Erwin "The Desert Fox" Rommel's fictitious homosexual younger brother, Oberst Manfred Pfirsich Marie Rommel (1900-1990), nicknamed the "Desert Peach". Early issues of this wonderful small press black & white comic book focused on the Peach's command of a misfit unit of the Afrika Korps from 1940 to 1943; subsequent issues (of which this is one) have explored the pre- and post-war lives of Pfirsich (German for "Peach") and his supporting cast.

The Desert Peach #29: Out of the East

Literature & Fiction

Barr, Donna

United States

A Fine Line Press

The Desert Fox's Gay Brother. How ridiculous. How sublime. How biting, ironic and funny. And here are the first seven episodes, of the series that does to World War Two -- and the twentieth century -- what they need done.

Seven Peaches: The First Seven Desert Peach Episodes

Comics & Graphic Novels

Graphic Novels

Fine Line Pr

In 1971, "Permanent Party" in the U.S. Army meant assigned to a final duty station. Where the troops could get all the alcohol they could afford, and nobody checked an I.D. card for age. One woman soldier, illegally pregnant, has a miscarriage and is accused of murder. The white girls say the black girls helped her do it. The boyfriends start getting mixed up in it. All the booze in the world doesn't help.

Permanent Party

Literary

Bread and Swans follows the life of Pfirsich Rommel, the fictional gay brother of the Desert Fox. We need bread, but there should be swans. Never forgetting that bread nourishes -- and our swans can drown us.

Bread and Swans

Genre Fiction

Afterdead is Donna Barr's complete re-invention of all her series, including The Desert Peach and Stinz. The first 64 pages are in brilliant full color. All the characters readers have loved for so many years are here, interacting with one another in a way never seen with them before.

Afterdead 1: Desert Peach #31, #32, and Beyond

“The Desert Peach is such an original work. Most of the stories take place during WWII, in North Africa, among German soldiers under the command of Colonel Pfirsich Rommel, the brother of Erwin Rommel, the famous 'Desert Fox.' Pfirsich is probably one of the most interesting characters in comics. If only all fiction tried to be as honest and open-minded as this, I’m naive enough to think, the world would be a better place. After all, fiction shapes our dreams and aspirations. And we could all do worse than let ourselves dream of having tea in the North African desert with a man as utterly charming as Pfirsich Rommel.” -- Francois Peneaud: The Gay Comics List

The Desert Peach Collection; Volume One

This is the second volume of the big two-volume collection, compiled and offered for new sale by the author herself. “Donna Barr's war-time comedy drama sees the gay brother of Rommel lead a band of misfits in the Africa Korps. "Desert Peach" soon found a stride that has escaped all other war comics. Blending humour and drama without sacrificing either, "Desert Peach" eschews easy answers or code morality, to portray a story of duty and honour, of doing what you can in whatever situation you are in, and finding your true nature. Very poignant without being schmaltzy, 'Desert Peach' is an odd mixture. It shouldn't work but it does.” -- Richard Johnston, Lying In The Gutters (Note: some of these books have had original production glitches in them. If you have any of those, they are definitely collector's items. And will signed happily by the author as such.)

The Desert Peach Collection; Volume Two

"A Little Death" illustrates death, in so many forms. How we want to die, know we'll die, or hope in the name of the universe we won't die. Anonymous submissions to protect the mortal, illustrated by Donna Barr, the author of the classic drawn book series "The Desert Peach."  With additional illustrations by Kjartan Arnorsson, from an idea by Kevin Boze, of "The Virgin Project."

A Little Death

Horses as people and people as horses. What began as a fun project about anatomy became an allegory about slavery and rights of beings. Beautifully drawn, and much-beloved, now it's a complete collection.

Bosom Enemies; The Collection

Science Fiction & Fantasy

Science Fiction

Donna Barr

The first volume of the Stinz collection - at last! All the original adventures of the black half-horse stallion, with family and friends, in war and peace, scary trains and even scarier magic. All the original pages in true time-line sequence.

Stinz The Collection – Volume 1: Volume 1

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