Preview: Strange Fruit #1 by Jones & Waid

Strange Fruit #1 Preview (BOOM!)

Strange Fruit #1

 

Here’s a six page preview of Strange Fruit #1 by writers J.G. Jones & Mark Waid with art by J.G. Jones, on sale July 8th, 2015 from BOOM! Studios.

 

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Writers: J.G. Jones & Mark Waid
Artist: J.G. Jones

What’s to Love: Two of the industry’s most respected and prolific creators come together for the first time in a deeply personal passion project. J.G. Jones (52, Wanted, Y: The Last Man) and Mark Waid (Irredeemable, Superman: Birthright, Kingdom Come) take on a powerful, beautifully painted story set during the Great Mississippi Flood of 1927. Strange Fruit is a challenging, provocative examination of the heroic myth confronting the themes of racism, cultural legacy, and human nature through a literary lens, drawing from Southern folklore and tradition.

What It Is: It’s 1927 in the town of Chatterlee, Mississippi, drowned by heavy rains. The Mississippi River is rising, threatening to break open not only the levees, but also the racial and social divisions of this former plantation town. A fiery messenger from the skies heralds the appearance of a being, one that will rip open the tensions in Chatterlee. Savior or threat? It depends on where you stand. All the while, the waters are still rapidly rising…

 

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