Rebuilt Comics #1: Rock Bottom Has a Basement

Rock bottom has a basement — and this is the story of finding the door. Rebuilt Comics Issue 1: Rock Bottom Has a Basement opens the gritty illustrated saga that started it all. Marcus Coleman has worked the floor at Hartwell Distribution for nine years, and he's got nothing left to lose — until he discovers he does.

Set in Claremont, New Hampshire, this cinematic graphic novel follows one man's slide to the very bottom and the first fragile spark of something better: an hour of strangers telling the truth out loud. The muted, painterly art pulls you into every panel — the shift floor, the empty house, the folding chairs in a circle — while the story stays honest and hopeful, mature and never preachy, and never glamorizing the life it leaves behind.

For anyone who has ever hit bottom and wondered if the basement had a door. It does. This is what walking through it looks like. Whether you're in the rooms, love someone who is, or just want a story told straight with no varnish, Issue 1 is where the rebuild begins.