Comic books in 'Bughouse GN Series'

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1st printing.

Story and art by Steve Lafler.

This hefty volume collects Steve Lafler's BugHouse, a tale of Bebop jazz with an all-insect cast.

He doesn't back away from the horrors of addiction in creating BugHouse, but Lafler's real game is depicting the joy of music in the language of comics with his signature fluid brushwork. The artist was inspired by Max Fleischer animations as a tot, literally falling into a lush world, peopled by buggy creatures rapping over swing jazz, dancing all the while.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 408 pages, B&W.

Cover price $34.00.

Add to cart Near Mint $3.00

Add to cart Very Fine $8.70

2nd Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art byy Steve Lafler.

Tenor saxophone maestro Jimmy Watts leads his talented band of bugs from the swing era into the uncharted maelstrom of Bebop. As he and his bandmates claw their way to the top of the jazz world, they fight the temptation to be consumed by addiction to "Bug Juice" in this indigo-noir insect tale.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 194 pages, B&W.

Cover price $15.99.

Add to cart Near Mint $7.00

1st Edition - 1st printing.

Story and art byy Steve Lafler.

Set in an "insect noir" Manhattan of the early fifties, BugHouse is the tumultuous story of Tenor saxophonist, Jimmy Watts, as he leads his talented jazz band of "bugs" from the swing era into the uncharted maelstrom of Bop. Never before has the art of music felt more alive and real on the printed page. And never before has a more "human" portrait of drug addiction been depicted in comics.

Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 208 pages, B&W.

Cover price $14.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.00

Bughouse Volume 2 - 1st printing. By Steve Lafler. Bones the bass player, youngest member of premier jazz band Bughouse, is on the lam from the law! Framed by gangster Johnny Muggles, Bones heads south to Mexico while things cool off in Bugtown. Intrigue, romance, and some very funky rockin' blues ensue as our man Bones hooks up with a group of Mexican musicians. Throw in a spooky local legend about a seductive sorceress, and you have an edgy and illuminating coming of age story for Bones the bass player. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., B&W. Cover price $9.95.

Add to cart Near Mint $5.95

Add to cart Near Mint $5.95

Bughouse Volume 3 - 1st printing. By Steve Lafler. Dennis, the new piano player in Bughouse, is by all accounts a very funky musician and a genial chap. But before long, the real Dennis reveals himself as a gambling, lying, cheating, two-timing, drunken thief and all around Scalawag! Only when he encounters his doppelganger "Dennnis," does Dennis reach his epiphany: that the real force at the center of his life is love. Following the premise of Lafler's earlier title Bughouse, the action is set in an indigo toned, "insect noir" Manhattan of the 50s where all the characters are bug-headed hipster bop musicians. Softcover, 6-in. x 9-in., 144 pages, B&W. Cover price $12.95.