Z2 COMICS
CHASING THE BIRD CHARLIE PARKER IN CALIFORNIA HC GN
(W) Dave Chisholm (A) Dave Chisholm
Charlie "Bird" Parker and and Dizzy Gillespie brought frenetic sounds of bebop from the East Coast jazz underground to the West Coast for a two-month residency at Billy Berg's Hollywood jazz club in 1945. This marked the beginning of a tumultuous two year-stint for Bird bumming around L.A., showing up at jam sessions, crashing on people's couches, causing havoc in public places, and recording some of his most groundbreaking tracks, "A Night in Tunisia" and "Ornithology." Chasing the Bird explores Bird's relationship with the people he met encountered during his L.A. sojourn and those found themselves in the orbit of the jazz genius.
ELECTRIC CENTURY GN
(W) Mikey Way (A) Toby Cypress
Johnny Ashford, former sitcom-star, drives drunk through a storefront and gets arrested. His aspiring actress girlfriend bails him out and he begins seeing a hypnotherapist. Dr. Evers sends Johnny to his "happy place": 1980's Atlantic City, where he relives his childhood on the boardwalk, hardly noticing shadowy specters all around. Johnny's addiction shifts from alcohol to his hypnotic trips to the boardwalk and the Electric Century casino, which satisfies his desire for fame. However the Electric Century harbors a dark secret, will Johnny be able to escape it and himself in time.