After a New Orleans college professor goes missing while searching for the rumored lost recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson-who, as legend has it, sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads-Nick Travers is sent to find him. Clues point to everyone from an eccentric albino named Cracker to a hitman who believes he is the second coming of Elvis Presley. From the Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist turned New York Times bestselling author Ace Atkins, and artist Marco Finnegan, comes a thrilling tale of crime and mystery that brings the history of the blues and the Mississippi Delta to life on every page.
New Orleans, 1917. In the city's bustling red-light district, a young clarinet player lands a job with his hero-but he'll soon discover there's more to the music business than playing the right notes. Join writers KYLE HIGGINS & JOE CLARK (RADIANT BLACK) and an ALL-STAR CAST OF ARTISTS for SIX DOUBLE-LENGTH ISSUES that weave stories of struggle, joy, and hope through the history of jazz! A whip-smart new miniseries that's perfect for music fans searching for a story with depth and redemption.
Listen up, gumshoes. It's 1940, and Alice Leslie is home for the holidays and hot on the heels of her biggest mystery yet: why did her dad quit music? Can she crack the case before he flies the coop?
New York City. 1956. Fresh out of prison, a gifted but troubled musician struggles to put his band-and his life-back together. The DEEP CUTS team is joined by Eisner Award-winning artist RAMÓN K PÉREZ (STILLWATER, Tale of Sand) for a time-hopping tale of injustice, redemption, and bebop!
Los Angeles. 1968. The new wave of jazz has left music critic R. Hudson Lowell behind, but a chance encounter with an up-and-comer might just bring back the spark. The DEEP CUTS team is joined by Ignatz Award winner JUNI BA (MONKEY MEAT, Djeliya) for a trip through sound!
Showcasing the very best work from long-time collaborators Chris Brunner & Rico Renzi (AKA The Kickstand Kids). Get an inside look at their process, taking sketches to bold inks then finishing it with vivid, eye-popping color! Featuring covers and interior pages that have appeared across comics for Marvel, DC, and Image.
From New York Times-bestselling author Ace Atkins comes the graphic novel adaptation of his Edgar Award-nominated story featuring New Orleans music historian/detective Nick Travers. It's Christmas in New Orleans. For many, it's the best season of the year. But instead of spending time with the people he cares about, Nick Travers is investigating the death of his friend, Fats. At first it appears that Fats took his own life, but Nick quickly discovers that the saxophone is missing from Fats' apartment. He soon learns that there is more to the story than a simple suicide, and the woman who Fats had been paying to keep him company may hold the answers.
Samantha Vega learns that her old friends on the police force are just waiting for her to screw up and get sent back to prison. And with that added pressure, her regret-filled nightmares of what put her in prison to begin with only grow stronger. In this issue's backup feature, artists Chris Brunner and Rico Renzi (Loose Ends, Spider-Gwen) reveal the tragic backstory of a dancer with a leather fetish.
MINISERIES PREMIERE. NEW STORY ARC. FINALLY! The man, the myth, the legend-SHIRTLESS BEAR-FIGHTER RETURNS to the War on Bearror in a wild new action-comedy with higher stakes, new characters, and all the heart and hilarity you expect from series co-creators JODY LEHEUP & NIL VENDRELL! This time, Shirtless's search for his true origin sets him on a cosmic collision course with the bear godURSA MAJOR! The battle begins this August with 32 ad-free pages of side-splitting, flap jacked fury! Don't miss it!
Writer Ollie Masters (Snow Blind, The Kitchen) and artist Luca Pizzari (Secret Wars Journal, Amazing Spider-Man) journey 10 years before Season 1 of Kurt Sutter's critically acclaimed television series Sons of Anarchy to tell the never-before-seen, official story of Jax Teller's first year as a SAMCRO prospect. Jax Teller has always had one dream: to follow the family legacy and join the Sons of Anarchy. But at eighteen, still reeling from his father's death and just starting out as a prospect, Jax is about to discover just how hard the life of an outlaw can be. Collects issues #1-4.
Jax Teller is at rock bottom, stripped of his prospect kutte and deemed a civilian in the eyes of the club. But with the help of his best friend Opie, Jax has one last-ditch plan to get back in Clay's good graces and regain his position in the Sons of Anarchy: track down the Biker with No Name that has been terrorizing SAMCRO. Writer Ollie Masters (Snow Blind, The Kitchen) and artist Eoin Marron continue the authorized prologue to Kurt Sutter's critically acclaimed television series Sons of Anarchy, depicting Jax Teller's first year as a SAMCRO prospect. Collects issues #5-8.
When Jax is kidnapped by a group of gangsters, the club must rally together to find him by any means necessary, even if it means partnering with enemies of SAMCRO. Writer Ollie Masters (Snow Blind, The Kitchen ) and artist Lucas Werneck ( Saban's Power Rangers Aftershock ) continue the authorized prologue to Kurt Sutter's critically acclaimed television series Sons of Anarchy , depicting Jax Teller's first year as a SAMCRO prospect.
The Craw County Runnin' Rebs are gearing up for the most important-and bloody-game of the year. Everyone in town has a stake in it. Six stories. Six bastards. One southern-fried crime series. Collects Southern Bastards #9-14.
