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WINNER - 2023 North Street Book Prize (Graphic Novel & Memoir)

Blackwax Boulevard is a slice-of-life comic that follows Marsalis, Hardy, and Veronika, as they strive to keep the titular record store open for business. In this graphic novel collection, Blackwax Boulevard Is Listening, our heroes also tackle the most hot-button issues of the day: racism, homophobia, #MeToo, and cancel culture. Blending pop culture detritus with blistering commentary on the nature of celebrity, fandom and wokeness, Blackwax Boulevard Is Listening captures a generation of record lovers, nerds, hipsters, and outcasts grappling with the cultural turbulence of the late '10s and early '20s.