Follow the epic trials of the teenage metalhead drummer turned unexpected hero who has impossible strength when he listens to metal, in the independent comic book series, Maurice & The Metal. Charged with a HEAVY burden and with nothing but his Walkman, which has been possessed by the spirit of a Black Sabbath roadie, he is fighting to keep metal alive.

Maurice is forced to enter a world of near-impossible choices that lead him to something he never saw coming: responsibility. Staring Into the Void, Maurice will ask himself a fateful question: “Do I have to?"

Jackie Marshall is an independent songwriter, performer and recording artist who creates music in alternative contemporary genres, glancing across folk, country, rock, improvised and art music realms.