A wild, coke-fueled, rollercoaster rocketship through the sour, sun-baked, and seedy underbelly of Los Angeles â riding shotgun with the Gang Squadâs dirtiest cop, Marcus âKing Dickâ Case, as he pushes one step too far and finds himself spiraling into the sticky palm of Alistair Blackman, the underworldâs very own untouchable Aspergers Kingpin.
Not satisfied with skimming, greasing, and double-dipping the low to mid-level street scum, Caseâs grand plan to trade back a duffle full of confiscated dope from the police evidence locker to Blackman in exchange for a ticket to the highest echelons of big-time crime, backfires spectacularly when he unwittingly waltzes right into a Vice Squad stake-out with hands so red that when it inevitably turns into a shit-show shoot-out, the bloodstains donât even show. With no way to talk, lie, or deny his way off the fast track to San Quentin, Case does the only thing his drug-addled, double-dazed and spun-out brainbox can think of â he sells his soul, his life, his every waking breath, to LAâs answer to The Devil himself.
In this high-octane, stylish, irreverent, bebopping take on the gritty street crime noir â like the unholy offspring of Elmore Leonard and Dylan Thomas, with a touch of Eminemâs psychotic lyrical flair â Adrian A. Cruz takes us deep into the mind of a broken, irredeemable, crooked cop digging himself a grave so deep he might just pop out the other side.
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Adrian A. Cruz is a showrunner, writer, director, and producer working in television, film, animation, and theater. Heâs a published comic book creator and soon to be published novelist. Adrian is best known for co-creating the stylish science-fiction mini-series, Ascension, as well as for directing the divisive, critically acclaimed, indie film, Eat Me. Having graduated USC with dual degrees in Film and Theater, Adrian continues to maintain a presence in the LA Theater scene as playwright, director, and producer. He is a proud WGA guild member, a passionate storyteller and teacher across many mediums, genres and tones.
Nathan Fox (@nathanfoxy) is the artist and co-creator of the IMAGE COMICS series THE WEATHERMAN, the artist of Dark Reign: Zodiac for Marvel, Eisner nominated Dogs of War for Scholastic Graphix, Pigeons From Hell for Dark Horse, Cover artist on the FBP series for Vertigo Comics and a contributing artist on DMZ from DC/Vertigo and HAUNT, also from IMAGE. Nathan is the chair and founder of the MFA Visual Narrative program (@MFAVN) and the RisoLAB (@RisoLAB) at the School of Visual Arts in NYC. Nathan is also a proliïŹc, award-winning commercial illustrator with clients including Nickelodeon, Rockstar Games, The New York Times, Esquire, GQ, Sony, Nike, Wired and Rolling Stone Magazine to mention a few.
