| Tales of the Night Watchman | |
|---|---|
| Publication information | |
| Publisher | So What? Press Park Slope Reader Image Comics |
| Format | ongoing series |
| Genre | superhero horror drama slice of life |
| Publication date | 2011-present |
| No. of issues | 15 |
| Creative team | |
| Created by | Dave Kelly & Lara Antal |
| Written by | Dave Kelly Lara Antal Alyssa Varner Dean Haspiel Katrina Lord |
| Artist(s) | Lara Antal Molly Ostertag Amanda Scurti J. Vigants Victoria Lau Brett Hobson Robin Ha Simon Fraser Dean Haspiel George Folz Allison Conway Brett R. Scott Rachel Borenstein Tim Hamilton Deena So'Oteh |
| Letterer(s) | DC Hopkins |
| Colorist(s) | Clare DeZutti Gary Caldwell Sonia Liao Vicky Leta Tom Napolitano |
| Editor(s) | Rachel Pinnelas April Snellings |
Tales of the Night Watchman is an ongoing horror comic book series created by Dave Kelly and Lara Antal. It appears in comic book form published by So What? Press, as a serialized newspaper strip in the Park Slope Reader, and in various titles published by Image Comics. It revolves around a trio of slapdash coffee shop employees who get caught up in a never-ending onslaught of supernatural occurrences around New York City. It began in 2011.
The series features the work of several artists, including ' Simon Fraser and Dean Haspiel and has received six Ringo Award nominations to date: Two for Best Single Issue or Story ("The Steam Banshee" [2020] and "Under the Surface" [2022]); Best Cover Artist - Simon Fraser (2018); Best Inker - Brett Hobson (2021); and two for Best Letterer - DC Hopkins (2021 and 2022); as well as a win by association for Best Anthology (2018) for Mine!, in which a short story from the series appeared.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]
The three main characters, Nora, her roommate Charlie (who is also the Night Watchman), and the tent-dwelling vagrant, Serena, work at Think Coffee's Union Square location in New York City and live in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Williamsburg, both of which are prominent fixtures.