Told over three chapters, this atmospheric first installment sets up compelling sequels, with a sucker punch ending that demands follow-up. Martin’s ( Barrier) French-esque, wiry line art resolves into sweeping, endless forests and all-encompassing, imposing spirits as colorist Muntsa Vicente creates striking nighttime scenes with bold, dramatic lighting.

It features a story set in 1930s New York City, and a protagonist that is a writer for the pulp novels.

Publisher Image Comics announced the OGN Tuesday morning. Brubaker’s ( Cruel Summer) slow-burn pacing intensifies the story’s mysteries while capably introducing the cast and town. Pulp, which is an original graphic novel due out in May, is the newest project from long-time comics collaborators writer Ed Brubaker and artist Sean Phillips. Though Friday expects to discuss the event with Lance, her return instead finds Lance knee-deep in an investigation, one that resurfaces a terrifying supernatural encounter that Friday mistook for a dream. The night before she leaves for college, Friday acknowledges the romantic tension between her and Lance, leading to a sexual encounter both find awkward and unfulfilling. Six years ago, when she and her family moved to Kings Hill-whose ancient residents performed human sacrifices to gods, according to lore-Friday saved and befriended 11-year-old mystery-solving genius Lancelot “Lance” Jones, who has black hair and light skin. Mistakes haunt orange-haired, bespectacled, white 18-year-old Friday Fitzhugh’s return to her occult-steeped town for freshman year winter break in this eerie, suspenseful mystery evoking the 1970s.

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