Crossroad Blues: A Nick Travers Graphic Novel

Ace Atkins

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After a New Orleans college professor goes missing while searching for the rumored lost recordings of bluesman Robert Johnson--who, as legend has it, sold his soul to the devil at a Mississippi crossroads--Nick Travers is sent to find him. Clues point to everyone from an eccentric albino named Cracker to a hitman who believes he is the second coming of Elvis Presley.

From the Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist turned New York Times Bestselling author, ACE ATKINS, and artist MARCO FINNEGAN, comes a thrilling tale of crime and mystery that brings the history of the Blues and the Mississippi Delta to life on every page.

6 x 9 trade paperback trim size.

Book Details

Publisher: Image Comics
Publish Date: May 1st, 2018
Pages: 144
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 8.90in - 6.00in - 0.60in - 0.75lb
EAN: 9781534306486
Recommended age: 16-UP
Categories: • Crime & Mystery

Praise for this book

LIBRARY JOURNAL -- Blues historian Nick Travers has been trying to raise funds for a documentary about famous bluesman Guitar Slim but is sidetracked by attempts to locate a particularly well-versed professor of music history who has gone missing. Little does Travers know that his path will take him into the dreaded shadows of dark blues legends such as the cryptic Robert Johnson and up against eccentric characters, including a mystical black albino and a goat-loving hit man who looks and sounds like Elvis Presley. Enveloped in an ominous, surreal world of greed, secrets, and ruthless men, Travers is soon in over his head and forced to take action when his kidnapped girlfriend is used as a negotiating chip by murderers. Verdict Best-selling author Atkins ("Quinn Colson" series) and artist Finnegan (Lost Fair Gone Down), with letterer Peteri (Witchblade), realize a stark recounting of an Atkins novel of the same name, featuring black-and-white artwork that is coarse and blunt and a script that at times is static and ambiguous. Blues and urban legend buffs may find this entertaining.

"To me, Christmas just ain't Christmas without a full glass-no ice, thanks-and some deep blues. Ace Atkins' CROSSROAD BLUES is about as deep as it gets, and I doubt you'll regret it in the morning." -Cully Hamner, Red, The Question, Batman & The Signal