Way of the Beetle

Way of the Beetle is an American action-fantasy comic book series published by Yellowstone Comics since October 3rd, 2009.

Synopsis
Set in a giant world inhabited by humanoid bugs, a beetle mercenary known as Hiro explores the Six Kingdoms (The Ant Hill, The Hive, The Swarm Empire, The Termite Kingdom, The Bagu Empire and the Evergreen Kingdom) as he befriends a young aspiring ladybug mercenary as they travel across the kingdoms, dealing with monsters, treacherous bugs and other threats,

Main

 * Hiro - a slightly cynical and sarcastic Horned Beetle mercenary who left the Bagu Empire after refusing to kneel to the Shogun as he travels all of the kingdoms, dealing with threats for cash as he has a heart of gold, encountering Viola and deciding to try and train her.
 * Viola - a giddy and energetic ladybug who has idolized mercenaries as she learns of Hiro and begs him to become her mentor as she tries her best to prove herself to Hiro. It's revealed that her father was a legendary mercenary and hero who disappeared as she wants to become a mercenary to be like her father.

Supporting

 * TBD

Antagonists

 * Empress Caligula - the sadistic and terrifying Empress of the Swarm Empire and a massive wasp who wants to destroy and take over all of the other kingdoms, plotting an invasion in the shadows, being one of the series' big overarching antagonists. She rarely fights but when she does, she uses her stinger as a sword.