Jazz Legend (2018 Scout) comic books

Written by Jc Lacek. Art by Vasco Duarte. Cover by Adrian Sibar. There's a peculiar new drug on the streets of Motocity. Its effects are unlike any other, an immersive psychedelic dreamscape with visions of animalistic abominations and god-like humanoids. This is bad news for Martin Comity, a hard-living womanizer who lives for two things: playing jazz and getting his next fix. As Martin's fascination with the drug turns to obsession, his loosening grip on reality becomes more evident by the day. An eccentric writer, the reclusive Benjamin Way, takes an odd interest in Martin's predicament after experiencing visions of his own. Jazz Legend is a neo noir meets cosmic fantasy inspired by the lives and works of jazz great Miles Davis, and the father of beat literature, Mr. William S Burroughs. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

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Written by Jc Lacek. Art by Vasco Duarte. Cover by Adrian Sibar. Local jazz legend, Martin Comity, has seen better days. After experimenting with a new street drug, his already debaucherous lifestyle descends into paranoia as he suspects the drug's visions to be real. To learn the truth, Martin recruits Benjamin Way, a peculiar novelist with experience in matters of 'altered states', to try the mysterious drug for himself. Ben's jovial reluctance turns to earth-shattering revelation as the drug reveals a surreal world no amount of experience could have ever prepared him for. Jazz Legend is a neo-noir meets cosmic fantasy inspired by the lives and works of jazz great Miles Davis, and the father of beat literature, Mr. William S. Burroughs. 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

(W) Jc Lacek (A) Vincent Dubourg Motocity's jazz phenom Martin Comity has reached a tipping point with a mysterious new street drug aptly named New Blue. After a batched performance at the War Room which left Martin humiliated and tarnished the venues reputation, the club's owner, Sweety, has no choice but to set an example of Martin. Realizing she has lost her star performer, Sweety sets her sights on compensation, be it blood or money. Unfortunately for the peculiar writer Benjamin Way, Sweety is convinced blame rests solely on his shoulders. Cover price $3.99.

(W) Jc Lacek (A) Vincent Dubourg After a drug induced episode at the War Room jazz club which left their star performer, Martin Comity, broken, bloody, and on the street, the peculiar writer, Benjamin Way, sets out for answers. Unfortunately for Mr. Way, uncovering the true source of Martin's situation sends him down a path which shatters his perception of reality. For Ben, the very nature of existence itself, past, present, and most importantly, future, hinges on a single task: awaken the omnipotent being lying dormant within Martin's consciousness. Cover price $3.99.

(W) Jc Lacek (A) Vincent Dubourg After Martin is set adrift on the streets of Motocity from the fall out at the War Room jazz club, some of the mysterious drug, the New Blue, winds up in the hands of local thugs: a situation which spells doom for all involved. Losing her better judgment, Sweety, the War Room's owner, goes on the warpath convinced that a rival nightclub, the Starbright Lounge, is behind Martin's predicament as well as the murder of one of her top men. Writer Benjamin Way, grappling with the recent revelations that time is quite possibly running out for existence itself, prepares to unearth the sleeping entity within Martin. Cover price $3.99.

(W) Jc Lacek (A) Vincent Dubourg Having learned the true nature of his existence, Martin prepares for one last performance before facing up to his foretold destiny. The writer Benjamin Way, conscious of the hell Martin could unleash upon the world, makes one last attempt to set the jazz player on a course for redemption. Sweety and Red, unaware of the truth surrounding Martin, prepare to go to war with the team of mobsters running the Starbright Lounge. Cover price $3.99.