A suspended cop and his imaginary friend, a trenchcoated panther, have finally put the pieces of their fractured psyches together — sort of. Now they have to put the pieces of a mystery together and track down an ex-soldier whose PTSD has put him on a murderous rampage. They aren’t who you remember from the Sunday Funnies.
Where the first mini-series of Spencer & Locke combined Calvin & Hobbes with Sin City, the second installment from David Pepose and Jorge Santiago, Jr. opens up the world to characters from other comic strips you might remember. It’s dark, questioning, and gripping, as Detective Locke takes on Roach Riley, back from the war and ready to make others play.
From Action Lab:
The critically acclaimed, five-time Ringo Award nominee returns in SPENCER & LOCKE 2, from writer David Pepose and artist Jorge Santiago, Jr.! Suspended by Internal Affairs, Detective Locke continues to grapple with the demons of his past alongside his trusty partner, his imaginary talking panther Spencer. But when Spencer and Locke face the murderous Roach Riley, a scarred soldier set on a mission of violence and terror, will their partnership become the latest casualty on Roach’s hit list? Fans of Calvin and Hobbes, Sin City, and Criminal will love SPENCER & LOCKE 2 from Action Lab: Danger Zone, hitting comic shops and digital devices April 2019!
You can listen to our interview with David and Jorge here! Then come back and [amazon text=order the first mini-series here&asin=1632292521] if you can’t find it at your local comics shop!
In addition to running Fanboy Planet, Derek has written for ActionAce, Daily Radar, Once Upon A Dime, and The Wave. He has contributed stories to Arcana Comics (The Greatest American Hero) and Monsterverse Comics (Bela Lugosi's Tales from the Grave). He has performed with ComedySportz and Silicon Valley Shakespeare, though relocated to Hollywood to... work in an office? If you ever played Eric's Ultimate Solitaire on the Macintosh, it was Derek's voice as The Weasel that urged you to play longer. You can buy his book "I Was Flesh Gordon" on the Amazon link at the right. Email him at [email protected].
