The Don Drummond Story - Next Issue Coming Soon!
Writer, Adam Reeves, and illustrator, Costantinos Pissourios, continue their epic comics-making journey to bring you Trombone Man: Ska's Fallen Genius, the story of Don Drummond, the Skatalites and the birth of ska.
Both dedicated fans of Jamaican music, Adam and Costantinos have long been fascinated by the history, culture and the personalities within the world of ska, reggae and dancehall music. From a grain of an idea, to holding a printed comic book in our hands, creating Trombone Man is the culmination of our many combined years of involvement with Jamaican music projects; Adam having previously written a book and Costantinos having created his own illustrated tributes to Jamaica's foundation singers and players.
Adam & Costantinos are currently in a crowdfunding campaign to produce and manufacture Issue #2.
Trombone Man takes the reader on a powerful emotional journey, blending historical fact, social history and a little bit of magical realism. Its written in a mixture of English and phonetically spelt Jamaican Patois. If you're not familiar, the language takes a little getting used to but there's a lexicon of words at the back for reference.
Issue #1 sees young Don running wild on the streets of Kingston in the early 1940s. His hard-working, single mother, Doris, is furious when two school teachers turn up at her door to report Don's lack of school attendance. Doris' attempts to discipline Don are futile and again he skips school.
SO, WHAT'S IN ISSUE #2?
Music is My Occupation sees young Don discovering music, under the watchful eye of Alpha Boys School head of music, Sister Ignatius. As the teenage Don loses himself in his musical studies, so does he become more introverted and isolated. He assigned a younger boy to mentor in trombone, by the name of Rico Rodriguez, with whom he forms a solid friendship.
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