The second Harker collection takes our favourite grumpy comic book sleuth on holiday to Whitby (yay!) - but as is always the case in detective fiction, murder follows our hero wherever he goes. I couldn't have been happier to find The Woman In Black set in my favourite seaside town, particularly as artist Vince Danks does such an amazing job of capturing familiar locations, from the Abbey to the harbour bridge, the cobbled streets and dingy, Goth-infested pubs. Roger Gibson's murder mystery is somewhat predictable this time round, but it's saved by the excellent character work (DI Harker and DS Critchley really do deserve a transfer to the small screen), a witty script and some excellent set-pieces... particularly the climactic showdown during a football match between Whitby Gazette and Real Gothic, with Critchley as a last minute sub. Just pure entertainment!
Catch up on your Harker action here.
This week's Thoughtballoons character is Ryan's favourite, Daredevil. I'm a big DD fan too, so I'm a little disappointed with the story I ended up writing. It works perfectly fine as a 1-page gag, but considering all the great writers who have worked on Daredevil in the past, I really ought to have done better.
You can read my 1-page Daredevil story here, but don't say I didn't warn you.
