• Cover: black and white cover showing Our Protagonist, Goldie Retriever, a cartoon retriever, walking down the hallway of a mansion, with various portraits on the wall, one of them is covered up. Her shadow looms long and obscures a white chalk outline. Title: THE DEAD AND THE LIVING, a Goldie Retriever Mystery
  • example page 1: The comic is black and white and illustrated in a rough style. Panel 1: Expansive panel showing Goldie walking from a boardwalk filled with people to an empty pier at sunset. Goldie(VO): The name’s Goldie, Goldie Retriever…on account I’m good at retrievin’. Panel 2: Extreme close-up of a discarded tie at her feet on the pier Goldie(VO): I’m good at trackin’ down toons. Panel 3: Close-up, Goldie holds up tie in her hand, she looks tired Goldie(VO): And I always find ‘em. Panel 4: Wide shot, G
  • example page 2: Panel 1: Goldie in the foreground talking to rich parents, Mr. and Mrs. Hawk, in the living room of a mansion with a fire in the fire place. Mr. Hawk looks very stern in the middle ground, Mrs. Hawk in the background striking a dramatic pose with her hand to her head, looking scandalized. There’s a family portrait in the background showing the young son looking miserable. The fire casts dramatic shadows on their faces. Mr. Hawk: Our SON has run off, detective. Mother: Please! He’s our only h
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Vexx Daniel

The Dead and the Living

The Dead and the Living

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A cartoon noir mystery starring Goldie Retriever!

Goldie Retriever is good at following a trail, but when a rich heir goes missing, will there be anything left at the end of it?

An 8 page comic set in the Rickety Rat universe starring Goldie Retriever! It's Moody! It's trans! It stars everyone's favorite cartoon dog detective!

For more cartoon noir, visit RicketyRat.com!

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Vexx Daniel

Vexx is a transfemme cartoonist in New York who’s been making comics for over a decade. She’s also been a storyboarder, illustrator, animator, writer, and game designer–she’s worn a lot of different hats! She’s been in a dozen anthologies, including OPCA 13: Cohorts from Oneshi Press. She loves noir, cartoons and giant robots. She has an ongoing webcomic, Rickety Rat: Toon P.I., has a Patreon and sells comics on Itch.io.

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