Knockturn County Issue 1 cover art by Axur Eneas

Knockturn County has been picked up by Scout Comics!

Knockturn County is an adult crime noir set in a classic children’s book universe. It's as if Dr. Seuss took a few swigs of whimsical whiskey and ran amok through Sin City.

Various tales converge and collide in this county built on crime, as a rhyming narrative leads readers through a tangled web of death, booze, drugs, and betrayal. Good doesn't always win, bad doesn't always pay, and, in true noir fashion, people always die.

This debut issue follows an obsessed detective who puts his badge aside to hunt for his missing ex, and a little girl in the scariest place of all: her home.

Preorder from your local comic shop before August 1st by name or Diamond Code: JUL221895

Here’s what some creators are saying about it!

“…A clever and dark comedic spin on classic rhyming storytelling. My face is red, your face will be too, from enjoying Knockturn County — a rhyming comic book breakthrough!”

— Heather Antos (Senior Editor IDW)

“With a touch of Seuss and a bump of outright derangement, James E. Roche and Axur Eneas deliver a comic book like none other on shelves with KNOCKTURN COUNTY. Dark and satirical, this comic hypnotizes you into a sense of tense unease with whimsical art and lyrical writing that exposes the most chilling aspects of humanity”

— Pat Shand (Destiny NY)

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Knockturn County has been picked up by Scout Comics!

Knockturn County is an adult crime noir set in a classic children’s book universe. It's as if Dr. Seuss took a few swigs of whimsical whiskey and ran amok through Sin City.

Various tales converge and collide in this county built on crime, as a rhyming narrative leads readers through a tangled web of death, booze, drugs, and betrayal. Good doesn't always win, bad doesn't always pay, and, in true noir fashion, people always die.

This debut issue follows an obsessed detective who puts his badge aside to hunt for his missing ex, and a little girl in the scariest place of all: her home.

Preorder from your local comic shop before August 1st by name or Diamond Code: JUL221895

Here’s what some creators are saying about it!

The Roche Writes Comics newsletter is now on Substack.In it I post audio from my interviews with other writers, talk about my misadventures in writing comics, and post art and WIPs from my own projects and work from other creators.

Published comics

CLICK THE IMAGES TO PREVIEW!

CLICK TO READ!

The Roche Writes Comics newsletter is now on Substack.
In it I post audio from my interviews with other writers, talk about my misadventures in writing comics, and post art and WIPs from my own projects and work from other creators.