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COMICS (COMING SOON, CURRENT & ON-GOING)

• Smalltime Comics
  A bit of a misnomer, maybe, given that it’s really a serialized illustrated story, but fans of this site ought to get a real kick out of it. Written and drawn by indie comic guy Mitchell Reighgut, Book One, “Deer in the Headlights,” drops in September, via places like Reddit, Instagram, DeviantArt, and a few other platforms, and follows veteran NYPD Detective Abe Marion as he wades through a morass of too much booze, drugs and guns, crooked cops, assorted thugs, hookers friendly and otherwise, and a loser cartoonist who is the victim of a late night hit-and-run accident. Or was it an accident? It’ll be interesting to see where Mitch takes this, but I think it’ll be an interesting ride down some very dark streets.(September 2026)
• “The Big Shakedown
  Set in the not-so-distant future, the Big One has finally hit LA, and the federal government has turned its back, refusing to rebuild (Hey, it could happen!), transforming the City of Angels into the City of Ruins, populated only by those too poor or too stubborn to leave. That includes scooter-riding private eye Ester Blanco, who’s been hired to find a missing person in a town where a third of the population is already missing. But hey, as the blurb says, you can’t beat the weather. (September 2026, Dark Horse)
• Hank Howard, Pizza Detective: Fair Play
  This oddball series from writer Robert Venditti and artist David “Stray Bullets” Lapham is fast becoming, despite the preposterous premise: that a tough guy detective working for the Big Caligula Pizza chain. The comics are coming out in mostly two-issue story arc, and this looks like another one. (August 2026, Bad Idea)
• Witness Point
  Just when I thought Dark Horse was done with the whole noir/hardboiled vibe, they pull me back in with this four-issue miniseries, co-written by actor Nathan “Firefly” Fillion and Heath Corson, with art by Soo Lee. Set in the Midwest boondocks (and Witness Protection dumping ground) of Baraboo, Wisconsin, things go bad fast when a newly arrived U.S. Marshal is found decapitated in the town square right before the Annual Harvest Festival, and it’s up to Sheriff “Kite” Calhoon and abrasive Deputy Marshal Priya Khabrani to set the world right.  (July 2026, Dark Horse)
• Hank Howard, Pizza Detective: The Inside Job
  A one-shot from writer Robert Venditti and artist David “Stray Bullets” Lapham, featuring three short tales that follow hard-boiled “pizza detective” Hank Howard,  hot shot op for the Big Caligula pizza chain making the world safe for pizza. (July 2026, Bad Idea)
• Destination Kill | Kindle it!
  Got dystopia? Not sure how “PI-ish” this one is, but it has ex-cop private eye Lance Wingman teaming up with his former partner on the force, Gina Serene, a burned-out, pill-popping detective charged with squelching a worker’s uprising in the corporate-controlled, robot-dominated hellscape of 2125 London. Quirky art and script by British comic guy Joe Palmer keeps things lively. And the series kicks off with an extra-sized first issue with multiple variant covers.  (May 2026, One Press)
• Hank Howard, Pizza Detective: A Slice of Life
  Robert Venditti and artist David Lapham (What? Him again?) are back with another mini-miniseries (2 issues), with everyone’s favourite pizza dick back on the case, back in his hometown of Tampa, Florida, and working his first murder case. (May 2026, Bad Idea)
• Alias: Red Band
  Jessica Jones returns in a five-issue miniseries, marking her 25th anniversary and hunting for a possible serial killer in Hell’s Kitchen, in the miniseries put out under their Red Band imprint, intended for “mature” readers. Written by Sam Humphries with Geraldo Borges handling the art. (March 2026).
• The Other/Half
  Just in time for National Coming Out Day is this new rom-com/mystery mini-series featuring rough-and-tumble private eye Henry Archer and his husband Ethan, a man-about-town socialite who’s on the outs with his hoity-toity Upper East Side clan. And then Ethan is fingered for the theft of a valuable gem he was supposed to be watching over. By Jim McCann and artist Joe Eisma. Fun for the whole (modern) family. (March 2026, Ignition Press)
• Hank Howard, Pizza Detective
  From writer Robert Venditti and artist David Lapham (What? Him again?), comes this two-issue miniserie that follows a private eye on a mission to bring back the good ol’ days when pizza “used to be an honest business.” (March 2026, Bad Idea)
• The Muppets: Noir
  After a blow to the head, Kermit the Frog dreams he’s hard-boiled private eye Flip Minnow in this limited series. Let’s get things started… (February 2026, Dynamite Entertainment)
• The Peril Of The Brutal Dark: An Ezra Cain Mystery 
  DC Vertigo brings back the 2020 digital-only side gig of writer Chris Condon and artist Jacob Phillips, never completed until now, in a brand new six-part mini-series. It’s 1941 and NYC private eye Ezra Cain is on the case, hunting down a missing ancient artifact that a secret cult (with possible ties to the Nazis) also want to get their hands on. (February 2026, DC Vertigo).
• Giant Size Criminal
  While we wait ever-so-patiently for the premiere of the TV series (now promised for NEXT year), Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips have thrown us a tasty bone: a special, one-off tale, “The High Roller,” featuring hapless Ricky Lawless involved in a slam-dunk that goes hopelessly awry, plus a tabletop RPG, a behind-the-scenes into the TV series from Brubaker, and an illustrated guide to the major players in this long-running series. (December 2025, Image Comics)
• Americian Caper | Kindle it!
  Not a PI series, but this new monthly crime comic has Dan “Grand Theft Auto” Houser at the helm, with Lazlow and David “Stray Bullets” Lapham on hand to help deliver the twisted story of two Wyoming families on a collision course with a world of trouble that includes gobs of sex, violence, snake oil and stupidity. Only in America! (November 2025, Dark Horse)
• Death to Pachuco | Kindle it!
  A new five-issue miniseries, set against the backdrop of the infamous 1943 Zoot Suit clashes between US Navy sailors and Los Angeles’ Mexican-American youth. Local private eye Ricardo “Ricky” Tellez is on the hunt for the Sleepy Lagoon Killer, at a time when it’s just not a good time to be Hispanic — or to be asking too many questions. From the creative team of writer/letterer Henry Barajas, artist Rachel Merrill, and colorist Lee Loughridge, and a nifty first issue cover by… David Lapham. (October 2025, Image)
• Good As Dead | Kindle it!
  David Fucking Lapham again! This time writing and drawing his own jam, with some help from co-writer Maria Lapham. (Like, dude! Where ya been?). This new, noirish mini-series revolves around the small town of Port Lindon, on an island nestled just south of the Canadian border, and connected to the rest of the world only through the Emissary Bridge… to Canada. Sheriff David Calhoun is in charge, or at least in theory. In reality, the town’s ready to explode, as generations of lies, corruption and dirty secrets are set to explode, and Calhoun, whether he acknowledges it or not, may not live long enough to stop it. A woozy mishmash of the old noir film DOA and TV’s The X-Files, but with more drugs and hallucinations. (October 2025, Image)
• Blazer Annual 1976 | Buy the book
  A tongue-in-cheek anthology that serves as both spoof and tribute to the much-loved 1970s era of British comic magazines, featuring an array of pulpalicious stories, including a new adventure from private eyes Jack Derringer & So’n. This cheese stands alone. (September 2025)
• Los Monstruos
  James Robinson & Jesus Merino team up for this 4-issue mini-series from Dark Horse featuring 1950s hard-boiled big city eye Perry Cutter doing battle with vampires, mummies and various other monsters from the Universal Studio backlot. It helps, I guess, that Perry’s also a werewolf. No word yet on whether his hair is perfect. (May 2025).
• The Loose End | Kindle/ComiXology it!
  Los Angeles screenwriter Steve Hollis’s career is going down the tubes, when the mob comes a-calling. All he has to do is kill one of the biggest names in Hollywood… or else. Four slices of Tinseltown noir by Dave Dwonch and Travis Hymel, from the good folks at HardCase Crime and Titan Comics. (February 2025).

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