Exclusive Preview: Bedford Street – Ross Murray’s Altman-esque, Darkly Comic Graphic Novel is Published by Fantagraphics in November

FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50! The added advantage of being able to run exclusive previews, beyond sharing them with potential new audience,s is that we get to pencil projects into the “must-buy” list ourselves here at Broken Frontier Towers. Ross Murray’s Bedford Street is a great case in point. Check out the exclusive preview courtesy of Fantagraphics below. The book is published in November and you can pre-order it here. BEDFORD STREET by Ross Murray An Altman-esque, darkly comic exploration of social decay, hardship, recklessness, and isolation composed of loosely interwoven stories of different sets of characters living on the same street. An alcoholic beneficiary is tasked with looking after his teenage son for a weekend. A nurse is faced with a violent altercation after her late-night shift. A single mother struggles with the sudden onset of crippling back pain while trying to keep her drug-addicted former partner at bay. A homeless man tries to readjust to life on the outside after a period of incarceration. A young father succumbs to boredom and lust. These are some of the lives of the inhabitants of Bedford Street, an all-too-familiar place where those at the less fortunate end of ...