The 17-chapter comic — available to view now in both a scrolling, graphic novel-style format and a plain text version — features material the singer wrote and recorded several years ago with guitarist/bassist John 5, who has played with Roth, Marilyn Manson and Rob Zombie.

 

The project alternates between these more traditional tunes ("Giddy Up," "Alligator Pants," "Lo-Rez Sunset," "Manda Bala" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow Bar and Grill") and atmospheric sections where Roth narrates in a deep, gravely tone. The story, written and vividly drawn and Roth himself, is nearly impossible to describe, but it includes lots of war and demons.

VAN HALEN died on Oct. 6 after what his son Wolfgang described as a "long and arduous" battle with cancer. Roth was one of many from the rock world to pay their respects, posting a picture of himself and his longtime VAN HALEN bandmate with the caption "what a long great trip it's been."