弧光

　　Set in the belly of Los Angeles' criminal underworld, Arc is the story of Paris Pritchert, a former police officer turned drug dealer and addict, who embarks on a quest to find a missing child in the hope of redeeming his eroding character. The only catch is, like all addicts, Paris' confidence completely relies on the drugs in his system and -- in this case -- his firm belief that he can succeed in his mission if he can just stay high 24/7 and alive long enough to see it through. To aid in the endeavor, Paris enlists the help of Maya Gibbs, an African American prostitute versed not only in the language of the street, but also in the words of Maya Angelou and Nadine Gordimer. And together, the path of this dysfunctional duo crosses with those of the child's parents, a doctor with a penchant for soliciting "Street Boys", a self-ascribed King Of Porn, a drug supplier with a gift for making impeccable hors d'oeuvres, and a hardened cop with more scams than the most adept street hustler. Told through a variety of visual techniques and color schemes, Arc unfolds as Paris' search leads to places he never expected. It is a search filled with the dimness of an addict's life, the shadiness of perverse characters and the budding friendship of two people with nothing to lose and everything to gain. And most of all, it is a search filled with answers. Answers to the child's whereabouts... answers to Paris' relationship with his own mother and father... and answers to the existence of a criminal mastermind known only as "The Wolf". 　　译文(2): 故事背景设定在洛杉矶犯罪黑社会的腹地，讲述了帕里斯 · 普里切特(Paris Pritchert)的故事。他曾是一名警察，后来成为毒贩和瘾君子。他开始寻找一个失踪的孩子，希望以此弥补自己日渐堕落的性格。唯一的问题是，像所有的瘾君子一样 Paris 的信心完全依赖于他体内的毒品，在这种情况下，他坚信如果他能全天候保持高昂的情绪并且活到足够长的时间来完成任务，他就能成功。为了帮助这一努力，巴黎寻求玛雅吉布斯的帮助，一个非裔美国妓女不仅精通街头语言，而且精通玛雅安吉罗和纳丁戈迪默的话。这对不正常的二人组走过的道路与孩子的父母、一个喜欢招揽“街头男孩”的医生、一个自称“色情之王”的人、一个有制作无可挑剔的作品天赋的毒品供应商以及一个比最熟练的街头骗子更会诈骗的老练警察交织在一起。通过各种视觉技巧和配色方案讲述，随着巴黎的搜索引向他从未预料到的地方，弧线展开了。这是一个充满了一个瘾君子的生活的模糊，反常人物的阴影和两个没有什么可以失去和一切可以获得的人的友谊的萌芽的搜索。最重要的是，这是一个充满答案的搜索。关于孩子下落的答案... 关于 Paris 和他父母的关系的答案... 关于一个叫做“狼”的犯罪大师的存在的答案。