The GlobalComix Most Popular of 2023 feature series continues today with the Crime genre. This year, we’re featuring the top 10 from publishers and the top 10 from creators for each category.
We’ll cap things off on January 1, 2024, with two features: the top 10 overall from publishers, and the top 10 overall from creators.
Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular Crime series by Creators:
Published by Bilvy Jay Lee, 75 pages
A young and ambitious baker loses her cafe in a disastrous fire, but sees none of the insurance payout. In a desperate attempt to get her life back on track, she turns to smuggling illegal goods through her cake deliveries for fast, but dangerous cash.
Story and Art by Bilvy Jay Lee
Published by Three Y's Men Media, 228 pages
How do you hurt the toughest guy in the world? Maurice "Motor City Mo" Goldman has hit rock bottom. His glory days of being a top boxing prospect are behind him, now you'll most likely find him alone in his apartment throwing back whisky by the gallon or down at his favorite strip club, Clooney's. He earns money as an enforcer for Don Dozier (of Dollar Don's Discount Autowash--you've seen the commercials); breakin legs, crackin skulls, general intimidation. But Mo can't take it anymore--he wants out. Only problem is, he can't die. And trust me, he's trying...
Story and Art by Three Y's Men Media
Published by Midori Jen, 47 pages
After getting a promotion, Myoga Kohana finally gets to lead his own police department, but something about this promotion seems fishy... Especially after getting a file cointaining a 'secret case'. The young detective is determined to solve said case no matter what... morality is a subjective matter after all.
Story and Art by Midori Jen
Published by Wesley Griffith Comics, 25 pages
A chain of violent, chaotic events are set in motion when a low level gangster begs his neighbor to jumpstart his broken down car.
Story and Art by Wesley Griffith Comics
Anonymous Cubed Surrealist Private Eye
Published by Zac Zemantic, 36 pages
Noir Nonsense. Hardboiled humour. Caustic comedy. These are the cases of Anonymous Cubed, Surrealist Private Investigator. Words by Hank Pattison Art by Zac Zemantic
Story and Art by Hank Pattison and Zac Zemantic
Published by AJ O. Mason, 8 pages
It’s a routine morning subway ride to school in New York, circa 1999. Hila and Ramon, two bored teens, steal a man’s bag on a whim. When they eventually manage to lose the stranger, Hila opens the bag and can’t believe what she’s seeing inside: there is a severed head! Thus begins the zany chain of events where a trained hitman, an FBI agent, and others are hunting the teens down to get the head back!
Story and Art by AJ O. Mason
Published by Grand Myth Entertainment, 25 pages
In the wake of his parents’ tragic demise, Edison’s relocation to a small town unravels a string of enigmatic trials that push him and his friends to their breaking point.
Story and Art by Grand Myth Entertainment
Published by Upwardslash comics, 21 pages
After years of working with big-time criminals, a goon gives up drugs and finally wakes to smell the coffee, changing how he perceives his actions.
Story and Art by Upwardslash comics
Published by Mahout Pound, 1427 pages
Five years after his divorce, Johnny Light found himself employed by private detective Terry Koh in Harbour Bay, a lawless city South of Singapore, where he met the Italian-Korean girl by the name of Minjeong Cassano. Loosely based on Raymond Chandler's stories.
Story and Art by Mahout Pound
Published by Coffee Time Comix, 84 pages
The story starts with two girls meeting in a bar. One suffering at the hands of an abusive pimp, the other with a dark history that marks her somebody not to mess with. When they both decide to escape their bad deals, a world of problems begin, not only in their personal lives, but in an America that is on the verge of downfall. Follow Sara on her journey south from Coos Bay to Mexico as she goes on the run from the law, her country, and herself. Home Free is a 5 issue series popping with grindhouse action and hardboiled suspense. Art by Michelle Lodge & Lettering by Eduardo Camacho.
Story and Art by Coffee Time Comix
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