Footprints

by Joey Esposito

Bigfoot and his gang of cryptozoological deviants enter a crime noir world full of mystery, horror, monsters and conspiracy. When Foot’s estranged brother Yeti is murdered in the Arctic, Foot reunites his old team of Jersey Devil, Nessy, and Megaldon for one last case that spans back to their very long history together.

Genres: Graphic Novels, Comics

Kindle Edition

First published April 9, 2013

About the author

Joey Esposito grew up in New England reading comic books, playing video games, renting movies, and writing stories. After high school, Joey attended film school in New York. In college, Joey honed his writing skills, which he soon applied to his love of prose and comics.

After moonlighting as Long Island’s premier Starbucks barista, Joey wrote his first creator-owned comic book series, FOOTPRINTS (with Jonathan Moore), which was featured in USA Today’s Best of 2011 roundup and inspired a sequel, FOOTPRINTS: BAD LUCK CHARM, in 2014. His all-ages superhero series CAPTAIN ULTIMATE (with Ben Bailey and Boy Akkerman) was released in 2013 to overwhelming positive reception and his 2015 graphic novel, PAWN SHOP (with Sean Von Gorman), was released to critical acclaim.

In 2017, he was accepted into DC Comics’ exclusive Writers Workshop. Since his time in the program, Joey has published stories featuring major characters like Batman, Robin, Harley Quinn, Aquaman, and many more on titles such as BATMAN: URBAN LEGENDS, AQUAMAN AND THE LOST KINGDOM, and more to be announced. His comic book work has also appeared at Image Comics, Valiant Comics, Archie Comics, and others.

In 2024, his new creator-owned series with PAWN SHOP co-creator Sean von Gorman, THE PEDESTRIAN, debuted from Magma Comix.

He lives in Maine with his wife and pets in a house full of soulmates.

He can be found on BlueSky at @joeyesposito.bsky.social.

Reviews

[Tony Laplume · Rating 3 out of 5]

If you ever wanted to find out what it would be like if Alan Moore wrote Hellboy in the same general style he did Watchmen...Footprints follows Bigfoot in much the way the early issues of Fables followed the Big Bad Wolf. You don't know why Bigfoot became a private investigator except that the story felt like putting him in that role. And then he has to solve the mystery of what's been happening to the cryptoid community. Tries to make bold statements about the 20th century. Fails. Current Batman writer Scott Snyder provides an introduction, although he unwittingly reveals what kind of experience you're really headed for when he begins by explaining how he used to watch a bad Bigfoot special on TV all the time, and he got hooked on it. That's what this basically is.

[J. · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some likable things here: the completely surreal premise of the series, the character of the Jersey Devil, and there is a pretty solid plot. Unfortunately, it's not all that engrossing...it took me a week or so just to read the hundred-or-so pages. And the grayscale art is occasionally fantastic, but occasionally a muddy mess. Overall: fair.

[Andy · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5

[Patrick · Rating 4 out of 5]

interesting