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WINNER - 2023 North Street Book Prize (Graphic Novel & Memoir) WINNER - 2024 National Indie Excellence Awards (Comics & Graphic Novels) FINALIST - 2024 Next Generation Indie Book Awards (Graphic Novel, Humor/Comedy) Blackwax Boulevard is a slice-of-life comic that follows Marsalis, Hardy, and Veronika, as they strive to keep the titular record store open for business. In this graphic novel collection, Blackwax Boulevard Is Listening, our heroes also tackle the most hot-button issues of the day: racism, homophobia, #MeToo, and cancel culture. Blending pop music esoterica with blistering commentary on the nature of celebrity, fandom and wokeness, Blackwax Boulevard Is Listening captures a generation of record lovers, nerds, hipsters, and outcasts grappling with the cultural turbulence of the late '10s and early '20s.

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"""Bracing and hugely involving...Another must-read graphic novel collection about the true believers of the music world."" Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ""Blackwax Boulevard Is Listening feels like spending time with old friends. Equal parts High Fidelity and All in the Family, Jackson has built a richly drawn cast of personalities who are never afraid to say what they are really thinking. This amazing book is hard to put down...and hard to forget."" John Hendrix, New York Times Best Selling Illustrator and Author ""Blackwax Boulevard's ensemble cast is back for another highly enjoyable installment. Marsalis and friends are back to fight another day, delivering acerbic music nerdery, timely social commentary and trying to keep the record store from closing, all whilst sticking it to the Man! Whilst it had me reaching for the Urban Dictionary once or twice, this book managed to be funny, wise and sweetly strident. A great combination!"" Sacha Mardou, author of Sky in Stereo ""Dmitri Jackson collages his concerns into the form of a fantasy record store which has problems which are all too excruciatingly real, and into a prism of punchy, quipping characters caught up in a melodrama ripped from today's Twitter timelines. You'll be surprised by how much life Jackson packs into his cartooning, and how many records. Remember: always show up for your local scene, and support your local record store!"" Kevin Huizenga, creator of Ganges ""Replete with timely and timeless observations, insights, wit, wisdom, and humor, Blackwax Boulevard Is Listening is a fun and deft read."" Midwest Book Review"

Blackwax Boulevard Is Listening feels like spending time with old friends. Equal parts High Fidelity and All in the Family, Jackson has built a richly drawn cast of personalities who are never afraid to say what they are really thinking. This amazing book is hard to put down...and hard to forget. John Hendrix, New York Times Best Selling Illustrator and Author Blackwax Boulevard's ensemble cast is back for another highly enjoyable installment. Marsalis and friends are back to fight another day, delivering acerbic music nerdery, timely social commentary and trying to keep the record store from closing, all whilst sticking it to the Man! Whilst it had me reaching for the Urban Dictionary once or twice, this book managed to be funny, wise and sweetly strident. A great combination! Sacha Mardou, author of Sky in Stereo Dmitri Jackson collages his concerns into the form of a fantasy record store which has problems which are all too excruciatingly real, and into a prism of punchy, quipping characters caught up in a melodrama ripped from today's Twitter timelines. You'll be surprised by how much life Jackson packs into his cartooning, and how many records. Remember: always show up for your local scene, and support your local record store! Kevin Huizenga, creator of Ganges

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