{"id":7032255,"date":"2026-08-07T16:47:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/exclusive-preview-bedford-street-ross-murrays-altman-esque-darkly-comic-graphic-novel-is-published-by-fantagraphics-in-november-broken-frontier\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T16:47:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T16:47:31","slug":"exclusive-preview-bedford-street-ross-murrays-altman-esque-darkly-comic-graphic-novel-is-published-by-fantagraphics-in-november-broken-frontier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=7032255","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Preview: Bedford Street – Ross Murray’s Altman-esque, Darkly Comic Graphic Novel is Published by Fantagraphics in November \u2013 Broken Frontier"},"content":{"rendered":"


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FANTAGRAPHICS AT 50!<\/strong> The added advantage of being able to run exclusive previews, beyond sharing them with potential new audience,s is that we get to pencil projects into the \u201cmust-buy\u201d list ourselves here at Broken Frontier Towers. Ross Murray\u2019s Bedford Street<\/em> is a great case in point.\u00a0 Check out the exclusive preview courtesy of Fantagraphics below. The book is published in November and you can pre-order it here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

BEDFORD STREET<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ross Murray<\/strong><\/p>\n

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An Altman-esque, darkly comic exploration of social decay, hardship, recklessness, and isolation composed of loosely interwoven stories of different sets of characters living on the same street.<\/p>\n

An alcoholic beneficiary is tasked with looking after his teenage son for a weekend. A nurse is faced with a violent altercation after her late-night shift. A single mother struggles with the sudden onset of crippling back pain while trying to keep her drug-addicted former partner at bay. A homeless man tries to readjust to life on the outside after a period of incarceration. A young father succumbs to boredom and lust.<\/p>\n

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These are some of the lives of the inhabitants of Bedford Street, an all-too-familiar place where those at the less fortunate end of the ever-widening spectrum of inequality reside. People leading modest lives in challenging circumstances where disenfranchisement is high and a sense of community is low. All packed together and teeming with a chaotic energy, some submitting to their worst impulses, others trying their best despite it all.<\/p>\n

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Bedford Street <\/em>forms a mosaic image of lives lived in the maelstrom of a cost-of-living crisis, increasing rates of unemployment, and an age of individualism where isolation and alienation is rife. Murray\u2019s skillful storytelling and combination of pathos and dark humour explores how we navigate life and care for one another in a disconnected society.<\/p>\n

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Fantagraphics at 50 Month runs through August at Broken Frontier. You can see articles as they\u2019re published in one tagged list here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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