Goes Live July 7, 2026 MORT Issue 1 — Coming Soon
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♦ A SUPERNATURAL NOIR COMIC ♦

The hard-boiled adventures of a monster hunting mortician.

CREATED BY TRAVIS BROWN

ISSUE ONE PREVIEW

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About MORT

Chapter One: A Body Worth Burying

MORT, a sleep-deprived funeral director and supernatural detective to the underworld, thought he'd heard it all — until one rainy night, when a mysterious woman in red walks into his office and asks him to conduct the funeral for the most powerful vampire in the city. Only problem... He's not dead yet. 

Something stinks… And it’s not just the dead guy on Mort’s table. 

Comic art of Mort, the mortician-hunter, examining an obscured body on a morgue slab.

Preview Pages

A Taste of What’s to Come…

  • A preview page from the supernatural noir comic MORT: A Body Worth Burying. In a rainy Chicago alley, a man named Jerry leaves a hot dog stand to help a disheveled, dazed woman emerging from the shadows. The artwork features a moody, cinematic color
  • A dramatic second page from the supernatural noir comic MORT: A Body Worth Burying. A police officer discovers a woman hunched over a body in a dark alley. The scene escalates quickly as the officer fires his weapon, leaving the woman lying in the ra
  • A preview page from the supernatural noir comic MORT: A Body Worth Burying. The scene shifts to "Pleasant Passings Funeral Home" at night. Panels show the meticulous, clinical process of a mortician preparing Jerry—the man from the earlier panels—for
  • A preview page from the supernatural noir comic MORT: A Body Worth Burying. Mort, the mortician, enters his office to find a mysterious woman named Vera sitting at his desk and smoking. The final panel shows a close-up of Vera with a predatory smile,
  • A preview page from the supernatural noir comic MORT: A Body Worth Burying. In his office, Mort the mortician shares a tense conversation with Vera, a vampire smoking a cigarette. A close-up reveals Mort drinking from a mug labeled "Embalming Fluid"

What Readers Are Saying about Issue 1

Early Praise

“It’s raw, it’s grounded, and it makes the horror feel real.”
— KPB Comics
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“The set up immediately got me - I want to hear what they’ve got to say.”
— The Awesome Comics Podcast
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“If you like some genre mashing film noir urban fantasy, in the vein of Blade, Preacher, or Brubaker and Phillip’s Criminal, then I’m sure you will dig Mort.”
— Daredevils & Warriors
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Great indie comics require a community to make them real. We’ve poured our souls into the art and story of MORT, and Kickstarter is how we cross the finish line. Join our campaign on July 7, 2026 to grab exclusive rewards and help fund the first printing.

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