Hip Flask #3: Mystery City

By Starkings & Ladronn

A pulverized body sets Hip Flask on a trail that leads to The Eye of the Needle; Nikken, creator of the Elephantmen, believes that his imprisonment will soon end, and gang war erupts between the forces of Horn and Serengheti. Where will Flask's investigation lead? What secrets lie in Sahara's past, and what is the deadly mission of The Silencer? The Eisner award winning series continues.

48pp FC
July 2005 | $4.99

Diamond #MAY052371
ISBN #0976676192

"This is the most gorgeous comic being created today bar none." (Verdict: Awesome)

— Hazylium Consumes Pop Culture

"Ladronn's vast vistas of science fiction splendor cannot be contained by the double-page spread — they feel infinite in their depth and magnificence. 'Big' ideas, including ethics in science, loyalty, and the inherent rights of sentient life, all make Hip Flask entertaining and thought-provoking." (5 out of 5 stars)

— Adam White, comiccritique.com

"Holy shit! Check this book out."

— The Heathen @ AintItCool news

"It's difficult to describe how meticulously gorgeous the art is."

— Allan Muenzler, the Haul

"Cross Rising Stars with The Secret of NIMH and toss it into a vaguely noirish future."

— The Shrew Review - Cranky Comics Commentary

"Jose Ladronn's art sports the lush, ultra-heavy look that marks quite a few European productions, and his style is perhaps the book's trump card — it's not just that his visuals are smooth and pretty, it's that he approaches the story's many anthropomorphic beast characters with such seriousness, such a drive to forge 'realism' from the fundamentally silly, that he winds up with a uniquely cracked accomplishment in visual world building."

— Jog - the Blog

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