The Marlow Murder Club

I thought The Marlow Murder Club, by Robert Thorogood, was the show with Pierce Brosnan being adapted for Netflix next month. I was wrong; that show is The Thursday Murder Club. This was a great read, anyway, a mystery I really enjoyed. (The Marlow Murder Club has already been adapted for TV, with a four-episode season available in the US on PBS or DVD, and the second season starting next month. It stars Jo Martin, the Fugitive Doctor, and Samantha [...]
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New Sherlock Holmes Comic Serializing on Patreon

I previously mentioned Bret Herholz’s Doctor Who comic, which has now wrapped up (it’s short!). Which means he’s getting back to his ongoing Sherlock Holmes Patreon comic, “The Haunted Château“. Herholz previously released Sherlock Holmes and the Painful Predicament of Alice Faulkner, so he knows the characters. (And I like their banter.) As with his previous Patreon comic, you don’t have to pay to read it, just subscribe. If you do pay, you get access to the pages earlier. He’s [...]
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Sherlock Holmes: Leviathan

Mike Baron, writer of Nexus and Badger, among many other comics, successfully crowdfunded a new graphic novel, Sherlock Holmes: Leviathan. Like many Holmes comics, it’s a mashup, where Holmes, Watson, and Irene Adler wind up traveling on Captain Nemo’s Nautilus. A shipping magnate has come to Holmes to prevent another of his ships disappearing. Although Holmes is “not fond of the sea”, he’s bribed into the investigation, encouraged by a Watson concerned about his drug use. Baron writes a classic [...]
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Papercraft Comics From TCAF

One of my collecting motives at TCAF was papercraft comics, or as the article I wrote at the Beat has it, “comics that DO things”. These are works that can’t be digitized, as they unfold or spin or are three-dimensional in unusual ways. I found a few and took some pictures. Check it out!
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No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding

No One Was Supposed to Die at This Wedding by Catherine Mack is the sequel to Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies. I had no idea it was coming out, and I was so glad I found it, because I love these mysteries! It’s as though Agatha Christie wrote a rom-com. Certainly, that’s not to everyone’s tastes, and if you might be annoyed by footnotes where the protagonist/narrator talks directly to you with hints as to what’s coming [...]
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My Instructor Won’t Yield

My Instructor Won’t Yield by Deme Kingyobachi, out next month, is a single-volume BL story with plenty of comedy and misunderstandings. Driving instructor Chiba’s students keep getting crushes on him. One day, “the sharp-suited prince” shows up, a new adult student who looks dapper. His name is Mr. Yaotome, and he’s not nearly as cool as he looks. He freaks out about learning to drive, but Chiba reassures him. The two later run into each other in a convenience store, [...]
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Returning to TCAF: What I Did at the 2025 Toronto Comic Arts Festival

As I previously mentioned, I went to Toronto a month ago to visit TCAF, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, which I last attended in 2019. (I had meant to have this posted earlier, but typical for me, I got sick on the trip. Nothing catching; I’m allergic to most of the outdoors and the pollen counts have been high, along with the wildfire haze at that time.) Impressions A young crowd, both in terms of exhibitors and attendees. I saw [...]
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A Quick & Easy Guide to Coming Out

The Limerence (a part of Oni Press) line of Quick & Easy Guides are a wonderful thing. They tackle difficult subjects in clear, direct fashion in a portable format at a reasonable price. With everything going on in comics, though, I hadn’t realized a new one had come out last fall. (Thanks, TCAF, for me finding this there!) A Quick & Easy Guide to Coming Out, by Kristin Russo and Ravi Teixeira, is an obvious choice for the imprint and [...]
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Doctor Who Comic on Patreon

Bret M. Herholz is serializing a Doctor Who comic on his Patreon — but you don’t have to pay to read it! Just subscribe. If you do pay, you get access to the pages earlier. He’s up to page 8 now, page 10 for subscribers. “The Twinning Dilemma” (previously “Cosmic Collision”, which is also a cool title) is written by Lee Shackleford, and in it, the First Doctor (William Hartnell) meets Dr. Who from the 60s films (Peter Cushing). Print [...]
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History Comics: The Prohibition Era: America’s War on Alcohol

The outstanding History Comics line presents another excellent volume. As with World War II: Fight on the Home Front and The Stonewall Riots, The Prohibition Era extends beyond the obvious elements of the subject to look at events and people that changed American culture. The ramifications extend today, it’s made clear, as the fight against alcoholism continues. It’s written by Jason Viola (Science Comics: Elephants: Living Large), and the art is by Roger Langridge (The Baker Street Peculiars, The Muppet [...]
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I Went to CAKE 2025, the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo

And I wrote about it for the Beat: See my CAKE 2025 con report at the link!
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Historical Romance: Ruined and I Shall Never Fall in Love

WHY isn’t there more historical romance in graphic novels? It’s the perfect format. Lots of opportunities for beautiful, emotional closeups, and it’s much easier to draw settings and costumes for the period instead of trying to recreate them for filming. Maybe the research is off-putting, but dang, I’d love to see more. Let’s start with Ruined, written by Sarah Vaughn, penciled and colored by Sarah Winifred Searle, and inked by Niki Smith. Catherine Benson is marrying Andrew Davener. He needs [...]
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