california ghost

SUMMARY

MONUMENT is a drama in the vein of the comics of Ed Brubaker and the HBO series White Lotus. There is humor, mystery and quirky characters.

As small town of Norfolk is gripped by a murder, letters telling people's deepest darkest secrets begin to appear in mailboxes all over the town. One letter tells a young student that his real father is someone his mother had an affair with. Another details the school principal’s drinking problem. Another reveals a priest’s dark acts. Will a letter arrive revealing who murdered the local high school student? Who will get one next? The letters seem targeted to tear apart the very fabric of this community.

The story centers on school senior Declan Sullivan. He just returned to Norfolk, a predominantly Irish Catholic Boston suburb, from a summer church trip to Ireland. After a summer spent gazing across the sea with his new Irish girlfriend,Kaitlyn, Declan returns home with a bold new direction and an engagement to Kaitlyn. This year he’ll save his money for the wedding, bring Kaitlyn to the States and join the Coast Guard after he graduates high school. His family thinks he’s crazy and some of his friends doubt Kaitlyn’s existence.

While the letters haunt Norfolk, its citizens try to keep living their lives. Teenagers raise hell. They fall in and out of love. Hockey games on the frozen reservoir continue. The school musical goes on (albeit as a fiasco). Parents work their jobs, attempting to keep things together, knowing their quiet town could change at any moment.

MONUMENT is a bittersweet tale of suburban life. Quirky and sincere, MONUMENT is a classic pop record in comic book form.