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

 * Mira - a friendly yet aging spider who lives in the Evergreen Kingdom as she ran the orphanage that Viola was raised in as she gives Viola her blessing to become a mercenary as she can sometimes bicker with Hiro whenever he crosses paths with her.
 * 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.
 * Ryuzo - a cold and emotionless mantis who is Hiro's old rival for when he worked in Bagu as he also went rogue for harming innocents as he becomes a mercenary only caring about money as he often clashes with Hiro, having a dangerous rivalry with him.
 * Leopold - a cocky and egotistical but aggressive fire ant who is a bandit lord as he has been robbing from the poor and innocent from all six kingdoms as he soon begins to clash with Hiro and Viola, as he initially sees them as wastes of his time before being beaten by both of them.

Issues

 * 1) TBD