Baker Street (comics)
Baker Street is a ten-issue comic book series created by Gary Reed and Guy Davis, and published by Caliber Comics between 1989 and 1991.
| Baker Street | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | Caliber Comics |
| Format | Limited series |
| Genre | |
| Publication date | March 1989 - February 1991 |
| No. of issues | 10 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Gary Reed Guy Davis |
| Written by | Gary Reed (1-5) Guy Davis |
| Penciller(s) | Guy Davis |
| Inker(s) | Vince Locke Alan Oldham Guy Davis |
| Letterer(s) | Dan McKinnon Vince Locke Kathy Thomas |
| Editor(s) | Bryan Andrews Deb McKinnon Chester Jacques Gary Reed |
| Collected editions | |
| Honour Among Punks: The Complete Baker Street Graphic Novel | ISBN 1-59687-802-9 |
Publication history
The series consists of two story arcs "Honour Among Punks" written by Reed and Davis and "Children of the Night" written by Davis alone, who also provided the bulk of the art (with some early fill-in inking).
Plot
It features an alternative Sherlock Holmes world where the values and class system of Victorian era England carried over into a late 20th Century where World War II never occurred. The story mainly concerns a group of punks attempting to solve a series of murders reminiscent of the Jack the Ripper killings of the late 19th century.
Collected editions
Ten issues were published and collected in two trade paperbacks (one for each story arc) by Caliber:
- Honour Among Punks (collects Baker Street #1-5, 175 pages, 1993, ISBN 0-941613-42-9)
- Children of the Night (collects Baker Street #6-10, 178 pages, 1993, ISBN 0-941613-43-7)
and then as a single volume:
Awards
- 1990: Nominated for "Best New Series" Harvey Award[1]
Notes
- 1990 Harvey Award Nominees and Winners, the Comic Book Awards Almanac
References
- Baker Street at the Grand Comics Database
- Baker Street at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)
External links
- Gary Reed's page on the series
- SF Site review of Honour Among Punks: The Complete Baker Street Graphic Novel
- An interview with Gary Reed in which he talks about the formation of Caliber Press, and Baker Street