Taken Under

A single-issue debut from Caliber Press in 1992, Taken Under launched as a darkly humorous series about a man who inherits a failing funeral home. The premise was built around the grimly comic complications of the funeral business, with the first issue establishing the tone for what was envisioned as an ongoing series. Though the run was brief, it remains a distinctive artifact of the early-90s indie comics scene, showing Caliber's willingness to publish offbeat, macabre concepts.