Oh, every small town has its fair share of secrets. If you grew up in one, you know. If you grew up in the city, you always wondered.
Imagine your favourite pop culture small-town mystery. To get you started, how about these samples for sizing: True Detective or Twin Peaks as examples in television. Insomnia in film. A History of Violence in the comic book medium. There are others.
It doesn’t matter the forum. Whether it’s television, film, book or comic book, those small-town stories are the riveting ones that stay with us long after we’ve left the fictional confines of Anywhere, U.S.A.
Today sees the release of a compelling mystery story where the secrets found in the small town of Jamesport are truly sinister. But it’s at the corner of Pine & Merrimac where all those disturbing details will be uncovered!
Written by Kyle Starks (I Hate This Place, Creepshow) and illustrated by Fran Galan (The Amazing Spider-Man) and published by Boom! Studios, Pine & Merrimac #1 is the first issue of a brand-new monthly miniseries lifting the rock on a vile, small-town secret.
Small-town speed is just the right gear for former homicide detective Linnea Kent, who, along with her ex-MMA husband, have opened an unassuming detective agency in the heart of Jamesport, at the corner of Pine and Merrimac. Dealing with the easy quaintness of cheating spouses and the welcomed hum-drum of cleaning office windows, this life is just what the doctor ordered for Linnea, who is happy to have closed the book forever on big city violence and death.
But a new case of grieving parents and their missing daughter, a mystery Linnea couldn’t say “no” to, has put a spotlight on small-town corners best left in dark shadows. Something altogether sinister is furtively pulling strings in Jamesport. And, as the clues are discerned, the tapestry of everything the Kents hold dear will unravel.
Join up with the quaint small-town and its compelling big-time mystery. Make the run to your local comic book shop today and pick up the first issue of Pine & Merrimac!
You can catch a sneak preview of Pine & Merrimac via the trailer directly below.
