Howl by Alisa Kwitney (The Sandman Presents, G.I.L.T.) and artist Mauricet (Star Wars Adventures, G.I.L.T.) from Ahoy Comics is one of the publisher’s most exciting new titles, with the debut issue following Marry, a science fiction writer in the 1950s who finds herself in a situation not entirely dissimilar from her works of fiction.
In Howl #1, described by the publisher as Mrs. Maisel meets Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Marry discovers her town has been overrun by extra-terrestrial spores. In issue #2, she learns that her life as she knows it might not be exactly as it appears. Check out our exclusive preview of Howl #2 with covers by Mauricet and Ben Clarkson.
Check out a synopsis below:
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!
“I wrote this series for anyone who loved the 1959 Roger Corman movie Bucket of Blood and thought, When is someone going to do a feminist version of the ‘frustrated beatniks on a rampage’ trope?” writer Alisa Kwitney said in a past press release. “This may be my most personal work yet, as it is loosely based on my mother’s stories and letters about the period when she lived in the Village with my father, the science fiction writer Robert Sheckley (former Omni editor, author of The Tenth Victim and unacknowledged influence on Douglas Adams). Mixed in with all this family lore is my lifelong love of pod-people stories, especially all versions of Body Snatchers, Starman and The Thing.”
Howl #2 from Ahoy Comics arrives in comic book stores and online retailers on February 19, 2025. The issue retails for $3.99 USD.
