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Author
Publisher
Fantagraphics
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
"Abandoned cars is Tim Lane's first collection of graphic short stories: noir-ish narratives united by their exploration of the vast American mythology by way of the desperate and haunted characters who populate its pages"--Page 4 of cover.
Author
Series
Harper Connelly mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Dynamite Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Harper Connelly, a woman with the ability to uncover the final location of a recently deceased individual and to share their last moments, aided by her stepbrother Tolliver, uses her skill to find the dead.
3) The graphic canon of crime & mystery: Vol. 2,From Salome to Edgar Allan Poe to Silence of the lambs
Series
Graphic canon volume 6
Publisher
Seven Stories Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Here are Teddy Goldenberg's dense, murky treatment of Dashiell Hammett's "The Road Home," often considered the first hard-boiled detective story ever published. Shawn Cheng renders the first serial-killer story, the so-called fairy tale "Bluebeard" by Charles Perrault. Landis Blair reimagines The Trial as a choose-your-own-adventure story that you cannot win. Plus twenty-three other contributors using a wide range of illustrative styles. As with...
Author
Series
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Tony Chu, the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from the things he eats, is living in strange times. Alien writing has appeared in the sky, and people fear the that the End Days may be coming.
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Comics
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this highly anticipated follow-up to the multiple award-winning A Silent Hell, hardboiled detective John Blacksad finds himself on the road across 1950s America, cruising in a golden Cadillac Eldorado west from New Orleans, while taking a much-needed break from the deadly dramas that dog his feline tail--or so he thinks. Before long, Blacksad's hard luck catches up with him, landing him smack in the middle of another murder and in pursuit of a...
Author
Series
Chew volume 5
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Tony Chu - the cibopathic federal agent with the ability to get psychic impressions from what he eats - has been kidnapped! He was ambushed, knocked out, brought to a remote location, and bound securely. His captor intends to feed Tony from a menu of his choosing, to find out what Tony can see, in order to learn from him. His daughter, Olive, has been kidnapped for the exact same reason. Two kidnappers, two captives, and two very different outcomes....
Author
Series
Richard Stark's Parker volume 4
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Parker is put to the test against crooked cops and sleazy gangsters after a heist goes south. He finds himself trapped in an amusement park closed for the winter and embroiled in a deadly game of cat and mouse...a game that slowly starts to favor the mouse.
Author
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The only man capable of fighting the terrors that plague New York City, Detective Sebastian Greene, may not be a man at all. Greene's partner, Detective Sana Fayez, is becoming suspicious of his actions but with a new, deadly threat loose on the streets, they'll need to work together if they want to solve the case"--
Author
Series
Kill m y mother volume 3
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Eighty-nine-year-old Jules Feiffer delivers the tour de force of his illustrious career in this epic finale that dares "to try things that film noir could only dream of" (Chris Ware). In The Ghost Script, Feiffer plunges us into the blowzy, boozy world of Blacklist Hollywood, circa 1953: witch hunts and Reds and pinkos and starlets and a mysterious, orchid-growing mastermind, the renamed "Cousin Joseph," running a back- channel clearinghouse for victims...
12) Rorschach
Author
Publisher
DC Black Label
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Rorschach is back. Whoever he is. It's been 35 years since Ozymandias dropped a giant interdimensional squid on New York City, killing thousands and destroying the public's trust in heroes once and for all. And since that time, one figure in a fedora, mask, and trench coat has become a divisive cultural icon. So what does it mean when Rorschach reappears as an assassin trying to kill a candidate running against President Robert Redford? Who is the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oni Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
From Eisner Award-winning writer Greg Rucka and acclaimed artist Matthew Southworth comes a NEW Stumptown mystery! Dex Parios has finally opened her own office, and her first case is to find rock star Mim Bracca's baby - her prized guitar, which disappeared after her band Tailhook's Portland show. Mim has no leads, and she doesn't want to go to the police - but Dex needs the case, and besides, it shouldn't be that hard to find a missing guitar. As...
Author
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Easton Newburn is a private detective without loyalties, investigating conflicts between rival crime factions. With his assistant Emily, Newburn follows murderers, arsonists, and corrupt officials--while trying to stay out of their crosshairs. This new series from Eisner winner CHIP ZDARSKY (DAREDEVIL, SEX CRIMINALS) and rising star JACOB PHILLIPS (THAT TEXAS BLOOD) follows Newburn as he does jobs for every criminal organization in New York City,...
Author
Series
Killadelphia volume 2
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Adams’ battle to reshape the United States in his own twisted vision might have been thwarted for now, giving Jimmy Sangster a moment of respite, but the war for a new America rages on! Now, as Abigail steps out of the shadows, she unleashes a new violent terror upon the city some have renamed Killadelphia. But this time, it’s about creating as widespread a web of fear imaginable as she rips the beating heart from the city itself. Can Jimmy...
Author
Series
Prodigy volume 1
Publisher
Image Comics
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Edison Crane isn't content being the world's smartest man and most successful businessman-his brilliant mind needs to be constantly challenged. He's a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, a genius composer, an Olympic athlete, and an expert in the occult, and now international governments are calling on him to fix problems they just can't handle. Collects -- from Amazon.
19) Exit wounds
Author
Publisher
Drawn & Quarterly
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Set in modern-day Tel Aviv, a young man, Koby Franco, receives an urgent phone call from a female soldier. Learning that his estranged father may have been a victim of a suicide bombing in Hadera, Koby reluctantly joins the soldier in searching for clues. His death would certainly explain his empty apartment and disconnected phone line. As Koby tries to unravel the mystery of his father's death, he finds himself piecing together not only the last...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dark Horse Books
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
In the third book of the Alexandra Barnaby series, a man has gone missing and to find him Barnaby and Hooker will have to go deep into the underbelly of Miami and south Florida, surviving Petro Voodoo, explosions, gift-wrapped body parts, a deadly swamp chase, and Hooker's mom.
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