The Night Owls
Encyclopedia
The Night Owls is a twice weekly webcomic
by Peter and Bobby Timony appearing every Tuesday and Thursday on DC Comics
Zuda imprint
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It was selected as Zuda's Instant Winner in December, 2007.
Set in 1920's New York
, the strip follows the adventures of a group of Detectives who solve supernatural
crimes. The strip alternates between single gags and longer story arcs, though each episode is designed to stand on its own. Although it often deals with bizarre and disturbing themes, the strip maintains a light-hearted tone that is generally suited for all ages.
Each strip is usually six to eight panels long, has an art deco
banner across the top and is colored in warm sepia hues.
ish and kind of shy fellow who uses his vast knowledge of the supernatural world to try to help people.
Mindy Markus A feisty flapper
with a modern "liberated" outlook on life. She is not afraid to get into a scrap with the forces of evil.
Roscoe the Gargoyle A gargoyle
from Coney Island with an insatiable appetite. He provides additional comic relief with his flippant and lighthearted approach to things.
Detective Bill McRory An honest cop who occasionally seeks help from the Night Owls on cases involving the supernatural.
Mr. You A faceless man who steals the faces of others.
Mable the Gargoyle Roscoe's sister who, when first introduced, looks inexplicably like a gorgeous blonde human.
Filthy the Rat The Professor's underworld informant. Filthy is a rat who is a Were-Human. By the light of the full moon, he turns into a tiny human.
Helaku An Apache
girl who met Professor Baxter when he was younger. Baxter helped the tribe defeat a giant monster named Big Owl.
Ikshu Helaku's older brother. He went to prison for bootlegging
where he met Mr. You, who stole his face and escaped.
Webcomic
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by Peter and Bobby Timony appearing every Tuesday and Thursday on DC Comics
DC Comics
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Zuda imprint
Imprint
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It was selected as Zuda's Instant Winner in December, 2007.
Set in 1920's New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
, the strip follows the adventures of a group of Detectives who solve supernatural
Supernatural
The supernatural or is that which is not subject to the laws of nature, or more figuratively, that which is said to exist above and beyond nature...
crimes. The strip alternates between single gags and longer story arcs, though each episode is designed to stand on its own. Although it often deals with bizarre and disturbing themes, the strip maintains a light-hearted tone that is generally suited for all ages.
Each strip is usually six to eight panels long, has an art deco
Art Deco
Art deco , or deco, is an eclectic artistic and design style that began in Paris in the 1920s and flourished internationally throughout the 1930s, into the World War II era. The style influenced all areas of design, including architecture and interior design, industrial design, fashion and...
banner across the top and is colored in warm sepia hues.
Cast of Characters
Professor Ernest Baxter A bookwormBookworm
Bookworm may refer to:* Bibliophile or bookworm, an avid reader and lover of books* Bookworm , a popular generalization for any insect which supposedly bores through books...
ish and kind of shy fellow who uses his vast knowledge of the supernatural world to try to help people.
Mindy Markus A feisty flapper
Flapper
Flapper in the 1920s was a term applied to a "new breed" of young Western women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to jazz, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior...
with a modern "liberated" outlook on life. She is not afraid to get into a scrap with the forces of evil.
Roscoe the Gargoyle A gargoyle
Gargoyle
In architecture, a gargoyle is a carved stone grotesque, usually made of granite, with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between...
from Coney Island with an insatiable appetite. He provides additional comic relief with his flippant and lighthearted approach to things.
Detective Bill McRory An honest cop who occasionally seeks help from the Night Owls on cases involving the supernatural.
Mr. You A faceless man who steals the faces of others.
Mable the Gargoyle Roscoe's sister who, when first introduced, looks inexplicably like a gorgeous blonde human.
Filthy the Rat The Professor's underworld informant. Filthy is a rat who is a Were-Human. By the light of the full moon, he turns into a tiny human.
Helaku An Apache
Apache
Apache is the collective term for several culturally related groups of Native Americans in the United States originally from the Southwest United States. These indigenous peoples of North America speak a Southern Athabaskan language, which is related linguistically to the languages of Athabaskan...
girl who met Professor Baxter when he was younger. Baxter helped the tribe defeat a giant monster named Big Owl.
Ikshu Helaku's older brother. He went to prison for bootlegging
Rum-running
Rum-running, also known as bootlegging, is the illegal business of transporting alcoholic beverages where such transportation is forbidden by law...
where he met Mr. You, who stole his face and escaped.
External links
- Read Night Owls on Zuda
- Twin Comics Blog
- Twin Comics Website
- Mook Productions, LLC.
- Twin Comics at IndyPlanet
- Twin Comics at ComicSpace
- The Night Owls animated on Youtube
Interviews
- The Timony Twins, in a podcast interview on Comics Coast to Coast
- The Knave of Krypton interviews the Night Owls
- The Independent Press interviews the Timony Twins.
- Amalgamated Artist's interviews with the Timony Twins about The Night Owls.
Reviews
- Richard Pulfer, of BrokenFrontier.com reviews Night Owls
- William Kulesa, of The Jersey Journal reviews Night Owls
- "A Comic A Day" reviews Night Owls