The Heavy

<P><B>In this contemporary noir thriller written and illustrated by Shawn Martinbrough, a hardboiled debt collector confronts the ghosts from his past while contemplating his future on the streets of New York City</B><br> <br>In <I>The Heavy</I>, author and illustrator Shawn Martinbrough tells the hard-hitting story of Charles “Dukes” Duchamp, a New York based debt collector with a love for jazz and a loss that has haunted him for years. Each week, Dukes makes his rounds collecting money for Basil-Leon Panassie, an eccentric club owner with criminal ties in New York and abroad.</P><P>When Basil announces a change in business and a night’s worth of collections goes missing, Dukes pursues a vicious, former colleague who escapes to Paris. Although the City of Light holds dark memories for him, Dukes has never let a debt go uncollected, and in order to set things right, he must face his fears and retrieve what has been taken.</P><P><I>The Heavy</I> is an original, contemporary noir themed graphic novel about rivals, revenge, and redemption.<br> </P>