Only 4 days left + exclusive AMA + California Neo Noir authors convo!
26 days ago
– Mon, May 11, 2026 at 09:27:27 AM
Hi dear backer!
Only 4 DAYS LEFT in our PALOMINO Vol 6 / AKA THE COMPLETE PALOMINO campaign!
Which not only concludes the Palomino series in an epic way, with the following items:
- All 6 volumes of Palomino available!
- All of my previous titles!
- BRAND NEW BEHIND THE SCENES BOOK: "From Script to Final Art"!
- Great Palomino merch!
Also, do not miss our backers-only LIVE AMA SESSION on storytelling: TUESDAY 5/12 7pm PT! CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE VIDEO LINK (will be sent 30min before call). https://dark-planet-comics.com/story-call-sign-up
MEANWHILE... A TALE OF TWO VALLEYS!
It has become common practice in the Kickstarter community to end campaign updates with an "if you like this, you'll also like that" section, where we present other cool campaigns that we think are rad and well worth your time.
HOWEVER, it is rare when you find something that is such a perfect fit--Visually, thematically, and a truly exciting voice that we've fallen in love with. And it happened twice in this campaign. Once with the amazing coast-to-coast symmetry between Palomino and Real Life Comix: Only In New York, and now with WESTSIDE!
Westside is also a neo-noir with a complicated young woman as its lead detective, and like Palomino it takes place in a California Valley--but not the San Fernado Valley... The Central Valley! Westide is truly incredible, fantastically lived in work, and we've fallen in love with it!
So much so in fact that I sat down with Westside writer Justin Giampaoli for a great convo on California neo noir! You can find our chat--which was truly cool--on out fellow California neo-noir author (yes there are a few of us) Jaime Parker Stickle's Stubstack!
Here are cool covers from her fantastic latest novels!
A former reporter gets a new spin on life in this gripping debut from author Jaime Parker Stickle, whose psychological roller-coaster ride set in sunny Los Angeles tackles motherhood and murder.
New mother Corey Tracey-Lieberman wakes up to nightmarish news: two teenage girls found hanged in a nearby park. Even more unsettling is how the news casually casts the tragedy as the result of increasing street crime, as if the victims’ lives didn’t really matter.
Corey knows better. In the six years she’s lived in Highland Park, she’s seen gentrification but no uptick in criminal activity. A former broadcast journalist, she knows all about spin―and not just the media kind. She now teaches spin classes in the neighborhood, between caring for her nine-month-old son and battling postpartum anxiety.
When police efforts fall short, Corey launches her own investigation into the hangings, flexing her idle sleuthing skills with baby in tow. And after a third murder strikes too close to home, she knows she’s onto something big.
An emotional gut punch tempered by belly laughs, Vicious Cycle is a tour de force certain to thrill all readers.
"Stickle buttresses her well-executed mystery plot with sharp wit, visceral depictions of Corey’s postpartum anxiety, and a surprisingly stark focus on systemic violence against women. Readers will be hungry to hear more from Corey soon." – Publishers Weekly
"Jaime Stickle’s debut VICIOUS CYCLE is a layer cake of enjoyment. Any former reporter can investigate murder, but Stickle’s protagonist, Corey Tracey-Lieberman, does it with a baby strapped to her chest while fighting postpartum anxiety. Funny in spots, heartbreaking in spots, Stickle brings the humanity – and lands the plane with nary a bump.” – Tracy Clark, award-winning author of the Cass Raines and Det. Harriet Foster series.
