Art-deco and pun driven '90s indie comic series?

December 10, 2018 6:41 AM

I have a serious lacunae. It's one of my favorite '90s indie comics ever, and it's film-noir in a retro-futuristic art-deco way, with compelling characters in absurd plots, and everything was a pun. It's about the only comic I can remember where the art overwhelms my memories, even tho the writing was really, really good. I can't remember the title. American, not European, from an interwar impression of the big American cities of the time and the bold promises of the future. There is a pulp-fiction adventurer who puts on fake fights with newly discovered "missing links" - hominids that are staged - and a fight with a robot that is not... it's a fantastic comic. I just can't remember it's title.
posted by Slap*Happy to Media & Arts (2 answers total)

Best answer: I just read this. Terminal City by Dean Matter, who also did Mister X which this is a spiritual sequel to.
posted by panhopticon at 7:08 AM on December 10, 2018 [4 favorites]

Response by poster: TERMINAL CITY! Thank you. Oh, my god, was this series so good, as was Mister X! All I could think of was the equally excellent Astro City, which fit neither tone nor intent nor style.
posted by Slap*Happy at 8:03 AM on December 10, 2018