Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Case Files, vol. II

This second collection of issues from the W&B comic book finds counselors of the macabre Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd dealing with a supermodel who has a super problem; classic monsters in search of a trademark; a Lovecraftian interdimensional monster; and their own love lives. Full of plot twists and puns galore.

Amazon.com Review

I was about to call Batton Lash at home to ask him what Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre: Case Files vol. II is about, but it was late. So instead I had to find my own copy buried in my crypt of comics. It was then that I remembered: this book is about me! I mean, you get to see me screw up a date with Alanna Wolff, try to convince my bosses to invite Alanna to our bar association convention, and finally put the moves on Wolff & Byrd's secretary. Man, am I a lout! Seriously, this book does, in fact, have a character based on me. Oh, and it's also a funny, well-crafted collection of stories featuring a pair of attorneys who only represent monsters, creatures, and the supernatural. Find out why Batton Lash is a cartoonist everyone is talking about, and why he won't return my calls!

From the Publisher

This 96-page trade paperback collects issues 5-8 of the popular comic book about two lawyers whose clients consist of monsters and the supernatural. Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd encounter a variety of clients in this book, including a supermodel under the influence of a svengali-like agency owner; the owner of a freak show who claims to have the original Dracula and Frankenstein's monster on display; Sodd, the Thing That's an It; and a mobster haunted by an obsequious ghost. The stories also delve into the counselors' personal lives. As writer James Robinson has noted, "No one else could write and draw Wolff & Byrd quite like Batton Lash does, with its deft combination of humor, horror, and interpersonal relationships."

About the Author

Brooklyn-born cartoonist Batton Lash created Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, for a newspaper strip in 1979. He has been publishing them in comic book form since 1994, and the comics have been collected into several trade paperbacks. The comic has been optioned by Universal Studios for a major live-action motion picture to be titled SUPERNATURAL LAW. Lash has also written a number of comics for companies such a Marvel, Archie ("Archie Meets the Punisher"), and Bongo ("Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror").

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