The Drowners

In The Drowners, writer-artist Nabiel Kanan crafted a four-issue miniseries for New Flame Publishing, a moody meditation on isolation and submerged secrets set against a rain-soaked urban landscape. The story follows a man haunted by the disappearance of his brother, a tragedy that draws him into a strange, watery underworld beneath the city's streets. Kanan's brooding, expressionistic artwork and sparse, atmospheric storytelling give this 2003–2004 series a distinctive, almost noir-like melancholy. It stands as a compelling, self-contained work from an era when smaller publishers like New Flame offered a home for singular, auteur-driven visions.