On the eve of the release of his latest movie, The Lady From Shanghai, Orson Wel
les receives a gift: an admirer has sent him a box of cigars. Rich and full-bodi
ed, they are the finest he's ever tasted. But then, these are no ordinary cigars
: they've been assembled by the most famous cigar roller in Cuba, Conchita Marqu
ez.
It is an exquisite gift, though one not appreciated by Orson's wife, Rita
Hayworth. As Welles smokes these most coveted of cigars, he daydreams about the
plump genius Conchita Marquez, whose story of triumph, despair and love unfolds
within the pages of this stunning and imaginative graphic novel.
