A graphic noir classic that weaves the cartooning traditions of Edward Gorey and Charles Addams in a densely constructed, melodramatic murder mystery involving mad scientists, academia, pirates, photography and much more! Detective Judy Drood tries to unravel a string of murders at the usually tranquil Long Mountain College. Sala's comics work so well because of the artist's distinctive line work. His characters and places could exist nowhere but in his pages, and so to read a Sala comic is to walk into a baroque world of pen and ink.' - Publishers Weekly'