Watson and Holmes: A Study In Black - Softcover

Bollers, Karl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1939516013 ISBN 13: 9781939516015

Publisher: New Paradigm Studios, 2013

Synopsis

Collecting the entire first arc of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson re-envisioning as African Americans living in New York City's famous Harlem district. Watson, an Afghanistan war vet, works in an inner-city clinic; Holmes, a local P.I. who takes unusual cases. When one of them ends up in Watson's emergency room, the unlikely duo strike up a partnership to find a missing girl. Watson & Holmes bump heads along the way as they enter a labyrinth of drugs, guns, gangs and a conspiracy that goes higher and deeper than they could have imagined. Containing epilogue issue #5 as well as chock full of extra material on the evolution of a new classic.

About this title

About the Author:

Karl Bollers has written comics for 20 years, for Marvel and Archie. His notable titles were Machine Man, Muties, Emma Frost, and Sonic the Hedgehog. Karl also has edited for Marvel comics as well.

From Booklist:

Britain becomes America, Baker Street becomes Harlem, and whatever remains must be the truth. That’s the subtext of Watson and Holmes: A Study in Black, as the classic pair Sherlock Holmes and John Watson are reimagined as black men in modern-day New York City. Dr. Watson, an Afghanistan War vet, meets local PI Sherlock in his inner-city clinic, and the legendary duo is formed to solve the case of a missing girl. The new spin on an old canon makes room for interesting interactions with technology, race, prejudice, and modern crime. Bollers’ dialogue can feel a bit forced when he tries to include classic Sherlock lines, but the story moves at a compelling pace over the course of the arc. Leonardi (Spider-Man: 2099, 2013) pencils the story like he is sketching for fun, and his playfulness with character sizes and anatomy is well done on several levels. Fans of the atmosphere of Spider-Man: 2099 or the plots of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle should sink down in a leather chair and enjoy. --Ben Spanner

About this edition

• Publisher: New Paradigm Studios
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1939516013
• ISBN 13: 9781939516015
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144