“Mixology Noir” is a series of standalone horror/noir/crime stories inspired by craft cocktails: the people who drink them, the places they are made, and the deeper, twisted ways they affect our lives.
They are published in double-feature print book format, with each book containing two stories printed back-to-back with a cover on each side.
Book 1: VESPER + SAZERAC
- Written, Design, and Lettered by Evan Carothers
- Art by Vlad Vov (SAZERAC)
- Colors by Wem Seven (SAZERAC)
- Art by Martin Gimenez (VESPER)
- Colors by Ichsan Ansori (VESPER)
- Edited by Eric Palicki
Book One is available for purchase digitally and physically over in the Shop.
SAZERAC
After fighting with his wife, a man seeking a drink finds himself in a mysterious bar populated with long-forgotten gods, and quickly learns the price of over-indulgence as their influences interweave with the effects of the alcohol.
VEESPER
An entitled woman gets a fresh outlook on the meaning of family after stopping for a quick vodka turns into her being chained to a pipe in the basement, held captive by a Russian kidnapping ring.
Book 2: PALOMA + MANHATTAN
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- Written, Design, and Lettered by Evan Carothers
- Art by Gilliard Goulart (MANHATTAN)
- Colors by Wem Seven (MANHATTAN)
- Art by Miguel Guzman (PALOMA)
- Colors by Ichsan Ansori (PALOMA)
- Edited by Eric Palicki
PALOMA
Locals at a little dive bar in Mexico get more than they bargained for after sheltering a young girl and her brother from the Government, when the brother turns out to be more than they bargained for.
MANHATTAN
A woman whose daughter is in a coma finds solace from her pain at the bar nextdoor to the hospital, but when reality begins to slip away she falls headfirst into a world of madness.