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Scott Hoffman is to make his comedian guide writing debut with a brand new digital comedian guide sequence, Nostalgia, drawn by Danijel Žeželj.
Scott Hoffman is to make his comedian guide writing debut with a brand new digital comedian guide sequence, Nostalgia, drawn by Danijel Žeželj and to be revealed in 5 weekly chapters digitally on Comixology Originals, starting this week. It’s presently topping the Amazon comics new launch chart and the nineteenth best-selling comedian on Kindle general. And will, presumably, be revealed by Dark Horse Comics in some unspecified time in the future down the road. Scott Hoffman is maybe greatest referred to as the co-founder of the rock/disco/glam/pop band Scissor Sisters. Alongside Jason Sellards, aka Jake Shears, Scott co-wrote and produced the music, and from 2001-2012 the band toured worldwide. They are greatest identified for songs like their disco cowl of Comfortably Numb and I Don’t Feel Like Dancin with Elton John.
A noir journey a couple of futuristic rock star that takes cues from Hoffman’s personal life as a musician, Nostalgia is colored by Lee Loughridge, letters by Steve Wands, is designed by Rian Hughes and edited by Greg Lockard and Will Dennis. And you’ll be able to meet the solid, proper right here.
Craig Mancini aka Craig Mantis aka Nostalgia – Nostalgia, a former musical celebrity in a dystopian future, spends most of his days watching information feeds and replaying, reanalyzing, and reevaluating his previous. He lives alone in his lavish penthouse, hiding away behind a string of pseudonyms and avoiding a world that he feels has left him behind. His instrument of alternative, the Orb, permits him to share his recollections as songs by know-how that he and his former collaborator, Lexi, created of their youthful, extra optimistic days.
Lexi – Lexi is the brains behind Nostalgia’s groundbreaking know-how, now spending her days as his roadie regardless of having not been on the street for years. Tough, however now relegated to a paid place as his friend-for-hire and yes-person, she’s one of many few folks he nonetheless lets into his life.
Nathan aka Nautilus – Nathan is a younger hacker and fan of Nostalgia, impressed not simply by his music but in addition his revolutionary previous. After showing out of nowhere, Nathan meets Nostalgia on the outskirts of city and divulges a previous connection. He’s unpredictable, an aspiring revolutionary himself, however Nostalgia feels the urge to point out him a greater life.
Fran, Dead Sky Sports and Entertainment – Fran has been with Nostalgia from the start, managing him from his days as a younger bed room musician all the way in which to his superstardom. She has since expanded her enterprise right into a multi-faceted leisure conglomerate, however nonetheless stubbornly hopes for Nostalgia’s return to the highlight.
SYNOD – The SYNOD is a mysterious hacker group led by the shadowy Alain. They intimidate the general public by feed breaks (message bombs despatched to interrupt information and tv feeds) and hope to encourage a brand new era to query authority and, particularly, the technocratic monopoly controlling their lives.
Elena – Elena is a floating bot and Nostalgia’s private bodyguard. Loyal to the top, there’s just one factor she’s commanded to place above his personal life, and that is his beloved automobile.
“I culled a lot of ideas from my personal experience and the incredible 12 years I spent in the band Scissor Sisters (2024 brings the 20th anniversary of our first album!),” says author Scott Hoffman. “I also studied writing at Columbia University and am a big reader and fan of comics. Part of my intention with Nostalgia is to bring back my own nostalgia for an era of comics that I feel close to, particularly the 90s subversive Vertigo days—edgy, somewhat literary, more adult.”
Nostalgia takes place in a darkish future that mirrors our present anxieties and divides, from politics, to local weather change, and what our future world could seem like. When a mysterious package deal with a picture of a shell on it arrives on the unlisted tackle of Mr. Craig Mancini his curiosity is piqued. Mancini, also called music performer Nostalgia, begins to reminisce about his previous, ditches his tech and goes to satisfy the mysterious stranger behind the parcel. This encounter blows his thoughts and takes him down a path unraveling all that he knew to be true. The sequence explores what it means for artists to share themselves with the world. It’s additionally about how we take a look at our previous and redefine our personal tales, and the way artwork is a approach to switch our lives and recollections to different folks. Most importantly, it examines the thought of fame, connection to the world, and the place connecting to different folks will in the end take us, particularly contemplating the risks of being so related and continually inundated with the inside workings of different peoples’ lives.
“Nostalgia is a beautiful project, one of the best I ever worked on,” says Danijel Žeželj. “I’m happy, proud and honored that I’ve been invited to it by Scott and the rest of the team.” Here’s a preview of the primary difficulty.
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