AIPT can exclusively reveal a preview for writer and editor Joseph P. Illidge and artist Chriscross’ “The Winterfields” short story. The preview comes in ahead of the final order cutoff for Noir is the New Black, which is the New Black (Expanded Edition) this Monday, so if you like what you see, put your orders in pronto!
As we noted earlier this year, the short story serves as a prelude to the upcoming full-length graphic novel to be published in 2025 by FairSquare Comics under the company’s Noir is the New Black imprint.
So what’s “The Winterfields” about?
1920s Harlem: a time of culture, art, and free enterprise. This is the backdrop for the saga of The Winterfields. Cain Winterfield is a former World War I soldier who returned home to a nation that discriminated against him, forcing him to fight once again to survive. Now he makes a living as a bodyguard, putting himself in harm’s way for whomever can pay his price. Taking punches and giving them back. Carver Winterfield is his 10-year-old son, a handsome boy with a good heart, bruised knuckles…and too many secrets for someone his age. When a client’s wife goes missing under Cain’s nose, her merciless husband wants answers, even if he has to get them through bloody violence.
Check out the preview below.
So what’s Noir is the New Black (Expanded Edition) about?
The sold-out bestselling anthology is coming back to print with even more additional material, also including the new short story “Systemic Rise,” by Victor Dandridge (Vantage:Inhouse Productions) and Jean Paul Deshong (Sons of Fate), as well as additional pinups and behind-the-scenes content never seen before. The fan-favorite book will now feature 18 noir stories crafted by 47 of the finest Black creators from all around the world, such as Brandon Thomas (Excellence, Hardware) Gary Phillips (Angeltown, The Be-Bop Barbarians), M.D. Bright (Icon, Iron Man), Melody Cooper (Omni), Brandon Easton (Star Trek, Robotech), David F Walker (Bitter Root, Naomi), comedian Roxxy Haze, and many more, with a foreword by Shawn Martinbrough (Thief of Thieves).
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