EXCLUSIVE: Carmen Sandiego Stars Unite for New Travel Noir Graphic Novel Adventure

Carmen Sandiego stars Kevin Shinick and Greg Lee are set to unite for a new time-travel noir graphic novel, Host Mortem. CBR can exclusively reveal a variant cover for the novel by artist Timothy Anderson.

Shinick, the host and time-traveling detective of the Emmy Award-winning series Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego? will write and star in Host Mortem. The graphic novel will follow Shinick and Greg Lee (Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?) as they are transported back to the year 1947 by a time portal at a comic convention. The two find themselves caught up in a murder mystery involving Humphrey Bogart‘s legendary noir film The Big Sleep. When one of the stars of the film is killed, Kevin and Greg’s random trivia knowledge just might end up being the key to solving the case.

Host Mortem will be launching soon on Kickstarter, where it is described as “LA Confidential meets The In-Laws“. Fans can sign up to be notified when the campaign officially launches. The 180+ page graphic novel will be published by Clover Press, the publisher behind countless acclaimed graphic novels, including The Marvel Art Of line of books, as well as Ricardo Delgado’s Dracula, Spawn Till You Die: The Fin Art of Ray Troll and Craig Yoe’s Woman & Man+.

CBR has an exclusive look at a variant cover for Host Mortem drawn by Timothy Anderson. The beautiful cover artwork pays homage to classic pulp literature pieces and sets the tone for the fun comic adventures to come. The artwork pokes fun at its two Carmen Sandiego stars with the tagline “Do they have smarts? Or do they just have the answers?”

Host Mortem Stars Two Fake Detectives Solving Real Murders

Speaking in the Clover Press announcement of Host Mortem, Kevin Shinick and Greg Lee talked about how the story has been influenced by their time as game show hosts as well as their work in the Carmen Sandiego franchise. Shinick said, “Between the two of us, Greg and I have hosted a number of game shows. As a result, we have a lot of random trivia floating around in our heads and I always wished I could put that knowledge to better use other than just, “’Hey, did you know the singular of spaghetti it [sic] spaghetto?’ And since we both played fake detectives on Carmen Sandiego (me a time traveling detective and Greg a classic gumshoe detective) I got to wondering how we might fare with an actual murder?'”

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Lee went on to tease Host Mortem‘s story while praising Shinick’s writing. “The premise of two fake detective game show hosts from the 1990’s having to solve a series of real murders in the 1940’s seemed like a novel idea, so we thought we might be onto something,” Lee said. “Now, thanks to Kevin’s amazing talent writing comic books and our combined experience with game show shenanigans I get to star alongside my pal in Host Mortem! Which involves time travel, film noir, game show trivia and lots of comedy because, spoiler alert, we’re not as good at solving murders as we think.”

Fans can be notified when the Host Mortem campaign launches by signing up on Kickstarter.

Source: Clover Press, Kickstarter