Tectiv Vol. 1: Noirtopia

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When Bingo's best friend vanishes, the only literate person in a post-apocalyptic L.A. turns to her beloved, ancient books for inspiration, becoming the first detective in centuries. But to solve this mystery, Bingo must fight for her own life and uncover a conspiracy within this fragile civilization.

Bingo Finder and every other teen in the sprawling farming village of Ellay know the tales of old days of how their great-great-great-grandparents rebuilt what was left of society after some apocalypse or whatever. But thats ancient history. Boring.

Nah, for Bingos generation, today is about staying busy distracted, even while tilling the reclaimed City of Industry fields or unloading barges at the seedy port of Bel Air. Or in Bingos case, scavenging ruins for artifacts to upcycle and trade the bartering bazaars including Bingos favorite leftovers, these old things called books. Ever heard of em

Her favorites are the TECTIV books, the ones about men who walked rain-slicked streets at night in hats and trench coats. They searched for answers in a city called L.A., just like Bingo. It was their job. And after the mysterious disappearance of her best friend, Fenn, Bingo decides thats what shes gonna have to be if she wants to get answers a new kind of TECTIV for a new world. Because everyone may believe Fenn's disappearance was the first crime in a long time. But Bingos about to learn that it wasnt. And it sure wont be the last

Author Bio

RICHARD ASHLEY HAMILTONis an award-winning Cuban-American (no, really) screenwriter and author best known for his storytelling across many DreamWorks Animation franchises includingHow To Train Your Dragonand Guillermo Del TorosTales of Arcadia. He wrote on the Daytime Emmy-winning first season ofDragons: Race to the Edgeand the Lumiere award-winningHow To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World TourVR experience.But in his heart, Richard remains a lifelong comic book fan and has created titles for Dark Horse, Aftershock/Seismic Press, Insight Editions, Papercutz, and more. He currently writes two YA graphic novel series,SCOOPandTECTIV,for Mad Cave/Maverick, and his middle-grade horror title,FEARBOOK CLUB, was named a 2022 Junior Library Guild Official Selection.

Richard lives in Glendale, CA, with his wife, their two sons, and a Husky named Lulu.