Category:Dead Leaves

"Dead Leaves" is the subtitle of Chapter 1 of the graphic novel "The Black Sun". It is written, illustrated and published by the Lafayette, La artist Herb Roe. It was published in Aug. 2005 thru Cafepress. The Black Sun is a dark melding of various world mythologies and the Pop Culture Mythology of the American South, set in a noirish no mans land of insanity, depravity, old cars, death and rebirth. Characters- Leroy Morte- A restless man, driving across the American South at night in a black 1969 Cutlass. Plagued by hallucinations and memories that seem impossible, Leroy feels himself slowly going insane. He gives various pseudonyms, and rarely uses his real name. Lucretia-Although not specifically named as of chapter 2, the black 1969 Oldsmobile Cutlass convertible is known as Lucretia. She has a 455 cubic inch engine. The Twin- A man Leroy sees in his visions, who looks exactly like him. He suspects the man is his twin. Hunahpu and Xbalanque- The Hero Twins of the Popol Vuh. In mayan myth and legend, the twins conquer death. Andrew Ulysses- A hitch-hiker picked up by Leroy Morte in Dead Leaves. Marianne D'Notradam- A gas station attendant in Velvet Bones. Chapter 1, "Dead Leaves", as well as promotional merch such as t-shirts, posters, stickers, etc. can be purchased at our Cafepress store(cafepress.com/deadleavesswag). Chapter Two "Velvet Bones" and it's associated merch is now available at (www.cafepress.com/blacksunswag).