Crime Pays

A grim two-issue series from Boneyard Press (1996–1997), Crime Pays delivers a hard-boiled crime story in the publisher's signature raw, underground style. The series is most associated with its creator, who wrote and illustrated this brief, unflinching look at the criminal underworld. Though short-lived, it stands as a stark example of mid-90s independent comics' willingness to explore gritty, no-frills genre work outside the mainstream.