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An episodic series about the life of a Jersey Devil detective and his friends in Victorian Era England, and their work in bringing peace to the souls of the recently dead.
The World in Deeper Inspection is an ongoing, erratically-updated webcomic about the life of a Jersey Devil detective in Victorian Era England and his mission in bringing peace to the souls of the recently deceased. Whether it’s recovering a lost head from the fae or uncovering the murder of a ghostly client, no case is impossible for Detective Grimsley to crack.
Following Grimsley is a supportive arsenal of friends: his giant of an assistant, an intellectual and demure vampire, a life-loving banshee, and a mysterious eternal wanderer. Together, they solve cases, humour the quirks and novelties of a modernising world, and live out their own stories, all the while maintaining a strong platonic love for each other.
Along the way, Grimsley discovers more and more the unknown history of the world, revealing incomprehensible secrets and premonitions. He soon realises in the midst of it all that the fate of one man lies in his hands, and in that man’s hands lie the fate of the world.
Author’s Commentary
TWIDI is my non-commercial passion project. It is the embodiment of all the things I love into one big story: gothic macabre whimsy, the Victorian Era, cryptids and paranormal phenomena, classic literature, cultural and artistic history, and character-based writing.
TWIDI is also what I call my ‘landmark work’, in that it serves as a living document of the development of my artistic and narrative voice since the age of 18. Every Chapter/chaplette is approached differently, as an outlet for all the strange and experimental ideas I have — ideas that wouldn’t work elsewhere.
I don’t make TWIDI for the market or for print, only my own whims. I treasure this space for being that unsellable work which allows me the infinite opportunity to experiment and explore storytelling and comics, on my own terms. Because of this I also don’t intend to keep a “proper schedule” or burden it with any of the usual expectations of webcomics. I mean… I’m not looking for clout or money or views, at least, not anymore, from this project. Which is good. It exists as its own thing.
The Writer and Artist
Hailing from a dusty metropolis, Reimena Yee is a strange and fancy illustrator, cartoonist, scholar and comics advocate. Her main interest is in learning about the culture of humanity – whether through science, history, literature and religion – and in sharing these stories to the world at large, online or offline. She also likes to draw fun, pretty and magical pictures.
When she’s not fulfilling commissions for clients or making awards-decorated comics for adults and children, she can be found running the peak arts body Cartoonists United (which she co-founded), doing research for the Comics Devices Library, organising the Melbourne Alternative Comics Expo, and posting about all kinds of things on her blog.
Represented by Jen Linnan of Linnan Literary Management, LLC.