Jazz Age Chronicles Volume 2

Think Magnum PI set during the 1920s! DOUBLE MYSTERY "The Flowers of San Pedro": Jennings and Mifflin travel to New Mexico to investigate the disappearance of Jennings¡¯ old colleague, Professor Russell. Mifflin finds himself out of his element as he travels into the midst of cutthroats, Indian shamans, dusty plains, and occult evil. Now he has to deal with a town of very angry villagers and a secret tunnel covered with the mysterious flowers of San Pedro. But when the bullets start to fly, how do the four of them stand a chance? And what connection could the flowers that Professor Russell was studying, the famed flowers of San Pedro, tie into the his disappearance? Mifflin finds that the crime ridden streets of his Boston neighborhood were nothing compared to what he experiences out West. Also included is the story of the "Stranger in Bryn Mawr": While Jennings and Ace Mifflin settle their differences in a heated baseball game, young genius, Nora Carlisle, uncovers a mystery of her own at college she is attending. Collects issues 6-9.

In 1920s Boston, famed Harvard archaeologist and adventurer Clifton Jennings has a secret sideline as a hunter of the supernatural and protector against unearthly threats. In The Flowers of San Pedro, when a fellow Secret Society member and colleague goes missing in Arizona, Jennings and his unlikely partner, Ace Mifflin, private eye, head out to find what became of him. With flapper Veronica Stone and botanist G.E. McMullin joining them, they soon encounter hostility from the locals and an apparent connection between the colleague's disappearance and the flowers that McMullin has been studying. What exactly are their strange powers, and are they worth killing for? In our second story, A Stranger in Bryn Mawr, while Jennings and Ace Mifflin settle their differences in a heated baseball game, young genius Nora Carlisle uncovers a mystery of her own at college. A rash of thefts and a mysterious figure go from merely baffling to outright dangerous. Why is Nora's friend Amy in the middle of it all? Chronicles, Volume Two continues the exploits of Jennings and Ace and their group of adventurers as they battle forces both human and not. This two-volume set reprints the entire original print run of Jazz Age Chronicles from the late 1980s and early '90s. This second volume has The Flowers of San Pedro, A Stranger in Bryn Mawr and a few extras. REVIEWS ..".a very good period private-eye story... an excellent mixture of the realistic and the fantastic... pick up a copy. Grade: A."-----Don Thompson, Comics Buyer's Guide "Jazz Age Chronicles is an extremely well-crafted detective series.... Jazz Age Chronicles' creator, Ted Slampyak, has filled his comic with references to the era. That's the sort of touch that I appreciate...----Cliff Biggers, Comic Shop News " Ted Slampyak's] backgrounds give a strong feeling of credibility to the plot. I really feel like the characters are in a city that exists. The story comes alive because of it...."----Gene Colan, Hall-of-Fame artist, Daredevil, Tomb of Dracula, Nathaniel Dusk.

Think Magnum PI set during the 1920s! DOUBLE MYSTERY! Set in the 1920's Jazz Chronicles centers around Ace Mifflin, private eye, who finds himself plunged into mysteries that go beyond his comfort zone of speakeasies and the streets of Boston. "The Case of the Beguiling Baroness": When famed archeologist Clifford Jennings' Secret Society needs to keep track of Baroness Von Treska, a notorious dabbler in the black arts, they hire Mifflin. And that's when things really get out of hand. And while the true fate of the Baroness remains a mystery, Jennings, Mifflin, and Flynt must track down a killer that is beyond anything Mifflin has experienced before. And even if they can catch the killer, how can they possibly stop him? In a secondary tale, "Vote Early and Often" Ace Mifflin finds himself on the wrong side of the law as he attempts to help an old friend beat a murder charge. And what connection could all this have with a disaster in Mifflin's past that nearly brought Boston to its knees? On the verge of finding the proof that he needs to clear his friend, his evidence disappears. And with the election primary coming up, can Mifflin reassemble all the pieces and prove his allegations that the real murderer is running for office? Collects comic book issues 1-5.

F. Scott Fitzgerald named it, Louis Armstrong launched it, Paul Whiteman and Fletcher Henderson orchestrated it, and now Arnold Shaw chronicles this fabulous era in The Jazz Age. Spicing his account with lively anecdotes and inside stories, he describes the astonishing outpouring of significant musical innovations that emerged during the "Roaring Twenties"--including blues, jazz, band music, torch ballads, operettas and musicals--and sets them against the background of the Prohibition world of the Flapper.

"The Case of the Beguiling Baroness" - PART 2 of 3. When the dead body of Baroness Von Treska turns out to be not her, Ace Mifflin is introduced to mysteries that really take him from his comfort zone of speakeasies and the streets of Boston. Now Jennings, Mifflin, and Flynt track down a killer that is beyond anything Mifflin has experienced before. But even if they can catch the killer, how can they possibly stop him?

As an actor, awareness of your movement is the key to transformation. By making deliberate physical choices, you can fully and articulately embody different ways of being: you can come someone or something else. Laban's Efforts give you a way of identifying and making these choices. Working with them helps the actor to create wholly present and physically ambitious performances. This book outlines Ewan's practical process, which allows the actor to understand their own movement and that of others by exploring one key part of Laban's work: the 'Efforts of Action Drive'. This complete, stage-by-stage, working process has been developed through more than thirty years of work with actors in the studio. Clear instructions for practical exercises are woven throughout the book, as well as exciting ways to apply the work in rehearsal, performance and on set. This allows the actor to learn and apply Laban's Efforts for themselves. Full video and audio resources allow the reader to experience the practical work in action. "Vanessa Ewan's work with Laban and the Efforts, as you will find in this inspired book, provides performers with an incredibly fertile foundation from which to create. She has found an astoundingly practical way of applying Laban's work to the quest of being a fully embodied actor. You will find tools in this book that will open door after door to your own creativity and awaken you to the endless possibility of what you can create on stage and on screen." Andrew Garfield, actor

"Vote Early and Often" - PART 2 of 2. Ace Mifflin, private eye, finds himself on the wrong side of the law as he attempts to help an old friend beat a murder charge. On the verge of finding the proof that he needs to clear his friend, his evidence disappears. With the election primary coming up, can Mifflin reassemble all the pieces and prove his allegations that the real murderer is running for office?