A gritty, sun-scorched LA noir set in the aftermath of a civilization-ending earthquake, where the city has been abandoned—but crime, corruption, and desperation remain.
Blending classic detective storytelling with post-apocalyptic dread, this comics collection delivers a hardboiled mystery in a world with no rules, no safety net, and no easy way out.
The Big One, the earthquake to end all earthquakes, has finally struck Los Angeles. The government decides not to rebuild and the city becomes a no man’s land for those that refuse to leave it. But hey, you can’t beat the weather.
Five years later Ester Blanco, a down on her luck former P.I., is willing to do anything to escape the City of Angels. She believes she’s found her ticket out when a desperate father hires her to solve a missing person’s case in a city where a third of the population is already missing. Instead, the trail of this lost girl leads Ester to uncover a dark web of cults, conspiracy and corruption that threatens every Angeleno that stayed behind.
THE BIG SHAKEDOWN is a sunbaked LA noir in the vein of Chinatown and The Long Goodbye and set in the post-apocalyptic remains of the most beloved/hated city in the world. From writers Jordan Blum (MINOR THREATS), Tim Seeley (LOCAL MAN), and artist Scott Koblish (THE DESPICABLE DEADPOOL) comes this thrilling pulp mystery.
Collects The Big Shakedown #1–#4.
