Baja, Top Shelf Productions, 96 pages, $9.95. By Steve Lafler
Bones the bass player is the youngest member of Bughouse, a be-boppin' band of cartoon insects. In this second volume of the Bughouse saga, Bones is framed by vengeful gangster Johnny Muggles. On the lam in Mexico to cool his heels for awhile, he forms a pick up band with some local musicians who play R&B with a Latin twist. Will Bones forgo the pleasures of jazz for a new hybrid sound? Maybe, but one thing is for sure, he will fall in love and simultaneously be haunted by a spooky local legend about a sexy sorceress!
Baja sports a new look from cartoonist Lafler, who spent half a year working and living in Mexico; the artwork reflects his passion and enthusiasm for our neighbor to the south.
Read excerpts from BugHouse at All About Jazz.
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