A pair of game show hosts from the 1990s try to solve murders when they travel back in time to the 1940s in Host Mortem. The graphic novel is written by actual ‘90s TV game show hosts Kevin Shinick (Where In Time Is Carmen Sandiego?) and Greg Lee (Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?).

“Host Mortem follows two game show hosts (Lee and Shinick) who are transported to the year 1947 by a time portal at comic con. They soon find themselves enmeshed in a murder mystery involving Humphrey Bogart’s legendary noir film The Big Sleep. When one of the stars winds up dead, Kevin and Greg’s knowledge of random trivia might be the key to solving this Hollywood caper,” per the synopsis.

Host Mortem features art by Damien Torres (Marvel Crisis Protocol), colors by Pippa Bowland (Judge Dredd), and letters by Taylor Esposito (Red Hood and The Outlaws). The attached variant cover was illustrated by Timothy Anderson.

The graphic novel project will soon launch on Kickstarter.