The Bluesman Cometh

I hope that by now readers realize I don't plug every project just because a friend asks me to. I remember a buddy asking that I post something about his needing a new liver, and I had to decline, because frankly that liver had been coasting for years. So believe me when I say that although I have known Rob Vollmar for years, I wouldn't be promoting something he did if I didn't really like it. In fact, I loved BLUESMAN from its first installment. The guy isn't Eisner-nominated for nothing, folks. He's a really fine writer and unlike a lot of comics writers out there these days, he just does one project at a time, honing it until it's perfect. He clearly has a love and feel for early 20th Century Americana, with the romance of the hobo or itinerant musician, and in BLUESMAN he builds on the atmosphere of earlier work THE CASTAWAYS to create a more ambitious, larger and yet more taut, thriller about, well, a blues performer and the trouble he gets into. It feels right, it's gripping, and amidst the suspense are subtler moments that will stay with you. I'm very happy for Rob's continued success, which finds the three chapters of this book finally collected in a deluxe edition hardcover from NBM. Make sure to preorder it and help support one of the more talented writers in the comics medium. Find out more at Bluesman Project.