An inner city Sherlock Holmes

Everyone knows that one of the best things about going to a party is the commemorative swag on the way out the door. One of these amazing parties was the Daintiest Thing Under A Bonnet charity ball, and the token piece in question is the first issue of Watson and Holmes.

I won't patronize your power of using keywords on Google to search for a summary of the issue, so let's skip to the good part.

The story is unique in that (among many other things) for once it is Watson who receives top billing. It's just the beginning, but already, the story focuses more on Jon Watson, a compassionate medical intern who has been swept up in the urban adventures of Sherlock Holmes.

I've never seen an incarnation of Sherlock Holmes and any other main character was a different color, making this a unique spin. How does the skin color of Holmes and Watson affect their interactions with each other and their environment? What challenges or advantages will it pose to solving mysteries?

Already it makes Holmes and Watson more relatable to the inner-city minority characters, where if they were white, things would be different. It has always been a mystery to me how, in the canon, Holmes managed to gain the trust of street urchins, being a member of the upper-class himself. It's a simpler explanation to believe that Holmes may have come from this sort of background himself.

The artwork is stupendous. It's detailed and gritty, with hacked shadows, blurry outlines, and a color scheme that shows you that the world you're reading about is rough and unforgiving.

This issue ends with unanswered questions begging to be answered. I don't know about others, but after having read and seen so many versions of the canon stories, I have a habit of wondering which story this issue will be based on, if any,

What are you doing still looking at this post? Go read it!