Dustin Gebel
Scout Comics announces Junction Jones and the Corduroy Conspiracy, a new series that promises to blend cyberpunk and classical film noir is written by TC Pescatore (The Boxcar Bop), with illustrations and cover by artist Luciano Cruzado, and variant covers by Patrick Sparrow (Dirt Baby & Bone Cat) and Ewan McLaughlin (Fairyland). Issue #1 is set for a release on February 22, 2023 with an art style that evokes Moebius and Trad Moore.
“This story began life as a surrealist pulp novella, a small exercise in understanding the great mythological history of an unknowable and lost America,” said writer TC Pescatore. “Through the creation of tall tales and legends detailing the secret history of hobos I had hoped to grasp at and maybe find a piece of the wonder that comes from hearing the ghostly bellow of a distant freight train at night—after meeting Luciano all that all changed. His vision, talent and intuitive understanding of the world of Junction propelled the project into new territories. Together we built a meta-textual graphic experience, an absurdist hard Sci-fi noir that not only touches on Hobo and labor history in 20th century America but in a way time, space and all of reality itself. Pages filled not only with brilliant comic artwork but retro advertisements, journals, records, zines, pamphlets, blog posts, and more—all in service of creating a fully immersive and mysterious world to enjoy.”
Junction Jones And The Corduroy Conspiracy #1 is from Scout Comics and hits shelves Feb. 22, 2023.