Finder

Lightspeed Press. All written and drawn by Carla Speed McNeil.
Trades
1 Sin-Eater 1 (1-7). [From Lightspeed Press: Travel long enough, and you'll find yourself in Anvard. For Emma Grosvenor and her children, the domed city is home. And it's a fascinating place in which to grow up, with Zoological gardens; the Museum of Pain; and a probably-got-it store whose owner might just be a witch. With its mix of human and non-human residents, clans, and cultures, Anvard is like nowhere you've been... but you can still catch a Robert Mitchum movie on cable, and people's lives take the same kind of ups and downs as they've always done. Where does Jaeger Ayers fit into all this? That's something he'd love to find out. Jaeger is a Finder, a superscout born—or maybe made—for a survivor's life. He's an explorer whose past is a mystery to him. A loner who finds himself returning to Emma and her children, the only people in his life who feel like family. Sin-Eater is his story... Once you start looking, there's always more to find.] ArtBomb review
2 Sin-Eater 2 (8-14). [From Lightspeed Press: Travel long enough, and you'll find yourself in Anvard. For Emma Grosvenor and her children, the domed city is home. And it's a fascinating place in which to grow up, with Zoological Gardens; the Museum of Pain; and a probably-got-it store whose owner might just be a witch. With its mix of human and non-human residents, clans, and cultures, Anvard is more like nowhere you've been... but you can still catch a Robert Mitchum movie on cable, and peoples' lives take the same kind of ups and downs as they've always done. Where does Jaeger Ayers fit into all this? That's something he'd love to find out. Jaeger is a Finder, a super-scout born—or maybe made—for a survivor's life. He's an explorer whose past is a mystery to him. A loner who finds himself returning to Emma and her children, the only people in his life who feel like family. Sin-Eater is his story, which this second collection of the ongoing Finder series completes—but doesn't conclude. Once you start looking, there's always more to find.] ArtBomb review
3 King of the Cats (15-18). [From Lightspeed Press: What is this place anyway? To the hordes of people risking their lives and wallets to travel to Munkytown, it's a place to which they feel obligated to bring their children… At least once in their lives. To the Ascians, it's neutral territory in which to meet with their ancient enemies in order to discuss politics—and get a few punches in if the peace talks don't go well. To the Nyima, the lion people, it's a trap as deadly to their dignity as it is to their freedom. To Jaeger, it's an uneasy alliance where nothing is what it seems, and where being a Finder comes in very handy. And to the inhabitants of the massive theme park, it's all just a photo opportunity for the hordes—the stranger the better!] ArtBomb review
4 Talisman (19-21). [From Lightspeed Press: Talisman is about a book. The book that's never there when you wake up, no matter how hard you try to take it with you, the book you steal when you're too young to understand it's not the only copy in the world. It's the kind of book that makes you think that if you can somehow swallow it whole, you'll be magically imbued with the skills and abilities it contains...but once you get it home, it's just another handful of dry leaves. Talisman is about Hunger and Magic.] ArtBomb review
5 Dream Sequence (23-29). [From Lightspeed Press: Preternatural beauty, sublime vistas, starlit groves? Elsewhere is a place you can taste and smell and touch. Elsewhere is far more real than the stifling workaday world, and it's all in Magri White's head. Thousands daytrip to Elsewhere to escape and explore. But beware, tourist; something that Magri did not call up is roaming this dreamland. A limb-ripping shape-shifter who is outside Magri's control. Was this yellow-eyed werewolf once Jaeger Ayers? You won't get out without paying his price. Blending humor and horror, Dream Sequence is Carla Speed McNeil's most challenging book yet.] ArtBomb review
6 Mystery Date (31, Mystery Date 1-23). ArtBomb review
7 The Rescuers (32-37). [From Lightspeed Press: Anvard's upper classes have become quite blasé about the threat of kidnapping. There's even been talk about writing a convention to define ethical treatment of victims held for ransom, and prosecuting only those who don't abide by the rules. What's an honest cop to do in a world in which kidnapping is almost legal? That's what detective Smithson keeps asking himself - especially since his best witness is the one person no one will ever, ever believe.]
8 Five Crazy Women (OGN). [From Lightspeed Press: Jaeger's back on the streets and trying to find a way off of them, at least to sleep - so he starts a new string of girlfriends. Crazy, crazy women fly to him like iron filings, as the path to clean sheets and pop-tarts never runs smooth.]
Hardcovers
1 Sin-Eater (1-14, 22). [From Lightspeed Press: This series and its creator have been nominated for the Eisner award seven times, won the Kim Yale once and the Ignatz twice! Jump on at the beginning with this chunky volume collecting two previous TPBs into one. Also included is the ‘lost’ issue #22, FIGHT SCENE, reprinted for the first time (with a new scene added)! Jaeger is a Finder, which is an aboriginal detective. Jaeger is also a sin-eater, which is a ritual scapegoat. Jaeger returns to an old girlfriend only to find that her husband isn’t really out of the picture and now appears to be dangerously crazy… but hasn’t done anything to hurt her. Yet. On top of that, the husband isn’t just some twerp Jaeger’s girlfriend can’t get rid of; he’s Jaeger’s former commanding officer. This complex story of conflicting loyalties sets the stage for the rest of Jaeger’s life as told in the ongoing series FINDER.]