RETROWOOD: H.I. or L.O. #1

RETROWOOD

by Mike Vosburg

The environment is faux Depression era Hollywood, complete with snarling gangsters in snappy suits, the untouchable wealthy , corruptible starlets in sleek revealing gowns, and elegantlydesigned automobiles set against the poverty and despair of the average joe. And in the middleof all this a world of celluloid dreams is being created. Private detective J. Parker Wrighte, is on an upwardly mobile career path from his lowly dust bowl beginnings, but finding that every advancement comes with cost and compromise. Working for the Kinchay Agency, Parker is investigating a case for Louis Orwell, one of the most powerful men in Retrowood; but at every turn he is continually dragged back into contact with his past, beginning with the murder of his best friend from childhood, Henry Irving. Drunken priests, sadistic nuns, nymphomaniacal wives, with basketball and gambling thrown in…. How can you go wrong with that?

38 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 28, 2014

About the author

Michael "Mike" Vosburg is an American comic book artist primarily known for his work on the Tales from the Crypt TV series.

Reviews

[Roberto Diaz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Vosburg shines in this black and white noir

Mike Vosburg Retrowood is indie comic fiction done in a way that shows the craft of an author with years in the field.

Is not something new brought to the table, but is something that use secuential storytelling in comics the right way for its story.