On Wednesday, February 19th, AHOY Comics is set to release HOWL #2 (of 5).
Novelist/comics writer Alisa Kwitney (The Sandman Presents) mixes science fiction with family memoir, featuring stunning art by Mauricet (Star Wars Adventures).
HOWL is a witty bohemian sci-fi that can best be described as Mrs. Maisel meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers. The five-issue series is set in Greenwich Village in the late ’50s, home of poets, artists, musicians, sci-fi writers, their put-upon partners — and the extraterrestrial spores that are secretly taking them over.
Here’s a look at the covers, the storyline, and preview pages for
this week’s release from AHOY Comics on New Comic Book Day! #NCBD
HOWL #2 (of 5)
“HOWL: Contagion“
Writing by Alisa Kwitney
Illustrated by Mauricet
Letters by Rob Steen
“Ziva Kwitney“
Written by Alisa Kwitney
“Self-Defense“
Written by Mallory
Illustrated by Joe Orsak
Covers & Cover Artists:
Mauricet (Cover A)
Ben Clarkson (Cover B)
Release Date: February 19, 2025
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!
About AHOY Comics:
AHOY Comics debuted in the fall of 2018 with the bold promise for readers to expect more from its line of comic book magazines, featuring comic book stories, poetry, prose fiction, and cartoons.
The independent, Syracuse-based company is the brainchild of Publisher Hart Seely, an award-winning reporter whose humor and satire has appeared in The New York Times and on National Public Radio. AHOY’s Editor-in-Chief Tom Peyer is committed to publishing comics with a (dark) sense of humor with titles like the superhero parody THE WRONG EARTH, the religious satire HIGH HEAVEN, the sci fi spoof CAPTAIN GINGER, the time travel tales PLANET OF THE NERDS and BRONZE AGE BOOGIE, HASHTAG: DANGER and the anthology series EDGAR ALLAN POE’S SNIFTER OF TERROR. This summer, the company will publish the highly anticipated SECOND COMING, the satirical comic book series by Mark Russell and Richard Pace in which Jesus Christ resumes His Holy Mission.
