“Storm Dogs” by David Hine and Doug Braithwaite
There’s been a ton of announcements coming out of Image Comics recently with a lot of fantastic looking new comic series coming from the publisher.
Another great looking series coming from the publisher is “Storm Dogs” from David Hine (“The Bulletproof Coffin“) and veteran artist Doug Braithwaite, a new series that’s, as Hine describes it, “CSI in space”. It’s going to be a six issue miniseries that debuts in November and the creators plan to make each miniseries its own “season”.
Hine sums up the series like this:
“On the edges of the known universe, there’s a planet called Amaranth. It’s home to a couple of intelligent native species called the Elohi and the Joppa. They have a sophisticated social structure but are not technologically advanced, so they have protected status. That means no highly advanced technology can be used on the planet, so when there are mysterious deaths among the miners working on Amaranth, the Federal Union that polices the member states sends in a specialist crime investigation team who have to fall back on primitive techniques to solve the murders. Once they start digging they find that there are all kinds of dirty secrets waiting to be unearthed and that no one is innocent.”
Providing even more details about the series, Hine goes on:
“The team is led by Cassandra Burroughs, an experienced investigator with remarkable intuition. Siam Locke is a former military weapons expert who is the muscle of the group, while Masika Zenda is her polar opposite — an expert in alien cultures whose diplomatic skills will be necessary to keep relations cool between natives and offworlders. We have the forensic pathologist, Jered Hofman, who has a passion for experiencing life to the full to compensate for the time he spends up to his elbows in blood and guts. Then there are the local cops, Sheriff Starck and his deputy, Bronson. It’s hard to tell if they are corrupt or just pragmatic. Life is tough on Amaranth and when the prospectors let their hair down, the cops are prepared to turn a blind eye to all kinds of bad behavior.”
I like the concept and will be checking it out in November. Add it to your pull list today!
