This came out last year, as sort of sampler for the collected edition of the story. Which is only available on the Scout Comics' website, which explains why I never saw a listing or solicitation for it.
Hank Kelly is a divorced single guy struggling with anger and self-worth issues, trying to get his life together so he can gain custody of his daughter, who he describes as the 'one good thing in his life.' On the way to the custody hearing, Hank get run over by a truck (see above image). He wakes up 5 hours later, completely fine, and an instant celebrity.
There's a catch, of course, as a man somewhere else spontaneously bursts. Suggesting that Hank's survival comes at the cost of someone else. From there, Hank's going to try using the celebrity to bolster his self-image and put his family back together, while a reporter is digging into what's going on. The hell of it would be, the first page establishes Hank has suicidal thoughts, which makes me think he'd take that option when everything falls apart. Except it would only get another innocent person killed.
Ahmad does almost the entire book in the blue/white color scheme you see above. There are a few panels that flashback over Hank's family life after he's run over that Ahmad uses a golden yellow with the white, and two done in grey when we're looking at a TV screen, but otherwise, it's that sort of melancholy blue. I don't know if it shifts as Hank's star rises and falls, that'd seem like a reasonable guess.
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