Watson and Holmes Comic: Issue 1 releases July 17th

Watson and Holmes is a re-imaging of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson as African Americans solving unusual cases in gang-infested Harlem, which uncovers a dark conspiracy that extends beyond the New York drug rings.
 
ALAMEDA, Calif. - July 15, 2013 - PRLog -- WATSON AND HOLMES: ISSUE 1 ON SALE WEDNESDAY JULY 17TH

WATSON & HOLMES is a modern urban take on the tales of “Sherlock Holmes” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.  Re-envisioning Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson as African Americans and taking place in New York City’s famous Harlem district, the stories can go in fresh and new directions never traveled before. Holmes is no longer the central character as he shares equal spotlight with Watson in this series.

In this take of the classic, Jon Watson is a former para-jumper for the US Air Force returning from Afghanistan. He is currently working in inner-city clinic helping the less fortunate while trying to pay his debts after a hard divorce. Holmes is a private investigator who used to work as a programmer in a internet start-up that went belly-up. Career in ruin, he decides to become a PI.

Both cross paths for the first time when an unusual case Holmes is involved in ends up in Watson’s emergency room. During the investigation, a conspiracy is discovered that links unexpected people together while Watson & Holmes bump heads along the way in more ways than one.

Originally set to be released digitally as a 4-ssue Mini-Series, this new ONGOING SERIES is launched by the following creative team:

•    KARL BOLLERS (Wolverine, X-Men) is an African American comic book writer known for his work on Marvel’s Emma Frost, What If?, Muties, and X-51: Machine Man as well as Archie’s Sonic The Hedgehog.

•    RICK LEONARDI (Cloak & Dagger, Superman Returns) is a penciler whose best known for his work on Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, Spider-Man and X-Men as well as DC’s Vigilante and Star Wars comics for Dark Horse. The Noir Edition spotlights Leonardi’s work as all color is stripped away leaving his raw pencils intact — a treat for any art enthusiast.

•    PAUL MENDOZA  (Morpheus Fine Art) the colorist, is known for his work on Aliens: Berserker (Dark Horse).

•    JUSTIN GABRIE  (Marvel/DC’s Punisher DC’s Batman: Deadly Knights) is senior editor, assisted by Zack Rosenberg (Marvel, Penguin, Cartoon Network).

•    Brandon Perlow (X-Men, Apocolypto) and Mendoza created the concept, inspired by Arthur Conan Doyle’s “Sherlock Holmes”.
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