Home Free #1 Coffee Time Comix Written by John Kratky Illustrated by Michelle Lodge Letters by Eduardo Camacho As a genre, noir has some very specific benchmarks. There’s the somber mood and dark tones (check). Noir is also generally defined by the moral flexibility of its characters, up to and including the hero (check). Finally, […]
Death opens with an extended intro from the perspective of Joe Hardy as he grieves the loss of his would-be-if-he’d-ever-admitted-his-feelings-but-now-she’s-dead-so-he-can’t paramour. Seems the detecting damsel took on more than she could handle, at least in Joe’s eyes: while the rest of River Heights, including Nancy’s father and even his own brother, is convinced her death (by drowning, after her car flipped into the river) was an accident, Joe is certain she was murdered. And given Drew’s penchant for trouble—specifically, causing such for River Heights’ most notorious crooks, including the Syndicate responsible for the murder of Fenton Hardy (Joe and Frank’s father, as detailed in The Big Lie)—he might just be on to something.
Andy doubles back to one of Paul’s recent fave’s, reviewing the recently-published complete production of David Taylor’s noir tour-de-a-whole-lotta-force, The Grave…
The Grave, chapter 1 (free preview available) Created, Written, & Illustrated by David Taylor Trade paperback (132 pages) now live on Kickstarter… and fully funded! A meeting in the middle of the night… Shady men, making shady deals… Violence ensues… a lot. The Grave establishes its Truth pretty early on. Set in 1987 (hey, Class […]
The Grave (tpb) Created, Written, & Illustrated by David Taylor On Kickstarter NOW… fully funded in under 24 hours A ‘56 Buick Coupe, a case full of cash, a custom Colt 1911 and a dead body. That’s what he found at a lonely desert motel and he nearly got killed for it. Now he wants […]
Her! Created, Written, & Illustrated by David Taylor Burned out in the aftermath of a job gone wrong, Paul is given a simple job- to watch a beautiful woman. But, isolated and ever more paranoid, he finds himself between his duty, desire… And Her! Without a doubt in my mind, this is a near-perfect example […]
Shotgun to Sugarland Written & Illustrated by The Fillbach Brothers Devil’s Due Comics Detective Alexandra Stride is hunting a fanatical woman on a bloody trail of vengeance fueled by manic religious fervor. As the hunt comes to an end, one may lose her sanity and one may lose her life. But, in the end, both […]
Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys: The Big Lie TPB Writing: Anthony Del Col Art: Werther Dell’Edera Colors: Stefano Simone Letterer: Simon Bowland Collection Covers: Fay Dalton Publisher: Dynamite Entertainment Available date: November 1, 2017 (buy it now!) When you try to project the perfect image, a lot of stuff gets swept under the rug. […]
Stumptown (TPB) Oni Press Written by Greg Rucka Illustrated by Matthew Southworth Colors by Lee Loughridge & Rico Renzi Join the investigation on Dex Parios’s first case for just $10! Dex is the proprietor of Stumptown Investigations, and a fairly talented P.I. Unfortunately, she’s less adept at throwing dice than solving cases. Her recent streak […]
The Shadow (vol 3) #1 Dynamite Entertainment Written by Si Spurrier & Dan Watters Art by Daniel Hdr Colors by Natalia Marques Letters by Simon Bowland Available now! For the better part of a century the Shadow’s sinister laughter brought the chill of fear to evil-doers – but in our modern times, the streets of […]