Logline:
A hitman turned drag queen searches for her missing drag sister as a rash of killings and disappearances spreads across her city’s queer neighborhoods. Death Drop must decide how far she is willing to be pulled back into a life of violence to protect her community in this supernatural queer noir.
Synopsis:
A slew of mysterious disappearances sweeps across the city’s queer districts. The police are unconcerned, and, well, it’s nothing the queer community hasn’t seen again and again. Even for Death Drop, it doesn’t hit home until her drag sister, Lunaira Sun, goes missing.
At the insistence of Mother Henny, her drag mother, Death Drop uses her assassin skills to pick up the scent of the wayward Lunaira. What she finds is a trail of supernaturally disfigured corpses, a leather-clad killer hell-bent on revenge, and an enigmatic queen from Mother Henny’s past. To make matters worse, she can’t shake the feeling that the specter of the assassin mentor she exposed and left for dead years ago is now haunting her every step.
The search for a connection between these seemingly disparate threads will take Death Drop from Mother Henny’s club, Posterior Delusions, through the streets and back-alleys of the gayborhood, to the world beyond. As her past and present collide in a deadly confrontation, Death Drop will be forced to grapple with the idea that escaping from your past and overcoming it are two very different things…
Creators:
David Hazan - Writer
David Hazan is a comic book writer and editor based in Melbourne, Australia. After winning the Mad Cave Studios 2019 Talent Search, David exploded onto the comics scene as writer and co-creator of the hit medieval noir comic series, Nottingham. David has worked with a number of publishers on both work-for-hire and creator-owned stories, including Mad Cave Studios, Aftershock Comics, Scout Comics and more, and was named one of Comicon.com's best writers of 2021.
Alex Moore - Artist
Alex Moore is a freelance illustrator, comic and storyboard artist. They have boarded projects for clients including Adobe and EA Games, and worked with a number of comics publishers on both interiors and covers including Dark Horse, Mad Cave, IDW and Scout Comics. They were long-listed for the 2019 Folio Prize and their work-in-progress graphic novel was also included in the long-list for the 2020 Myriad Graphic Novel Competition.
Lucas Gattoni - Letterer
Lucas Gattoni is a comic book letterer with almost 20 years of experience as a graphic designer and typesetter. He’s lettered projects for DC Comics (DC Pride 2022, Blue Beetle, Catwoman), Dark Horse (GLAAD nominees Liebestrasse and Killer Queens), and for many other publishers and indie creators. He lives in Argentina with his husband and their three unnamed goldfish (oops! Make that two now).
Creator Quotes
David Hazan
Death Drop has been a years-long labor of love to bring to the page the kind of queer comics I always wanted to read. This is a story by queer people, aimed at the struggles queer people face today. Alex brought that to life in a way that only they could, pairing a campy, colorful neo-noir aesthetic perfectly with pulse-pounding action and the book's dark themes. It's uniquely gratifying to bring a story like this to life, highlighting the healing power of drag at a time when the artform is firmly fixed in the public consciousness.
Alex Moore
Death Drop has been an utter dream of a project to work on. Between the charismatic cast of characters, twisting plot and gritty action (not to mention a touch of horror to boot), it’s been a privilege and a pleasure working with David on this queer crime-noir and I’m incredibly grateful they gave me the opportunity to have my debut as an interior artist on this book. Death Drop is more than just genre though; the story squarely takes on so many issues impacting the LGBTQI+ community that, sadly, feel increasingly relevant and it's been an honor to be part of a defiant stand against them.
