Cat Head Comics to release “1956” Graphic Novel by Steve Lafler
We’re talking The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel meets Madmen. OK, maybe with a side dish of Naked Lunch…
Comics auteur Steve Lafler serves up his latest graphic novel 1956 for November 2026.
Sparks fly between Susie Ferrari and Jack Rolfe, competing for the head buyer’s job at McCurdy’s department stores. Enter aspiring model Ramona via the midtown jazz scene—the charismatic “it” girl who unlocks their careers! Will it all come crashing down when they discover Ramona is a trans woman from Laredo trying to make it in the Manhattan of the 1950s?
Author/Artist: Steve Lafler
ISBN: 979-8-234-09240-3
Imprint: Cat Head Comics
Language: English
Audience: Trade/General (Adult)
Thema/Subject: Literary Graphic Novel, Manhattan, 1950s
Price US: $29.99, UK £ 22.99, EU € 25.99, Canada $ 41.99, Australia $ 41.99
Trim Size: 6.625″ x 10.250″ (260mm x 168mm)Interior Color and Paper
Black & White: White 70
Paperback: Perfect Bound
Cover Finish: Matte
Page Count: 174
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