What comic book is this?

My school is putting on a production of Guys and Dolls, and the director has big, lit-up Broadway signs in the set. He was explaining that he wants the signs to change color with the mood, and when the set designer asked why the signs are randomly changing color, the director explained that he wanted it to be like some old comic book where a man dies and is reincarnated as street signs, and can only communicate through changing colors and blinking. He mentioned the name, but I can't remember what it was. Does anyone know what comic book he was talking about? Sorry to be so vague, and I'm only partially sure it was a comic book. I remember it having a very vague name, too, very action-movie sounding. Please help if you can!