Deer Editor #1
(W) Ryan K Lindsay (A) Sami Kivelä (C) Lauren Affe
(L) Jim Campbell
A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at “The Truth,” it’s all in a day’s work…
…but he also happens to be a deer.
Will he chase down his last story in this antler noir series? Deer Editor is perfect for fans of Blacksad and Chinatown.
Deer Editor #1
(W) Ryan K Lindsay (A) Sami Kivelä (C) Lauren Affe
(L) Jim Campbell
A John Doe slaying lures a journalist into a world of political intrigue, a wi-fi-enabled grotto, and a station locker full of secrets. For Bucky, an editor of the crime beat at “The Truth,” it’s all in a day’s work…
…but he also happens to be a deer.
Will he chase down his last story in this antler noir series? Deer Editor is perfect for fans of Blacksad and Chinatown.
Next year, ComixTribe will be publishing SHE, a brand new sci-fi graphic novella from innovative scribe Ryan K Lindsay and your new favorite artist Chris Panda.
At New York Comic Con, opening tomorrow, ComixTribe will unveil a special 2019 New York Comic Con Exclusive preview edition of this new fast-paced sci-fi thriller.
Only 100 copies were printed and they’ll be available EXCLUSIVELY at ComixTribe Booth #1765 on the Main Show Floor.
When it comes to crime noir fiction, the private eye or the rogue detective usually gets the spotlight. As most of these stories starts with a crime and follows from there, most of the time there are twists. One of my favorite twists is when the same person who is investigating a crime gets framed for the same crime. These twists are what makes this genre so delicious to most readers, as they are usually situations that most people would try to avoid.
Sometimes in these stories, the protagonist usually has someone who helps them, sometimes a secretary, a friend, or a news reporter. This is even more prevalent in when crime noir gets done in comics. The most memorable one being Ben Urich from Daredevil. In Ryan K Lindsay and Sami Kivela’s seedy Deer Editor, we find one such protagonist.
We meet Bucky, a hard-nosed investigative journalist, who just so happens to be an anthropomorphic deer who gets called to the morgue about the body of a John Doe, one with some serious implications. The clues lead him to another dead body, this one with even more and with Buck finding out who the assailants are. As he gets closer to the truth, he uses his vast network of contacts to find out the main question “why?” By issue’s end, Bucky gets played as a major plot involving the mayor of the city is at the center.
Overall, a story as hardboiled as any of Patricia Cornwell’s books. The story by Lindsay, is dark, gritty and leaves readers spinning. The art by Kivela, is visceral and true to life. Altogether, a comic which will have readers looking for their copy of Brick, this comic is just as good.
Story: Ryan K Lindsay Art: Sami Kivela
Story: 10 Art: 9.0 Overall: 9.5 Recommendation: Buy
BEAUTIFUL CANVAS: Collected Trade
Written by: Ryan K Lindsay
Illustrated by: Sami Kivela
Colored by: Triona Farrell
Lettered by: Ryan Ferrier
112 pages | $14.99
Beautiful Canvas is 2017’s smash hit warped crime miniseries about Lon Eisley discovering the similarities and differences between her job as a hitwoman and her new role as a mother-to-be when she finds out her girlfriend is pregnant.
Going from destroyer to creator/protector is a major swerve, but parents still have plenty of violent and brutal moments to contend with, especially when the world is full of pyrokinetic sleeper agents, animal/hybrid muscle-squads, and one hell of a nasty boss pulling your strings.
From the creative team of Sami Kivela (Abbott) and Ryan K Lindsay (Eternal, Negative Space, DC Writers Workshop) comes this gonzo world of future noir, where the story aims to deliver a brutal blow to your heart and piss in your brainpan.
ETERNAL
Illustrated by: Eric Zawadzki
Written by: Ryan K Lindsay
Colored by: Dee Cunniffe
Wallpaper Design by: Courtney Menard
DCD# NOV171290
A group of isolated shieldmaidens protect their village against a tide of men who think they can seize land from them.
Vif takes her band of women off viking to quell the advances of a loitering mystical scumbag, Bjarte. But some battles rage on inside us long after the field is empty, and some opponents won’t ever stay down.
Eternal is a haunting story of how vulnerable you make yourself when trying to protect everything around you.
This oversized bande dessinee-style graphic novella is a love letter to brutal violence and eternal emotions.
Illustrator Eric Zawadzki (The Dregs) delivers a heartbreaking and beautiful world of brutality and legacy underscored by the emotional narrative engine developed with writer Ryan K Lindsay (Beautiful Canvas, Negative Space) and laid out with a delicious palette by colorist Dee Cunniffe (The Dregs) and elegant book designs by Courtney Menard (4 Kids Walk Into A Bank).
This self-contained story is a dream project for the creative team in how it connects with the reader, and what it shows the comic medium is capable of producing.
Stain the Seas Scarlet is a sci-fi revent comic one-shot about resistance, shitty robots, and spacesuit noir from Alex Cormack and Ryan K. Lindsay.
Running until November 30, the Kickstarter is for the complete 22 page full color comic by artist Cormack and writer Lindsay as a digital release.
When Yelena’s planet has just about been successfully driven beneath the bootheel of the scumbag robot terraforming army, she throws a Hail Mary play. She takes the fight to them, via her diplomatic sell out sister, and she fails.
Or does she?
What comes next is a wild ride of spacesuit noir that’s my take on a 70s revenge flick with our wandering hero loose in space.
The comic is 100% made and ready to go so with the Kickstarter project already funded this is a comic you’re guaranteed to get for as little as $1.52.
Hot off back-to-back breakout books The Dregs and Beautiful Canvas, three MVPs of Black Mask‘s 2017 roster are joining forces to kick off 2018. In January, Eric Zawadzki, Dee Cunniffe, and Ryan K Lindsay will release Eternal, a powerful blend of action, characterization, heart, and bloody swordfighting.
A group of isolated shieldmaidens protect their village against a tide of men who think they can take their land from them. Vif takes her band of women off viking to quell the advances of a loitering mystical scumbag, Bjarte. But some battles rage on inside us long after the field is empty, and some opponents won’t ever stay down. Eternal is a haunting story of how vulnerable you make yourself when trying to protect everything around you.
This oversized bande dessinee graphic novella is a love letter to brutal violence and eternal emotions. This self-contained story is aimed to be a boutique item for your shelves, and a gateway gift to others you know and love.
Eternal is out January 2018, will feature 64 pages, and retail for $7.99.
Beautiful Canvas #3
Written by: Ryan K. Lindsay
Illustrated by: Sami Kivela
Colored by: Triona Farrell
Lettered by: Ryan Ferrier
It’s been a big week for Lon Eisley as she’s transitioned from accepting money to kill people, to saving one kid’s life, to now having to save an entire city from the machinations of a billionaire wannabe Bond villain just looking for a way to vent her desire for more street art featuring burnt skin and boiled blood. When there are no good choices left, your only option is to look good making the worst ones, right?
From Sami Kivela [CHUM] & Ryan K Lindsay [NEGATIVE SPACE, and DC Writers Workshop] comes a gonzo dystopian tale of pyrokinetic sleeper agents, bitter exes, and beautiful art.
BEAUTIFUL CANVAS #1
Written by: Ryan K Lindsay
Illustrated by: Sami Kivela
Colored by: Triona Farrell
Lettered by: Ryan Ferrier
Lon Eisley is a hitwoman hired to kill a small child a few days after discovering her girlfriend pregnant. In a bold declaration of uncertainty, she saves the boy and hits the road, despite the fact her boss clearly wanted him dead for a reason. This warped crime dystopia delves into the emotional dichotomy of creator/destroyer as Lon tries to connect the two very different worlds she now inhabits. From Sami Kivela (Chum) & Ryan K Lindsay (Negative Space, DC Writers Workshop) comes a gonzo tale of personal discovery, animal/hybrid hit troupes, and reactive pyrokinesis.
