Umbra

    (Image, 2006)
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Running on anti-anxiety pills and booze, chain-smoking Icelandic police intern Askja discovers the skeleton of a Neanderthal female in a Benetton fleece shot by a Soviet-era handgun in a glacier cave. Add in some extinct penguins, and a lesbian cop love interest and you’ve got Umbra, the three issue limited series from Image Comics written and created by someone named Murphy and illustrated by Mike Hawthorne (Queen & Country, Machine Teen). Engaging and original, Umbra merits attention from sophisticated readers interested in funny, inspired mystery books.

— Leland Burrill
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#1

June, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
6 copies available from $1.75 		Stephen MurphyMike Hawthorne
#2

July, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
3 copies available from $3.99 		Stephen MurphyMike Hawthorne
#3

September, 2006
Cover Price: $5.99
6 copies available from $0.99 		Stephen MurphyMike Hawthorne