noir

Shaft: Imitation of Life #1

In the early days of the 21st Century, it can be easy to think one might giggle at Shaft. The brand has been reduced by …
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Combining old school noir with the best of magical realism, J.T. Robertson gives his readers a tight, gritty crime novella about a man on the edge willing to do anything to get free.

Velvet Templeton’s first chapter, “Before the Living End,” continues with her investigation into the death of Agent X-14, Jonathan Keller. With the help of her friend Burke, they liberate …
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It is 1973, and X-Operative 14 Jefferson Keller is assassinated. ARC-7 administration casts its sights wide for the culprit, and Velvet Templeton, the overqualified secretary to Director Manning, finds …
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Short stories are in short supply in most comics nowadays. Occasionally DC or Marvel will put out an anthology comic. Those’ll set you back $8, and while often well …
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The premise behind Dark Horse’s Noir is pretty simple: take some of the biggest names in the world of crime comics and put them in one spot. Each creator …
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Part 2: Paul Allor’s Orc Girl (a one-shot)

In Part 1 of “Going Indie: A Triple Threat from Challenger Comics,” I provided a brief review of Ryan K. Lindsay’s …
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Part 1: Ryan Lindsay’s Fatherhood #1 (a one-shot)

Last month, NerdSpan featured an interview with indie creator, Jeremy Holt and a review of his creator-owned comics, Cobble Hill.  This month …
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The Devil is in the Details (from Sequart Research & Literacy Organization, edited by Ryan K Lindsay) collects essays about Marvel’s Daredevil from some of today’s best writers about comics. …
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Mr. Murder is Dead, the first graphic novel from Victor Quinaz and Brent Schoonover, is not the mystery you would expect it to be. Based solely on the title, …
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