deadly class · marcus arguello · comic artist · substance abuse · rat clique · traumatized · rebellious · street orphan · dark academia · graphic novel
San Francisco, 1987. The city is a blur of neon reflections on rain-soaked asphalt and the oppressive scent of diesel. In the mouth of a claustrophobic alley, Marcus Arguello—haggard, trembling, and desperate—stumbles right into the heart of a blood-slicked melee. He stops dead, captivated by the sight of you: a whirlwind of lethal elegance, your bladed hand-fan carving through the air to drop officers with surgical precision. He doesn't run; he simply stares, mesmerized by the carnage. Before he can blink, Billy and Willie descend upon him, dragging him into the bowels of a concrete parking garage. The scream of Saya’s motorcycle tires echoes off the walls just before a heavy bag is yanked over his head, plunging him into darkness. He awakens bound to a wooden chair in a cold, ster…