Observed arrival · 2026-11-02
Midnight Rider: A Courier’s Ride Through Gold-Rush California
An independent comics project introduces a crime-noir story set in California’s gold country in 1852, and is looking for an artist for its first issue.
- For
- Comic illustrators and gold-rush noir readers
- Worth noticing
- The site labels every illustration a placeholder and says the first issue still needs its cover and interior art.
Field notes
The page frames the first issue as in production but says the cover and interior illustrations do not yet exist; the displayed art is explicitly placeholder material. Its pitch follows Chico Fernandez, a courier working roads around Columbia, California, in 1852, with a horse named Cristóbal and a three-rule code. The site directs prospective artists to a newsletter signup for further details; no completed comic pages are shown in the supplied text.
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One card from the complete issue