The best in the comic/graphic novel genre still retain and even celebrate their pulp origins. Self-described "pro keyboarder" (read: writer) Donny Cates has kept that tradition alive in his consistently gritty and graphic comic series. In his latest completed miniseries, Buzzkill (Dark Horse), the superhero struggles with an alcohol problem that gives him super powers. Cates doesn't just erase the line between camp and serious drama, he douses it in gasoline and blows it the fuck up. Ghost Fleet, his new Dark Horse series (co-written with Toadies drummer Mark "Rez" Reznicek), is an action sci-fi drama about "conspiracies, mysteries, and the allure of big rigs." Expect it to hit the shelves of your local comic dungeon this November.
