Light It, Shoot It GN (2024 Fantagraphics Books) comic books published within the past year

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1st Printing. Story, art, and cover by Graham Chaffee. Graham Chaffee's first graphic novel in seven years,Light It, Shoot It! is a classic tale of noir below the spotlight. Fresh out of prison for an arson conviction, clueless 20-yearold Billy Bonney finds himself drifting through the seedy and unsavory world of cut-rate moviemaking, even more out of place amongst his peers than he felt as a teen six years earlier whenhe got busted. Following his brother to the sets of grade B and exploitation 1970s Hollywood seems like a path of least resistance, until he accidentally lands a job as a handler to a has-been actor. But the bright lights burn harsher and show more than he anticipated as he steps lucklessly into a gangster-driven plot toburn down a studio for the insurance money and finds himself in over his head. Drunken, washed-up stars. Scrambling, past their-own-prime producers. Teenage girls on the make, slick hustlers, and violent fixers. Drawn in bold brushstrokes, and hand-painted in subtle washes, Chaffee brings vintage LA to the page in a propulsive adventure! Softcover, 8-in. x 10-in., 208 pages, B&W. Mature Readers Cover price $24.99.