Tales of Supernatural Law

Beware the creatures of the night -They have Lawyers! And these lawyers are Alanna Wolf and Jeff Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre. This collection is volume 1 in the Tales of Supernatural Law graphic novel series.

From Publishers Weekly

Alanna Wolff and Jeff Byrd are far from ordinary attorneys. In fact, these "counselors of the macabre" offer their legal services to a rogues' gallery of Hollywood monsters. In Lash's long-running horror/comedy series, even swamp creatures and zombies need lawyers. This collection of the first eight issues of the comic shines thanks to Lash's quirky art style , his knack for a good pun and the sitcom-like premise. Lash mixes genres capably, with few missteps and a pleasant, if not unsurprising, end result. The stories are peppered with silly character moments ("You serve zombies?" "We serve anybody."). Wolff and Byrd also manage to stand out amidst the mutants and monsters, with Byrd serving as a rather dopey foil to his sharp-witted partner. Supernatural Law serves as a refreshing respite from the pretentiousness that's found in mainstream comics these days. Like the best humor comics, Lash's collection proves to be more about fun—whether in the shape of a sultry supermodel or a ghoulish television host—than serious commentary. And that's far from criminal. (Dec.) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

From Booklist

Lash follows the previous Supernatural Law collections Sonovawitch! (2000), Vampire Brat (2001), and Mister Negativity (2003) not with new work but with some of the comic book's earliest stories. Don't complain. This is delicious stuff. Supernatural Law (ne Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre) succeeded a strip regularly featured in the National Law Journal (indication that lawyers are people, too) when Lash decided to create stories as well as gags. Attorneys Alanna Wolff, she of the Hokusai-wave hair, and slightly portly Jeff Byrd represent monsters, specters, and other bumpers-in-the-night--and sometimes those afflicted by them. Such as washed-up creature-feature TV host the Biermeister, whose comeback is threatened by censorious "children's advocates." Such as star model Dawn DeVine, authentically spellbound to her wizard of an agent. Such as . . . but you get the picture. Wordplay that just won't stop, Lash's Archie-meets-the-Addams-Family drawing style, and a continuing cast of recurrent clients, fellow lawyers, and others ensure a steady stream of groans, shrieks, moans, and roars--of laughter. Ray OlsonCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved

About the Author

Cartoonits Batton Lash,the creator of the humor/horror series Supernatural Law (aks Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre), studied cartooning an graphic arts at the School of visual Arts in New York, where his instructors included Will Eisner and Harvey Kurtzman. After graduating he took on various art-related fobs, including copywriting and art for an ad agency and drawings for a variety of magazines, books, and other clients.

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