Product Description

Baker Street, the center of England's punk movement in a London few would ever know, a life even less would ever see. Where being different is the rule, ratting the gambling vice of a city's underground, and death is often around the next corner. Here is where mystery, intrigue and suspense are more than a game to the residents of post-Victorian London, it's a way of life. Now the cobblestones run red with blood as a series of murders terrorize the night. But as Sharon Ford may soon find out, sometimes the solution is more costly than any crime.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #793375 in Books
• Published on: 2003-07-25
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 368 pages

Customer Reviews

The Game Is Afoot!
This is a grand re-telling of the seemingly ageless story of Holmes and Watson, this time from a punk perspective. The artwork is edgy (yeah, I know; but it is) and the story a grand piece of work. Sherlockians everywhere muyst buy this, but be warned: it ain't your father's Holmes.

A forgotten classic
I just happened to stumble upon this in my brother's library, not surprising since he's a punk himself. Seeing as I'm a big graphic novel enthusiast with an ever-growing personal library, I decided to read it. The story takes place in a post-Victorian London, where the whole "punk" fashion originated, where an American medical student named Susan Predergrast has flown into and settled into an apartment, with her gothic/punk roommates--Sharon "Harlequin" Ford, and cross-dressing, I-don't-give-weasel's-tail Sam. Geeky Sue quickly finds herself in a world of gang wars, drugs, sex, intrigue, leather, and murder. Suddenly the streets are plagued by a series of ghastly murders carried out by a modern "Jack the Ripper." Harlequin, an ex detective of the England C. I. D., forced to resign under shameful circumstances, now intends to help the same police force that retired her solve the mystery.

The story is easy to follow and surprisingly good. I had never even heard of Guy Davis or any of the works--other than "Honour Among Punks--he has done. There are quite a few written sequential artworks and writers/artists out there that, since the mid to late 80s, have forever changed the way people look at comic books. When this conversation comes up you're guaranteed to hear about Alan Moore and, what many consider the *definitive* comic book, "Watchmen," or Frank Miller and "The Dark Knight Returns." Davis's "Honour Among Punks" belongs on any list of the best graphic novels, or perhaps just novels in general, ever written. Like the said titles, Davis's story is dark, disturbing, and very violent. Davis also does his own artwork here, too. Davis's drawings are black-and-white only, purposely filthy and somewhat distorted, to match the atmosphere of the story. It's an overlooked masterwork for people, like myself, who like *definitive* comics, or people who like Sherlock Holmes, which this book is actually a gothic parody of. I must remember to look into more of Guy Davis's work. Highly recommended.

early best of guy davis
exciting alternate london murder mystery with a punk background