Check out a 14-page excerpt from Sailor Twain, or: The Mermaid in the Hudson, a graphic novel by author/illustrator Mark Siegel. The paperback edition is available March 4th from First Second.
One hundred years ago. On the foggy Hudson River, a riverboat captain rescues an injured mermaid from the waters of the busiest port in the United States. A wildly popular—and notoriously reclusive—author makes a public debut. A French nobleman seeks a remedy for a curse. As three lives twine together and race to an unexpected collision, the mystery of the Mermaid of the Hudson deepens.