five. The third saga, “Wet” also contains five issues, and the fourth story arc “Around the World” also contained five issues. The series was canceled with the final arc, “Sixty-Nine”, in issues 20-23.
To download issues 1-23
