Bluesman comic books issue 1
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Issue #1-1ST
Published Jan 2004 by Absence of Ink Comics.$6.95
Volume 1 - 1st printing. Written by Rob Vollmar. Art by Pablo Callejo. This story, structured like a traditional 12-bar Blues song, with three sections - each made of four chapters - follows Blues musician Lem Taylor's harrowing journey across Arkansas in the late twenties, hunted for a crime he didn't commit. Softcover, 80 pages, B&W. Cover price $6.95.
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Issue #1-1ST
Bluesman HC (2008 NBM) #1-1STThis item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1st printing.
Written by Rob Vollmar. Art and cover by Pablo Callejo.
This story is structured like a traditional twelve bar blues song, with three sections each made of four chapters.
It follows blues musician Lem Taylor's harrowing journey across Arkansas of the late twenties, hunted for a crime he didn't commit. He and his blues companion find a gig in a "juke" outside a small town.
Their music takes it by storm leading even to a well connected man offering a recording session. However, that night, they accept the invitation of two ladies to go home with them, a fatal mistake, as one of the ladies' lover is a white man who happens to belong to a powerful bootlegging family. The result is a triple murder with only Lem and his lady friend left standing.
Hardcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, B&W.
Cover price $24.95. -
Bluesman TPB (2022 NBM) #1-1ST
This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
1st printing.
Written by Rob Vollmar. Art and cover by Pablo Callejo.
Now collected into one stunning paperback!
This story, structured like a traditional twelve bar blues song, with three sections each made of four chapters, follows blues musician Lem Taylor's harrowing journey starting from juke joints he appears in to across Arkansas of the late twenties, a black man hunted down for a crime he didn't commit.
A racially intense story presenting a significant aspect of black history, its music, its social injustice.
Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 224 pages, B&W.
Cover price $19.99.
