Nearly forty years after breaking his way into public consciousness, the indefatigable godfather of indie features and African American cinema presents a graphic novel that serves as the inspiration for his latest film. Beholden to no one but himself, Melvin Van Peebles brings the big screen alive on the printed page in this delicious romp about a soul-searching globe-trotter. The immaculately illustrated, bawdy picaresque details a lonely...