The sci-fi book from Ahoy is pouncing on comic shelves now!
18th January 2025
Article by Paul Dunne
Mashups are usually odd pairings, but they can always get odder.
I mean… How does a fusion of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Invasion of the Body Snatchers sound? You good with that?
Well, that’s the official description Howl #1, from Ahoy Comics!
Alisa Kwitney (who penned G.I.L.T.) reteams with G.I.L.T.’s artist Mauricet for the book, which is on the shelves of your local comic shop right now! Kwitney has delved into her own life for Howl - the book is based on her parents time in Greenwich Village! Although it’s unlikely they ever met aliens… or is it?!
Here’s Ahoy’s solicit for the book, just in case you missed it:
Marry a science fiction writer, become science fiction! That’s the law of Greenwich Village in the late 1950s, home of poets, artists, musicians, writers, their put-upon partners—and the extraterrestrial spores that are secretly taking them over! Novelist/comics writer Alisa Kwitney (The Sandman Presents) mixes science fiction with family memoir, featuring stunning art by Mauricet (Star Wars Adventures).
Take a look at some pages from #1 below, as well as the solicits for #2 and #3!
HOWL #2
A dented can of soup gives Ziva a weird clue that her science-fiction author husband might not be of this earth! Writer Alisa Kwitney based this series on her parents' time in Greenwich Village, which did not include the "not of this earth" part. We think. We hope!
Out: 19th February 2025
howl #3
Continuing the tale of 1950s paranoia in Greenwich Village! A plague of alien mushrooms advances dramatically as Ziva experiences a grisly encounter with the species' newest - and most aggressive - specimen.
Out: 26th March 2025
Howl #1 is at your local comic shop now!
