The Big Shakedown (2026)

Detective Ester Blanco takes to the earthquake-ravaged streets of a post "Big One" Los Angeles to hunt for a missing child. Her investigation drags her deeper into a seedy underworld, leading her to a former movie studio now red-light district and a gang of ruthless salvagers working out of the sinkholes of Beverly Hills. The farther Ester searches, the more she must confront the ghosts of her own past. Will she solve her final case and escape LA or become one more casualty beneath the rubble? Experience the second pulpy chapter of The Big Shakedown, an LA noir meets disaster movie by creators Jordan Blum (Minor Threats) Tim Seeley (Local Man) and Scott Koblish (Despicable Deadpool). • A pulpy, high-stakes journey through the remains of the City of Angels, uncovering a dark web that threatens the few survivors left standing.• Four-issue series.

The Big One, the earthquake to end all earthquakes, has finally struck Los Angeles. The government decides not to rebuild and the city becomes a no man's land for those that refuse to leave it. But hey, you can't beat the weather. Five years later Ester Blanco, a down on her luck former P.I., is willing to do anything to escape the City of Angels. She believes she's found her ticket out when a desperate father hires her to solve a missing person's case in a city where a third of the population is already missing. Instead, the trail of this lost girl leads Ester to uncover a dark web of cults, conspiracy and corruption that threatens every Angeleno that stayed behind. THE BIG SHAKEDOWN is a sunbaked LA noir in the vein of Chinatown and The Long Goodbye and set in the post-apocalyptic remains of the most beloved/hated city in the world. From writers Jordan Blum (Minor Threats) Tim Seeley (Local Man) and artist Scott Koblish (The Despicable Deadpool) comes a pulpy tale of murder, destruction and traffic. • A pulpy, high-stakes journey through the remains of the City of Angels, uncovering a dark web that threatens the few survivors left standing.• Four-issue series.