In 1950, writers Arnold Drake and Leslie Waller, both attending college on the G.I. Bill, envisioned a sophisticated, novel-length comic tailored to their peers. Collaborating with comic art master Matt Baker, known for singularly defining the genre of "good girl art" on titles such as Phantom Lady, they crafted a film-noir inspired masterwork of romance, intrigue, and moral relativity. When cynical newspaperman Hal Weber reunites with old flame Rust Masson, he finds the beguiling widow of a mining magnate willing to do anything to undermine the local political machine-her only opponent for total control of Copper City!
This painstakingly restored volume includes a new introduction by writer Arnold Drake providing a first-hand history of the graphic novel. Before winning the Bill Finger Award for lifetime achievement in comics writing, creating Deadman, or writing Doom Patrol and X-Men, Drake helped bring the original "picture novel" to life, a true milestone in the history of comics!
"From the very beginning, I had hoped this book would be a bridge between the comic book community and the literary world. That bridge became more like a main highway. " said Drake "When I was in the army, everyone read comics. When we all went to college on the G.I. Bill, I thought, how do you make the leap from Superman to The Great Gatsby?"
It Rhymes With Lust features story by Arnold Drake and Leslie Waller, and art by Matt Baker.