I messed around and wrote the most lyrical comic book ever!
Here's what other creators are saying about it. (preview inside)
…A clever and dark comedic spin on classic rhyming storytelling. My face is red, your face will be too, from enjoying Knockturn County -- a rhyming comic book breakthrough! - Heather Antos (Senior Editor IDW)
Imagine a typical children's book universe. Now, throw in mobsters, crime syndicates, an undercover cop, the drug & booze racket he stumbles into, a rhyming narrative, and POW! You've got Knockturn County!
It's Dr. Seuss meets Sin City — if Dr. Seuss took a few swigs of whimsical whiskey and ran amok through Sin City.
Preorder from a comic shop until August 7th by name or Diamond Code: JUL221895 — In stores September 7th.
The lives of a cop, a young girl, a dame, a gambler, and a kingpin, all converge and collide in this county built on crime. As they each slide deeper into a corrupt underworld littered with death, drugs, booze, and betrayal, one thing becomes clear… Good doesn't always win, bad doesn't always pay, and, in true crime noir fashion, people always die!
Knockturn County was brought to life by these amazing dudes:
(a) Axur Eneas
(c) Sean Callahan
(e/l) Chas! Pangburn
(p) Scout Comics
With a touch of Seuss and a bump of outright derangement, James E. Roche and Axur Eneas deliver a comic book like none other on shelves with KNOCKTURN COUNTY. Dark and satirical, this comic hypnotizes you into a sense of tense unease with whimsical art and lyrical writing that exposes the most chilling aspects of humanity. - Pat Shand (Destiny NY)
I can’t wait to see this book in print. I have been working with Axur Eneas, Sean Callahan, and Chas! Pangburn since about 2018! We'd suffered from delays, had to wrestle the rights back from a failing publisher, worked on it sparingly throughout the pandemic, and now we're FINALLY at the finish line.
It'll all be real once I'm holding the full 10 chapters and 88 pages of story in my hands! After that, well, several other creators I'd shared it with say it belongs on TV. So, who knows. A boy can dream.
Check out a pdf of the ENTIRE first chapter below!
The first issue (chapters 1 and 2) are available to preorder at your local comic shop up until August 7th. Diamond Code: JUL221895
Knockturn County is a unique blend of story and rhyme, an homage to Dr. Seuss with a mesh of criminal buffoonery akin to Leslie Nielson’s Naked Gun movies... I’ve never read a comic like it, especially not for Mature Readers, the stories and art are fun and inviting while also teasing a mordant edge. Yeah, I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this, and it should definitely not be missed (rhyme intention and inspired!). - Brian Hawkins (The Vineyard, Black Cotton)
