Deer Editor

Deer Editor #1-3

by Ryan K. Lindsay, Sami Kivela (Artist), Lauren Affe (Colorist)

Bucky is the editor of the crime beat. He's also a deer. Will he chase down his last story in Deer Editor?

Newspaper editor Bucky (a walking, talking deer) knows his way around the crime beat, but his latest leads are about to take him to some of the darkest parts of the forest and it's going to take all his investigative reporting skills to uncover the truth and make it out alive!

The 'Antler Noir' graphic novel returns in this reformatted, relettered, and recolored edition of Deer Editor.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics, Mystery, Crime

108 pages, Paperback

Published May 7, 2024

About the author

Ryan K Lindsay is an award winning Australian comic writer who has worked for a variety of publishers.
He has partnered with artist Eric Zawadzki to produce: ETERNAL through Black Mask Studios, and HEADSPACE, with Sebastian Piriz, through Monkeybrain Comics/IDW.
He has partnered with artist Sami Kivela to produce: BEAUTIFUL CANVAS through Black Mask Studios, DEER EDITOR through his own ‘Four Colour Ray Gun' imprint and a handful of Kickstarter successes, and CHUM through ComixTribe.
He was selected as a participant in the DC Writing Workshop group of 2016.
His other comics include: Aurealis and Ledger Award winning NEGATIVE SPACE with Owen Gieni through Dark Horse Comics, GLOVES with Tommy Lee Edwards in the Vertigo CMYK anthology, as well as EIR with Alfie Gallagher, INK ISLAND with Craig Bruyn, and STAIN THE SEAS SCARLET with Alex Cormack through Kickstarter for ‘Four Colour Ray Gun.’
He's written/edited analytical texts, including THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAILS: EXAMINING MATT MURDOCK AND DAREDEVIL through Sequart, and has had essays published in Criminal, Godzilla, Sheltered, Strange Nation, and Crime Factory.

He is Australian and when not being a family man he hones his writing skills by sacrificing blood wombats to the outback spider fight clubs.

Reviews

[Oliver Dear · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love the art style and there are some great fun panels making good use of this bloke being a deer guy. I expected better dialogue from a story about a newspaper editor, it always reads quite overdramatic but once you settle into the pulpy tone it’s still a bit of fun. I only wish there were more ‘deer being an editor’ based humour or reasoning for this to exist and I think it would have been easier to gloss over the mixed bag plot.

[Chris · Rating 4 out of 5]

Docked a star because I wasn't a huge fan of the semi abrupt ending. Besides that, fire!

[Jiro Dreams of Suchy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Supernatural twist on a noir story- a deer editor (get it) is uncovering the mayors plot to stir up beachfront property sales but uncovers an even more disturbing truth… they’re vampires!

This story felt like it was going to be good humored but came off as too serious. I love the Brubaker murder mysteries but this one seemed to have less intriguing twists or more moments of just like oh well alright…

The art is wonderful though, the panel layout and use of color really set this book apart. Even if I didn’t love the story, the book itself is nice to look at.

[Ricky Lima · Rating 3 out of 5]

I checked this out on the titles pun alone. I was on board with such a silly title. I was hoping for a ridiculous hardboiled detective story. That's what it started as, but then the supernatural stuff happened and I immediately checked out. I literally had to put the book down for a second and reorient myself. I'm not sure why it annoyed me so much but I wanted this humanoid Deer character to be in a more grounded story!

Also I feel like the story has been compressed to fit into a three issue arc. There's so many quick jumps and or odd paneling that, to me, it's clear the creative team was trying to save space to tell their story. I have to respect that, but the story could have really benefited from more pages.

[Wm · Rating 2 out of 5]

Excellent artwork. The noir isn't particularly compelling, but it's hurt even more by the shoehorning of vampires into the villain's role, especially without any (recognized during a first read) foreshadowing.

[Zay · Rating 2 out of 5]

Picked this up from my local library only because it was new .

A Deer named Bucky that is editor for a newspaper company named The Truth . First issue , I didn’t know what to expect going into this. I wish the illustration had more of a darker noir theme to it . The build up for the story is there but it’s missing a lot of unanswered questions with a lack luster / cliffhanger ending . I didn’t hate it but I won’t continue this series . 2.5/5

[Dan P · Rating 2 out of 5]

doesn't get any deeper than the title pun. the guy has a deer head and he's an investigative reporter. there's fun to be had with a silly premise like that, but this rush job of a miniseries can't find a tone and stick to it. skip this one

[Dean · Rating 1 out of 5]

I really didn't like this. The first issue was good but two jumped off a cliff and three was painful to read until the end which wasn't a satisfactory nor truly comprehensible ending. It felt like there should have been something more final. Some dissonance felt with the ending.

[Wil Carpenter · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gorgeously illustrated, cleverly plotted at the start, but takes a supernatural left turn (which felt out of place even in a story about a deer-human) and ends up just being a bit of a flat version of Blacksad.

[Chad · Rating 2 out of 5]

Basically a dad joke turned into a comic and played straight. The main character has a deer head and is a reporter while everyone else is human. I was onboard until the vampires showed up. Then the plot just dissolved into a confusing mess. Sami Kavela's art is always excellent.

[Brandon · Rating 2 out of 5]

I thought there would be another issue but nope this is one of those books that just ends and you go "oh, that was abrupt". I was on board. There was some fun. Played it straight even when the story itself got more bizarre then it ended and oh well.

[Maggie Gordon · Rating 2 out of 5]

Definitely could have used another issue or two to flesh out the story.

[Casey · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was fun. A supernatural hard boiled detective noir. A good fun read.

[Amanda [Novel Addiction] · Rating 3 out of 5]

What.