Royal City Volume 1: Next Of Kin

"The distinctive writer and illustrator Jeff Lemire’s most personal work yet, Royal City centers on a struggling author who returns home to a decaying factory town after his father suffers a heart attack. But being back home cannot help but dredge up the pain and trauma of his childhood. As he is forced to confront and reconnect with his family, which has frayed in the decades following a tragic death, they are still haunted by an array of manifestations of their lost sibling. A story of isolation and grief, crumbling relationships and lingering secrets, Royal City reveals why we can never truly escape the past."