The Dead Cartoonist: A Comics Mystery

Great comic strips sometimes come from earnest but neurotic philosophers (Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts) or seething monsters (Al Capp, L'il Abner). But their creators are seldom seen or talked about by their readers. Read it, chuckle, don't, move on to the next Skittle in your day. "The Dead Cartoonist" is fabulously successful but emotionally disturbed comic strip creator Milton Morey. Or maybe it's Nate Thurringer, whose quirky strip barely rates a blip in the comics world.By a stroke of chance, Nate is present when Morey's family finds out he has been kidnapped. Nate, accompanied by Morey's Romanian lover, Crina Vraca, sets off on a pursuit from the suburbs of America to the French Riviera, across Spain and finally to Hollywood. The story winds through madness, a fake kidnapping, extortion, family drama, love on the run, a real kidnapping, cynical manipulation, and heartfelt longing. Oh, and comedy bits on almost every page, and enough comics memes and references to fill a Comicon roundtable. This is a graphic novel with no pictures. Readers are free to create the images described in the text in whatever style they like.The 80,000 words of this novel will be rewarding to mystery and humor fans, comics lovers, and explorers who like to walk the dark streets of foreign lands.I am the author of several mystery, suspense and humor books, which you can preview at fxandersen.com, or on my Amazon page, https://www.amazon.com/Fred-Andersen/e/B07XJL38QK. I have also recently had short stories featured in Thriller Magazine, Close 2 the Bone, Yellow Mama, and Imitation Fruit.The Dead Cartoonist is an innovative and entertaining story that appeals across age groups and interest groups-everyone loves some kind of comics-and features an international cast, a solid suspense story, and humor both hip and classic. It challenges ideas about what comics are, in a way that could appeal to a broad audience.

• | Author: Fred Andersen
• | Publisher: Palavr Publ
• | Publication Date: May 22, 2022
• | Number of Pages: 326 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 173684542X
• | ISBN-13: 9781736845424