RASP: Book One

Detective Agent Fritz Rasp works for ‘The Agency’, a ruthless, all-powerful institution that enforces order and discipline across a vast totalitarian metropolis of slaves. He is considered the perfect agent until the day his dark and puritanical worldview is challenged by a seemingly everyday investigation that quickly spirals out of his control and comprehension. Now forced to question everything that he believes in, something unexpected will awaken within Agent Rasp… An imagination! So begins the self-discovery of this once ‘soulless’ detective as he attempts to solve the greatest mystery of his life and escape from the prison he has been unwittingly born into.

PRESS FOR RASP: BOOK ONE...

“This is comic book art at its best from one of the best. 5+/5”
Joe Thompson, Comic Book News UK

“(The) art and design work, as always, is spectacular, and the writing is terrific here too. I love the sombre Dark City/Brazil/1984/Blade Runner tone of the whole thing.”
Gary Spencer Millidge, Strangehaven

“An utterly unique and breathtaking illustrative style. I pick up anything by Martin, no questions asked.”
Norm Konyu, The Junction, Downlands

Martin is as real a deal as they come. His work is jewel-like, glowing, glorious. His stories manage to capture a close, introspective, narrative voice--beautifully but completely at odds considering his grand visual style. The result is a meticulous landscape both panoramic and intimate.”
Russell Mark Olson, Gateway City, The Phantom

“(A) unique talent, right at the top end of the indie scene. You won't see another comic like this.”
Fraser Campbell, Alex Automatic, IND-XED

‘Martin Simpson’s New Dystopian Comics Series is Gritty, Hardboiled and Cleverly Constructed. In this first instalment Simpson gives us an opening chapter that does everything right in setting up a new series.’
Andy Oliver, Broken Frontier

“One of the most uniquely gifted visual storytellers I'm aware of.”
Leonard Sultans, AKA An Englishman In San Diego

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