A Brokehella Comic

In The Yams

Eight people in Miami. One parking lot. A story about finding your people.

In The Yams, Book One: Miami. Eight people standing together at night in a parking lot beside a laundromat, a food truck and a police car, downtown Miami lit up behind them.
Start with Chapter 1 → The Spot. The first night; everything follows from it. About five minutes, free, no sign-up.

Chapter 1 up nowChapter 2 coming soon. Chapter 3 written, in production. Book One runs six chapters.

This is not about a festival. It is about what happens on a Tuesday when you have fourteen dollars and nowhere to be.

Eight people who live in the same Miami neighborhood. They work jobs that do not define them. They know rent is high and the news is bad. And on certain nights, behind a laundromat, they get to be themselves.

The card shows up at the end of Chapter 1. Nobody explains it. It keeps showing up.

Three ways to read it

From Chapter 1

A young woman in an oversized denim jacket with a backpack stands at a bus stop on a rain-wet Miami street at dusk, seen from behind, as a city bus pulls away. Palm trees and a distant skyline sit against a copper sky, and an empty can lies at her feet. B1 · The Bus Just Left Close on Marisol under the bus shelter, curly hair in a bun, gold hoops, headphones around her neck, reading her phone in its blue glow while the bus shrinks down the wet street behind her. B2 · Marisol Isn't Waiting Through the chipped green doorway, Marisol sits on her black iron bed with her back to us. The coffee table sits in the middle of the room, the DJ desk under a steel-blue skyline window, records on the shelf, a bicycle by the door, flyers on the wall, a water stain on the ceiling and one sock on the floor. B3 · The Apartment

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Book One · Miami

01 The Spot Marisol · 7:42 on a Tuesday night. Miami. The bus just left. Read
02 The Card Marisol · She has the card. She is not going to call. Coming soon.
03 The Regular Kai · The kid who thought he did not belong starts making something. Written, in production.
04 The Long Way Home Nadia · Twelve hours on shift, and this time she gets out of the car. Planned.
05 The Empanada Rell · He cooks. He calls his mother. Somebody comes back. Planned.
06 The Photograph Everyone · Who took it, and what it turned into. Planned.

Who is who · The Miami eight

Marisol 28, DJ. Front desk at a hotel.
Hialeah, Miami Wants: to play music for a living Follow in 29 panels Deuce 34, Drywall and paint.
Little Haiti Wants: to be a good dad Follow in 9 panels Kai 22, Coffee shop barista.
Columbus, Ohio, by way of Edgewater Wants: friends Follow in 10 panels Nadia 31, ER nurse.
Kendall Wants: to feel something other than tired Follow in 5 panels Rell 45, Runs an empanada truck.
Little Havana Wants: to keep feeding people Follow in 8 panels Tess 26, Server. Muralist.
Little Havana Wants: to make something lasting Follow in 4 panels Jay 24, Bike delivery.
Overtown Wants: every day to be fun Follow in 1 panel Mikey 58, Handyman.
Little River Wants: to be useful Follow in 2 panels

Who is who · The people she meets

The Driver Late fifties. Drives the Bus. “Bus leaves at four.” Met in Chapter 2
The Sound Tech Early thirties. Sets up the rig. “That cable's backwards. You're welcome.” Met in Chapter 2
The Cook Forties. Runs the lower-deck kitchen. (holds out a plate) Met in Chapter 2
The Door Unknown. Decides who gets on. “You're in.” Met in Chapter 2
The First-Night DJ Twenty-four. Out of town. Her first night too. “Sorry, I'm rambling, okay, so...” Met in Chapter 2

This is one part of Brokehella

The bus in the story is being designed for real. So is a house built from shipping containers that you can walk around today, a DJ studio you can open in a browser, and a hunt for coins hidden across the whole site. None of it is finished. All of it is open.

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