We’re back again!
Issues #9 and #10 of my sci-fi/comedy comic book Unit 44 are now available for preorder from Alterna Comics (and will ship in April)! I wanted to take a sec to get you all excited about our tenth issue. (Can you believe that? There are TEN issues of this madness!)
To guarantee your copies, order by February 20!
Issue #10 :: “Howl at the Moon”
For the first time, this issue is me and Aleks doing it all! The artist extraordinaire takes on art AND colors, while I do my usual mix of letters and silly words. We’re a dream team!
What’s this issue about, anyway?
On the night of a full moon, inept Area 51 agents Gibson and Hatch are sent to investigate a werewolf sighting. But as the agents meet a group of suspicious locals, the question isn’t WHERE is the werewolf, but rather, WHOM?
Video trailer incoming in 5…4…321GO!
The Story Behind the Story!
As you may have guessed, in issue 10, bumbling agents Gibson and Hatch track down a werewolf in the Vermont wilderness.
Why a werewolf? I have no idea! I don’t have any emotional attachment to werewolves, and if you were consuming popular media between 2008 and 2010, then the last thing you wanted to see was another werewolf.
In the notebook I use for all my Unit 44-related notes, I keep a list of cryptids—both well-known and obscure—and I check them off as Aleks and I use them. Werewolf was always hovering near the top of the list, and since it’s a fan favorite, I figured we’d better use them! It turned out that a lycan was the perfect plot device for this issue.
But in all reality, this issue isn’t ABOUT werewolves. It’s about mistaken identities. It’s about trust. It’s about how our agents function better TOGETHER than when they are apart. It’s also sowing seeds for things to come…
Aleks has gone on record saying that this was his favorite issue to draw, and it shows. What I love is that as he’s become more comfortable drawing the character he’s not afraid to push them into more exaggerated states. After all, in my ridiculous world of inept Area 51 agents, nothing is off limits!
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