Scalawag is the st&-alone third graphic novel in the Bughouse series Bughouse is cartoonist Steve Lafler's graphic novel series about the life of a jazz band of the same name Set in an insect noir Manhattan of the early fifties Bughouse is built on an ensemble of characters who are essentially human beings with bug-like features Tenor saxophone maestro Jimmy Watts leads his talented band of bugs from the swing era into the uncharted maelstrom of Bop & as he & his band mates claw their way to the top of the jazz world they must fight the temptation to be consumed by addiction to a substance known as bug juice