Writer and Artist: 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 elegant automobiles set against the poverty and despair of the average Joe. 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 a cost and a compromise. He 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. The story features drunken priests, sadistic nuns, nymphomaniacal wives, with basketball and gambling thrown in... How can you go wrong with that?
Format: Black & white, 24 pages
Type: Digital
Price: FREE
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Writer and Artist: Mike Vosburg
Private Investigator J. Parker Wrighte continues his probe into the underbelly of Retrowood, matching wits with Mucho Puente and Chloe Orwell, a pair of sociopaths looking to carve out their own criminal empire. Who killed Parker's old friend Henry Irving and what does that have to do with the current case that he is working on for the wealthy and powerful Louis Orwell? The detective learns that no matter how hard we try to escape it, our past is always with us.
Retrowood is Saturday Matinee film noir escapism in the tradition of Hammett, Chandler, Bulldog Drummond, the Spirit, and the Falcon. This issue features a sketchbook section.
Format: Black & white, 24 pages
Type: Digital
Price: $0.99
Start reading Retrowood: H.I. OR L.O. #2 on your computer, tablet, e-book reader, or mobile phone in one minute by purchasing it from any of the following digital comics providers:
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