• A crime noir comic for readers who want a story grounded in realism, one that doesn’t try to please everyone or sugarcoat anything.

• About broken people in a broken world, where their life choices have led them into places you can’t just walk away from.

Ray Lombardo owns the world’s most expensive car and a luxury apartment in downtown San Francisco, yet he isn’t satisfied. The job that paid for it all is eating him alive, and he’s so good at it he’s become indispensable. He also knows he can’t quit, because the cost would be too high. How long can a man with a conscience keep working as a hitman?

BROKEN PEOPLE IN A BROKEN SAN FRANCISCO

A colorful mix of personalities thrives in San Francisco’s underworld. The Fatal-Ray book series will introduce them all. Warning: for this website, we’ve only managed to track down a few of them so far!

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Welcome to San Francisco, the stage of the Fatal-Ray crime series! In this section, I’ve put together an opportunity for you to explore the city’s underworld, its many sights, and, of course, the hideouts where a top gangster like you can lay low.

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Not just anyone gets access to these places, so consider it a privilege!

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Believe it or not, there are honest cops out there, and they’re on your trail!

Fatal-Ray is a hard-boiled crime thriller graphic novel set in San Francisco, packed with brutal action, mafia problems, and a hitman who never gets a clean exit.

In San Francisco, luxury is just another trap. Fatal-Ray is a noir crime comic about a hitman stuck behind the wheel of power, money, and a very sharp sword of Damocles.

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